Pray to get rid of Asperger even though it's impossible.

Tony Ramirez · Feb 8, 2020

I suffer from Asperger Syndrome or highly functional autism ASD so it is extremely difficult for me to socialize with people.

I do attend a great Chuch and I do know people there even a friend Justin who knows of my ASD as does the Pastor.

What gets me is at Church how they are able to socialize easily while I struggle to just say hi. What irks me is the fact if I can get into a conversation we exchange a few words and then the conversation ends. While when the normal people talk amongst themselfs they can talk for many minutes.

Although Jesus healed the blind, Crippled and the deseased I doubt very much he can tough me and remove my Asperger's so I can be and socialize normal.

SkyWriting · Feb 8, 2020

Tony Ramirez said:
I suffer from Asperger Syndrome or highly functional autism ASD so it is extremely difficult for me to socialize with people.

I do attend a great Chuch and I do know people there even a friend Justin who knows of my ASD as does the Pastor.

What gets me is at Church how they are able to socialize easily while I struggle to just say hi. What irks me is the fact if I can get into a conversation we exchange a few words and then the conversation ends. While when the normal people talk amongst themselfs they can talk for many minutes.

Although Jesus healed the blind, Crippled and the deceased I doubt very much he can tough me and remove my Asperger's so I can be and socialize normal.

But you can start a video or audio podcast and in time make a full time income from it. You can take callers or read questions. You can cover that topic....or any topic that you have an interest in.

Tony Ramirez · Feb 8, 2020

What does this have to do with prayer.

Tigger45 · Feb 8, 2020

God’s peace be with you Tony :pray:

Llleopard · Feb 8, 2020

Tony Ramirez said:
I suffer from Asperger Syndrome or highly functional autism ASD so it is extremely difficult for me to socialize with people.

I do attend a great Chuch and I do know people there even a friend Justin who knows of my ASD as does the Pastor.

What gets me is at Church how they are able to socialize easily while I struggle to just say hi. What irks me is the fact if I can get into a conversation we exchange a few words and then the conversation ends. While when the normal people talk amongst themselfs they can talk for many minutes.

Although Jesus healed the blind, Crippled and the deseased I doubt very much he can tough me and remove my Asperger's so I can be and socialize normal.

Slow down friend! Being an aspie is okay overall! It has challenges, and there are bad days when being neuro typical seems to be more desirable, but it's okay to be you, even with the challenges!
You can work on getting better at socializing. The best way for me was with my husband, who role played with me so I could practice set responses to typical situations. Then I tried them out in safe places like small church groups. He critiqued me, and with practice, now I can hold a fairly decent small talk. Can you ask your pastor or friend to work with you ? I still hate being 'forced' to greet people in church, but I'm confident I can get through the moment adequately. Real conversations with friends are totally different, where you can be yourself, but set responses are great for social situations. You don't have to change who you are to be acceptable xx

Petros2015 · Feb 8, 2020

Tony Ramirez said:
What irks me is the fact if I can get into a conversation we exchange a few words and then the conversation ends. While when the normal people talk amongst themselfs they can talk for many minutes.

Will do. I know that feeling, probably not to the degree you know it, but I know it.

Tony Ramirez · Feb 8, 2020

Llleopard said:
Slow down friend! Being an aspie is okay overall! It has challenges, and there are bad days when being neuro typical seems to be more desirable, but it's okay to be you, even with the challenges!
You can work on getting better at socializing. The best way for me was with my husband, who role played with me so I could practice set responses to typical situations. Then I tried them out in safe places like small church groups. He critiqued me, and with practice, now I can hold a fairly decent small talk. Can you ask your pastor or friend to work with you ? I still hate being 'forced' to greet people in church, but I'm confident I can get through the moment adequately. Real conversations with friends are totally different, where you can be yourself, but set responses are great for social situations. You don't have to change who you are to be acceptable xx

I am talking to my friend Justin who is giving me tips to socialize. His wife also knows my condition.

As for the morning greetings I talked out it here and on the Autistic forum and they all agree they don't like it.

There has to be a reason why God did not make me normal. I prayed about it too him.

NBB · Feb 8, 2020

I know what you mean, that they talk to each other even if they do not know each other for much time. They can make friends very easily etc etc.
And i can't. It would cost me something i don't have if i have to achieve that.

NBB · Feb 8, 2020

Do you have 'shutdowns'? in social situations?, i didn't have them anymore i'm pretty sure because i prayed a lot to God and God did something, i believe there is a lot of aspects of aspergers that can be improved through deliverance. Maybe is an unpopular opinion but.

Tony Ramirez · Feb 8, 2020

I go through mini shutdowns. I will still say hi back to someone who greets me as I did this past Sunday service.

But I am always in shutdown mode during morning greetings unless someone greets me but it's very short conversations. Being a Aspie is not good.

Tony Ramirez · Feb 8, 2020

Of course growing up I did not know what I have. My sister is fully Autistic but I always thought there was something wrong with me.

My normal all male cousins did not understand why I could not socialize with people. In school they did not understand and after I dropped out of College which was some of my darkest not socializing days I found out I had Asperger in my early 20s.

I attended a Church and did have friends but I lost it all and backslided for 15 years. I came back to a new Church last April after my sister nearly died from the Flu.

I now know quite a few people who greet me when I walk into the door more than the last Church. I say hi back but can't go into an conversation.

I attend a life group with Justin and his wife and really try to socialize but it's difficult. I just pray all the time to get rid of my Asperger Syndrome so I can be more normal around them even though all at the Church are extremely friendly and never judged me for what I look like or behave with Aspie traits.

anna ~ grace · Feb 8, 2020

Tony Ramirez said:
I suffer from Asperger Syndrome or highly functional autism ASD so it is extremely difficult for me to socialize with people.

I do attend a great Chuch and I do know people there even a friend Justin who knows of my ASD as does the Pastor.

What gets me is at Church how they are able to socialize easily while I struggle to just say hi. What irks me is the fact if I can get into a conversation we exchange a few words and then the conversation ends. While when the normal people talk amongst themselfs they can talk for many minutes.

Although Jesus healed the blind, Crippled and the deseased I doubt very much he can tough me and remove my Asperger's so I can be and socialize normal.

Sometimes He heals miraculously. That definitely happens. But I am more inclined to see Aspergers as simply a facet of how we are wired; not a disease in the same way that cataracts, stomach ulcers, or AIDS are diseases.

We are different. Some might see asd folks as broken. But God can and does use our imperfections to bring us closer to Christ, and make us more like Him.

One of my favorite Saints is Saint Joseph of Cupertino. I read his biography and wept, as I felt that for the first time, I was reading about a Saint very much like myself. He was clumsy, shy, awkward, didn't talk much, got along better with animals than with his fellow monks, and generally managed to get almost everything wrong. Yet God made him very holy, and gave him immense graces and blessings.

St. Joseph of Cupertino: the Dunce | EWTN

Don't value yourself the way others do. Don't gage your value in terms of how social or outgoing you are. Work on your soul, on your prayer life, pray for folks, and follow Christ. He will reward your efforts, and struggling.

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