Is Aspergers the worst thing in the world?

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To call a relatively mild psychological quirk the "worst thing in the world" implies a strong lack of perspective to me. Take a look at an average newspaper, and you will see reports of much more horrifying behaviour and attributes than a simple lack of social ability. If you're blaming something on your condition, you should really realise that you are blaming yourself, as Asperger's Syndrome is an intrinsic part of all aspies, and your problems are either your own fault or your environment's.

Funny there are no "disagree" choices. NO, it's not the worst thing it the world, no it's not even on the top ten worst things in the world, even if you are only listing disorders. If you are including all bad things that can happen to a human being, it's not even on the top one hundred list, and anyone who is thinking it is, is simply indulging in self pity and not truly considering all the bad things that go on in this world. Just my opinion.

Yes it is the worst. Don't get me wrong I try to carry on my life not thinking about it, but there is no way to avoid it. It will always be there. Those of you who don't agree must have awesome lives.

EDIT: Actually cancer would be worse.

I don't think I was made to survive or thrive in any way. The only reason I've survived is because my parents put a roof over a head and feed me and occasionally buy me things along with the disability I get. Once they're dead, unless my brother wants to take care of me for life, I'm screwed. No skills in any field, can't drive a car (driving instructors have told me "some people just aren't meant to drive)...can't handle being in any public place for more than 1-2 hours at a time, don't understand simple things, no interests, don't have any will to live and that's with the help of medicine. Without it I'd be in and out of short care depression clinics. Have tried to kill myself at least 5 times throughout my life and almost succeeded.

I wouldn't wish Aspergers (or at least my form of it) on my worst enemy. You simply can't live like this, because even if you try to avoid everything and stay out of everyone's way, your mind still races back and forth and overthinks.

It may not be the worst thing in the world, but not necessarily the best either.

Aspies are ill equipped to survive and thrive in a society dominated and controlled by NT/extroverted populace.

Essentially, aspies are like the undrafted, free agents who may occasionally be bench warmers. And NTs are the starters and consistent rotation players who get plenty of playing time.

Aspies are shown what the world has to offer but unfortunately have to witness what they could have or could accomplish but have more difficulty obtaining because their social skills or other deficiencies are lacking.

At best, they become late bloomers. Being late bloomer is better than nothing but still. Time was plenty lost.

Hopefully that made sense with my sports analogy.

I'm the benchwarmer who is even warming the bench to begin with because he has in an with the manager and if he didn't know him wouldn't be playing the sport period.

Perhaps this is just plain dumping, but for god's sake, seriously, there are people with cerebral palsy, brain tumors, ms, md, 2 year old's with cancer, small children fighting for their lives going through horribly painful treatments, right this second children all over the world being beaten to death, raped, etc, I see young people everyday on campus in wheelchairs that are so atrophied they probably have a life expectancy of maybe another 20 years, etc etc etc, and besides, as a parent dealing with the prospect of having a son diagnosed with schizophenia, reading this whiny driveling, self absorbed, "nobody has it tougher than me" CRAP makes me want to slap most of you self pitying video game playing, spoiled brats who seem to not be able to look past their own noses, or pull there heads out of their asses long enough to thank god or whatever power that you may believe in, or luck, of just plain f#$%ing randomness that what you have to deal with still allows for so much to be done with your lives, so many things to enjoy, contributions to be made. None of which will happen because you are concentrating on believing YOU have the hardest burden in the world to bear. Shame on all of you.

Now I think I need to go change my setting so I will no longer be notified about responses on this site, because too often I can't resist reading the new posts, and damn it, they are just making me sick.

Wow so after reading three pages I'm amazed at how popular this is, AS is not the worst thing in the world, having it with depression and anxiety can however make it different, I've read alot of people here who have had relatives die of cancer, or a son with another mental illness that maybe harder to handle( I don't know I don't have it nor have I met anyone with it ). I rather not start another war with everyone but I believe you must consider the state and feelings of each individual case, to say cancer is worse than AS, I don't agree, but of you add depression and anxiety disorders to it, that person would rather have cancer because they ( like me ) don't care about dying, they have seen there side of life they're done with and feel no reason left to live simply because, in this case cancer, you usually you don't live more than a couple of years after having it diagnosed as anything past being able to stop it, where as depression and AS, and possibly anxiety disorders will never go away completely, or ever even weaken.

As for a disorder worse than AS, my opinion is I'd rather have down syndrome or another one where, I still autism but atleast I will never know it, I won't be able to think about how I'm different from others.

Yeah I'm negative and down on all parts of my life but, I didn't choose to have this of I had cancer when I was born, I would be just as angry about my life as I am now and feel death the same way, probably wanting a second chance at life, but if Ive learned one thing from my life so far your dealt the cards you get and from there it's up too you on how you approach life of death is what you want than fine if life is than great, but no matter how many people here right whether they think AS is worse than cancer or other illness you have no right to tell them that their wrong or whether they should be ashamed, because your not them, you give an opinion fine but to condem someone on the forums to a word is unreasonable, no matter how bad or sad you are.

Just my opinion again pls don't drill me with posts.

Aspergers with other mental problems (severe chemical depression/OCD/ADD/Bi Polar/PTSD all diagnosed) is worse than anything else...because like the last poster said, it makes life unbearable and there is no cure at all. Someone with cancer knows they are going to die in a year or two. I envy them and would gladly trade positions.

Some people might just have "Aspergers" and feel sorry for themselves and that's a different story altogether.

Yeah, that is a bit of a dump alright. I think the fallacy is to presume we know what it is like to be someone else. I know something of many years of chronic physical pain. I have had family ravaged and killed by MS and cancer. I have known emotional pain so prolonged, intense and palpable as to rival any physical pain.

Of course there are plenty of whiners. There are also those who minimze the genuine suffering of others because they are fortunate enough to have never experienced it for themselves.

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