What are the worst, most signifigant problems you've had?

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Personally, the drawbacks of having AS are only problematic because I live in a NT world. Which means that they are not deficits, just differences. The rest of the qualities of AS are just benefits. But i understand others have not been so lucky.
So what problems have you had that signifigantly made life more difficult?

I will be learning many things, right now im relatively ignorent, but i'm going in believing that everybody in the autistic spectrum is actually incredibly intelligent, and any problems theyve had are due to inappropriate development techniques.

The biggest drawback for me is how I always end up procrastinating when I have to go do something I'm not used to in public places with a lot of people around. When I think about it, I guess I'm really afraid of somehow embarrassing myself in front of people by doing or saying the wrong thing, even though I know those scenes where everyone around drops what they're doing to point and laugh at you only happen in movies. I don't like going alone into unfamiliar stores or anything because of it.

I also hate hearing my monotone voice, but it doesn't seem to bother anyone else.

I suppose my worst problem is inertia. I sometimes just can't get myself going, even if I have a full schedule. It is everything I can do just to get myself to move somedays. It's like I'm just frozen in a dreamworld or something. I wrote about this very problem.

So true... except I don't think I could make a beautiful blouse.

Sanityisoverrated, you seem to be skirting the issue!

I think the worst situation I've had is the fact that it's difficult or impossible for others to read my body language about when I am not feeling well, and also difficult or impossible (depending on the time and situation) for me to communicate this in words and/or in any degree of useful detail. (I can sometimes feel pain but not point to where it is for instance, and I also have trouble reporting pain.) This has resulted in a number of untreated ongoing health problems and brushes with death and such, so I think I would call this the most unpleasant thing.

There are a lot of other things that have been extremely problematic in the world I live in (difficulty going from thought to action, difficulty going from perception to thought, difficulty with using language to communicate) but none of those really bother me the way the above does even when they are at their most extreme. Possibly because I can survive as long as someone assists me with the things I can't do in that regard, but I do fear for my survival a good deal, no matter how much other assistance I get, based on that difficulty communicating bodily pain and discomfort.

My major problem is anxiety in planning my day. I tend to want to want a routine, which does not always work. Sometimes my anxiety will stop things from happening. Finally, have problems being social with people.

Communicating to others. I can type it and
it is still loopsided. I am good a giving but
not expressing it in the physical world, nor this
internet world.

I can say, explain, analyze, ect.... but maintaining
a flow of communication, be it here on line, or
I-Physical(the physical world) is another issue.

It is like you have to approach me, and I will
try to approach you. I ask questions to start
and somewhere I lose contact for a while.

So a major problem is sustaining conversation,
not initializing it.

Hmmmmm?
Ghosthunter

does it make sense in your head?

My biggest problem is a combination of what GH said about sustaining conversation and regulating my emotions. Half of the time I am showing waaay to much and the other half I am completely dead to anything. The combniation is quite jarring to people I run into, esp. w/ my conversational lack of skills.

At least most people chalk it up to my hearing impairment rather than accuse me of being a weirdo. . . .

Sensitive hearing always sucks especcially in high school when the drinking fountian was right next to the bell so I would always get caught getting drinks with the one minute bell (owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww). And yeah communicating with others is always hard I cant tell me how many points Ive had taken off on papers when the ideas are great the organization just sucks (I typically just type what I think and its always a bit messed up and the writing center doesnt help me that much with it.) And my handwriting being so messy is bad too (I dont know if this is AS or just me) but thats less and less of a problem now because I can now take essay/short answer test on the computer .
Bryan

I find my Executive Dysfunction symptoms the most problematic. I am highly intelligent and yet I can often act completely scatter-brained. I despise it and that would be one thing I would wish to change (except for the ability to see all the individual parts as opposed to being drawn towards its sum. I like that gift).

Also last term I took public speaking and most of my speeches were in some way about Asperger's (I am always trying to get word out there) but she took points on every time for eye contact and lack of nonverbal communication, so I end up getting a C- (which I still think is a mistake but what you going to do.