I am just curious if anyone thinks a cure for Aspergers is on the horizon in the next 10 years or so?
A few times in the last few years, my father has chirped excitedly to
me that apparently scientists are finding ways to "make neurons bounce
differently" in the brain, which apparently is the precursor to a cure
for Aspergers. I'm not imminently scared of being forced to take a cure
in the next few years or so. I think, however, if a cure were made
available, my parents would pressure me endlessly until I gave up the
ghost and agreed for treatments.
I could find no concrete information on anything my father talked
about. However, my father gets giddy at the prospect of a cure for me.
He seems to think it will make me less anxious and allow me to lose my
inhibitions. I sort of agree.... The only thing, however, is that I
think my anxieties are more "learned" as the result of decades of
repeated failing in life-situations. I feel like even if I was "cured,"
i would not forget my whole life history and every negative event that
shaped my current personality as an adult. I think he would be upset
when I did not just start acting like a type-A alpha male overnight
after being cured.
This is what I sort of tried to explain to him, but I don't think it
came over very clearly; Even if I was cured, I still have not had the
key 30 years of formative life experiences that would allow me to
function as a healthy adult. If I had been a 30 year old NT, I would
have a lifetime of networking, making friends and connections, and doing
everything to build the basis for a strong adulthood. However, having
AS all of these years, I've sort of lived as a marginal indivdual who
has never integrated into mainstream culture or learned how to interact
with others. Even if I was just "cured," I would basically be
horrendously "behind" and starting from square-1 at age 30. I could
only get the most menial work, if that, and I doubt I could hold it. I
never learned how to do the "little tricks" like making effective small
talk, and these things are crucial for holding entry-level jobs.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that by the time you are an adult,
it is not just having AS or not having AS, but what kind of construction
you have built up to base your life on. I think if I was a kid in
public school, and I was at the same basic level as everyone else, I
would accept a cure with no hesitation. For me, however, I think it is
too late now, as everyone has passed me by and lapped me several times.
I know a cure is hypothetical, but these are sort of my thoughts
regarding if I was being forced or pressured to take one. I would sort
of feel like I no longer knew who I was, but thrust into a weird and
unfamiliar world and expected to function instantly.
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