I don't want to have Aspergers

[acstar]

But you're Korean, that's awesome enough

 

[Zhuyue Zhao]

But you're Korean, that's awesome enough

감사합니다 that's thanks in korean.

 

[Poppet]

I probably go between hating that I'm an aspie and loving it every few hours, haha... I guess everyone has things they love and hate about themselves, aspie or not. You gotta make of it what you need to to get by and be happy in life.

 

[Poppet]

Also just to relate to your feelings a little, sometimes it makes me feel really sad to know I'm an aspie. Not because I think there's anything wrong with it, but more so because it explains some of the mysteries in my life that I used to chalk up to being "special" or "talented" or "intuitive" or "clairvoyant" etc. I know I can still be considered all of those things, but there was a special magic to being different before. Or maybe I just convinced myself there was so I wouldn't feel so out of place... But nowadays I feel a little like that magic is lost because I have this hard and fast explanation that takes all the fun out of certain things that used to be so fascinatingly strange... I don't know.

 

[Shawn D]

I wish I had figured this out sooner. My mom was too busy doing her own thing to recognize something was off with me as a kid. It's funny, too, because growing up, I always suspected I was "special", but no one ever thought to test me for being on the spectrum. Maybe it wasn't common to diagnose AS in the 80's? In the end, I wish I didn't have it, because it means I probably can't improve my EQ. Knowing does give me a better idea of what I can and can't do and allows me the opportunity to just accept my weaknesses and hone my strengths.

 

[Aspieistj]

Just as I don't want a terrible birthmark, a deformed limb, or a low IQ, I don't want to be an Aspie. I see NO advantage to it. It would be so very nice to go through a day without worrying about appearing "different"--make that handicapped. It must be wonderful to be free of all flaws .

 

[RidingDutchman]

Just as I don't want a terrible birthmark, a deformed limb, or a low IQ, I don't want to be an Aspie. I see NO advantage to it. It would be so very nice to go through a day without worrying about appearing "different"--make that handicapped. It must be wonderful to be free of all flaws .

Nobody is free of flaws, how normal or special a person might be. Everybody has their own flaws or problems, some normal people more as some aspies, it's what you make of it.
Sure I would pick being normal, sounds a lot easier as well, but "normal" people have their own problems and issues (it would suck if I would know and see how everybody feels and act accordingly, sounds like a second job...)