Funny you mention dates. I hate math - I too am a writer. But I have this thing about dates and years. Many times when I hear the year a person was born my mind immediately tries to figure out how old they are now. It works in reverse too. If I hear how old they are, I try to figure out what year they were born.

My therapist has this feeling because of a few factors. Even though I do have friends and people I talk to, I have a hard time actually forming the relationships. All my friendships were initiated by the other person, not by me. I really have little interest in pursuing friendships if the other person is willing do it for me. Talking about typical teenage things like dating, "who's going out with who", etc. bores me to tears. But whenever I try to talk about my interests (writing, psychology, I'm actually learning Italian) my friends could care less and it seems like they aren't even listening.

Doubting my therapist's suspicions, I told her that I do feel I have an understanding of social situations and can interact with people normally if I am comfortable with them. I have social anxiety disorder - it's not that I don't understand people so much that I fear them and and overwhelmed by all the sensory stimulation going on around me in large groups and in classrooms and hallways at school.

Thanks for your help everyone