I liked your description of the "cognitive storms" and can definitely relate. I haven't been diagnosed with AS, but I find myself trying to watch to figure out how people work and why they're relating to this or that person differently and if how they relate to me is par for the course or not and just getting bewildered and depressed over it all sometimes. And just thinking and overthinking. It's annoying. There may be some different things going on with me, but it shows you're not alone and anyway I'm bookmarking your blog!