techstepgenr8tion wrote:
nthach wrote:
OTOH, we function like a computer or a safety critical/life critical system - we avoid behaviors that are "risky" via logic and reasoning and if we do find ourselves in that situation we freeze up and just can't handle our problem - very much like how a computer will BSOD or kernel panic.
Again, risk taking can help but - a lot the guys I knew who were even exceptionally good on sport bikes and had a lot of bike and skill to show off or who could master extreme sports, if they were nerds at heart to begin with it helped a little, smoothing the geek out of the social skills helped, but, the world in some way can almost always tell who you originally were and it tend to be largely inflexible on its stance regardless of who you try to assert yourself as.
With our logic, taking a risk and failing badly is like the avionics on an Airbus plane or the electronic throttle control on a Toyota failing. BAD and we feel like crap for days afterwards.
I'm really, really trying to get myself to take risks - doing that one thing that scares you. I'll be honest, the adrenaline rush is AMAZING, but I know it's a coat of paint on a graffiti-covered wall. It just seems that people with AS/HFA are geeks or nerds at their core and no matter how hard we try, we can't hide it. I admit, I know quite a bit about the inner workings of cars, buses, computers, and most other things that are mechanized. Girls don't want to hear about it. They're more concerned with pop culture and shopping from my observations.
The last time I took a risk that I can vividly remember, I was flying off a jump that was a good 5-10' high on my snowboard. The landing was rough but that feeling was incredible.
24 Aug 2010, 1:54 pm
