Aspergers and the desire for an asexual state

[balcatraz (imported)]

Are there any other "Aspies" out there who are curious about switching-off their sex drive so that they can concentrate on work, research or other interests/pursuits in life?

Does anybody know if there has been any research linking the desire for castration/lowered sex-drive with Aspergers and other autism-spectrum disorders?

[machieldehaan (imported)]

hi iam also have asperger and the this dream to become a asexual state like the feeling to have notning down there and hope thate one day this can become treu for me

[Riverwind (imported)]

Many of us have already found that joy, welcome to the zoo.

River

[chilliwilli (imported)]

It seems to me people that have been aflicted with this disorder have a valid reason to become void of sexual desire.

chilli-

[KingJones (imported)]

I also have this disorder, And feel the same way for the most part

[chibifish (imported)]

Depends who you ask. I saw a someone supposedly trained in the field for like five minutes with my step mother present. The interview went "Do you hate people?" "Is this who you are?" "He loves music..." "He's capable of starting a family...". Follo

... I'd say no, but then my research on Aspergers has left me rather jaded on the subject.

I don't think castration would help me concentrate as much as I would like it would, though. I'm actually a bit worried the opposite would happen, which... makes little to no sense, other than hormonal stuff.

So yeah, that ... probably wasn't a contribution.

[eunuch wannabe (imported)]

I think I have Asperger's Syndrome. That would explain a lot of things. I've always felt different, have poor social skills, never had sexual relationships (apart from addictive masturbation and a fetish for my own body fat)... I'd like to be in an asexual and androgynous state. That's why I have a serious desire for castration and I'm doing alcohol injections.

[Sweetpickle (imported)]

Hold on there bucko's.

I'm probably mildly aspergerish, but I don't think it would make much sense

for me to cut off my balls so I could spend more time concentrating

on work. And that's what the OP ask.

I think the idea in dealing with mental quirks is to minimize the aggravating

factors, not do something designed to feed the problem and make it more

pronounced.

And I think if you had Aspergers you would be paying a lot closer attention

to the stated issue.

[seagull70 (imported)]

Alan Turing, the British homosexual who broke the Enigma code and invented the computer, is widely considered to have suffered from Aspergers. Aged 39, he was chemically castrated (1952) after being convicted of gross indecency. His biographer, Andrew Hodges, suggests that this was not something that Turing wanted and that he accepted it as a punishment only as an alternative to prison (not the best place in the fifties for a convicted gay man). Interestingly, Turing remained (homo-)sexually active even during his 'treatment' so he doesn't appear to have been asexual.

[fhunter]

Alan Turing, the British homosexual who broke the Enigma code and invented the computer, is widely considered to have suffered from Aspergers. Aged 39, he was chemically castrated (1952) after being convicted of gross indecency. His biographer, Andrew Hodges, suggests that this was not something that Turing wanted and that he accepted it as a punishment only as an alternative to prison (not the best place in the fifties for a convicted gay man). Interestingly, Turing remained (homo-)sexually active even during his 'treatment' so he doesn't appear to have been asexual.

By what sources information I can find, he was treated with estrogen - I do not think that this treatment strongly affects libido.