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Starscream
Snowy Owl
Joined: Feb 19, 2007
Age: 22
Posts: 164
Location: The Planet Cybertron
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1) my memory(even if i tend to use it more for intrests rather than "real life"
2) being able to be alone
3) different way of thinking to NT's
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WeirdLou
Butterfly
Joined: Apr 05, 2008
Age: 24
Posts: 16
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I don't spend money on stupid things like fancy clothes
I can read for days without being distracted
I am more efficient at work because I do not need to stand around and talk about pointless things
When things blow up at work and everyone else is running around like morons I can ignore their craziness and keep myself calm. Generally I've fixed whatever they were flipping out about before they've shut up long enough to think about the problem 
My lack of concern for my appearance means my bosses know they can count on me to jump in when the extra gross jobs come up (I work with animals)
I have super powers
I'm good with kids because they think on my level-they don't have the social skills to be deceitful or sarcastic
I am very loyal and dependable
I don't like not being in control therefore drugs and alcohol scare the hell out of me-I don't have to spend money on them and I don't have to worry about an addiction |
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NUTLOG
Blue Jay
Joined: Sep 19, 2007
Age: 20
Posts: 91
Location: UK
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I couldn't think of a single thing. First I was like:  Then I was like:  |
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t0
Deinonychus
Joined: Mar 24, 2008
Posts: 354
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| MrEckshun wrote: | Personally, I'm rather fond of the ability to live three or four lives at once... in my head  . Then there's my mind's ability to "see" 3-D models of anything I want to create, though sometimes I wish my hands could catch up. |
This is exactly how I feel. Even with a computer in front of me and an ability to out-type most people, I can't keep up with the ideas in my head. I think life would be much less interesting if there weren't so many thoughts / moods / threads running around up there. |
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gunslinger493
Butterfly
Joined: Jan 25, 2008
Posts: 12
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1. For my job is everthing in my life, everything else is secondary to it.
2. I don't mind being alone, in fact I really miss living by myself
3. I am not a slave to pop culture
4. Not really concered if my pants match my shirt and shoes |
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latreefarmer
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: May 20, 2008
Posts: 44
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I feel a really special connection to my kids, knowing most people have no clue what they are thinking but I do. Does that count?
There is no doubt my ability to focus on certain tasks for hours on end and remember many details that are missed by typical people has benefitted me. |
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CRACK
Phoenix
Joined: Nov 03, 2005
Age: 21
Posts: 765
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| Since when do you need to be an aspie to be any of these things? |
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tokusoudeka
Emu Egg
Joined: Jun 03, 2008
Posts: 2
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And I am very good at seeing what isn't there. I can look at a couple of different things and tell how they will fit and work together. Whats the real life application in that besides saving movers time though? |
When I was in HS, I used to obsess about art. In college, I obsessed with all things East Asian (yes, anime etc too..). This pushed me get into liberal arts and art history, where I got to apply my visual analysis skills.
I kinda fell into regulatory compliance after college and found the investigative aspects of the job fitting. The jigsaw puzzle analogy applies... |
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Sunfell
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Jun 04, 2008
Posts: 29
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It was nice to turn a Special Interest from a hobby to my living. They pay me to mess with computers and the Internet.
I like the ability to sponge up new ideas and subjects. And I seem to have a bit of synchrodipity and ability to synthesize ideas from radically different sources. This comes in really handy- being a trivia sponge has been a good thing. I've learned to be taciturn, so that people listen to me when I speak. That has given me a weight of perceived wisdom that I am not sure is realistic but it tends to counterbalance my youthful appearance. I look like a youth until I open my mouth. Then the wise old curmudgeon appears. I love cognitive dissonance.
I don't mind being alone- I prefer it, actually.
While my keen senses can be painful at times, it's also fun to be able to pluck the various ingredients from food and perfumes and reverse engineer them. In fact, I love playing the 'what went into this?' game with the ladies at the perfume counter. And while I don't gossip, stuff I overhear when people think I am out of earshot has been... interesting. I've learned a few things about myself, too- people think I am scary smart.
That's kinda cool. |
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Library_Ann
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Oct 11, 2007
Posts: 29
Location: Haunting the stacks
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1. Missing out on peer pressure (and its common effects like STDs, chemical dependency, and a criminal record)
2. Memory
3. Misanthropy: Belonging to Wrong Planet instead of the NT world gives me a more objective perspective of humanity, the meaniing of life, etc. And ergo, as an outsider, the freedom to question cultural standards, traditions and expectations. Call it denial/projection if you want, but it works for me.
4. Wonderfully esoteric hobbies/fixations
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Rowen
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Feb 27, 2008
Posts: 58
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Animals and babies just love me 
Nobody else does thou, so I guess it evens out. |
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Micze
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Jun 01, 2008
Age: 23
Posts: 53
Location: Sweden
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Im not really sure, even if i have some it wont change the fact i am who i am.
Perhaps my ability to hate "reality tv" |
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BoabDil
Sea Gull
Joined: Jun 10, 2008
Posts: 211
Location: Denmark
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Just found this page today and yeah this is my first post.
I’m 33 and after a peculiar life I finally fell apart from a divorce and found a psychiatrist. So far we have agreed on Bipolar and ADHD, but I can sense he circles around Asperger without really having the courage to suggest it. After reading (a lot) I think I’ll bring it up myself.
It will be hard for me to accept, god knows I’ve fought all my life to be "normal". This thread though has made me think of all the things I have achieved and of a life with more adventure and experiences than anyone I know. So yeah, if I have Aspergers then this is what it gives me:
An endless trivial knowledge, specialist in several areas of interest and a constant desire to learn more, more, more.
Ability to find connections in the most chaotic reality/flow (I’m a student of Value Chain Management)
The pleasure of speaking 4 languages fluently and understanding 3 more.
The knowledge that my self taught empathy enables me to understand other cultures and find a place within them.
Complete lack of fear when speaking in front of large crowds - don’t care what they think and experience combined with many failures means I am good at it now.
So yeah, I am the worst dater on the planet; my compliments are scary, my humour bizarre, I avoid eye contact and I always forget to think about sex; I have few true friends (well 1) and I struggle to accept a life alone. But so be it, I am who I am and reading what I wrote above again – It’s not really that bad.
Thank you to all who contributed to this thread, it has really lifted my spirit.
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Dee_
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Jul 05, 2007
Posts: 45
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Autistic, concentration on a level beyond the NT.
ADHD, the hyperactivity and energy at a level beyond the NT natural ability.
Feeding off of certain types of stresses to get stuff done.
Getting a school paper done at the last minute or working on something critical. The concentration, obsessive nature and the such of being Autistic with th energy level of ADHD works very well in some circumstances. |
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ericksonlk
Snowy Owl
Joined: Jul 11, 2008
Age: 29
Posts: 162
Location: Curitiba
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| Starscream wrote: | 1) my memory(even if i tend to use it more for interests rather than "real life"
2) being able to be alone
3) different way of thinking to NT's |
and study very narrow subjects until you know it as an specialist... (and feel happy about it)
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