My therapist was kind of weird with me today. She started talking about that guy and then stopped abruptly. We talked about something else and then returned to the shooting. She started talking about that guy again and then quickly changed the topic, clearly uncomfortable.

We got onto another topic (more whining from me), and then--apropos of nothing--she just blurted it out. "They said the shooter had Aspergers!" It's like she couldn't hold it in anymore. I told her I wasn't worried about it. And then, I guess to mop up any awkwardness, she said people with Asperger's are more likely to be the victim of violence than the perpetrators of it. I almost laughed because it sounded like she'd just memorized a pamphlet or something!

It's cool, though. I know I'm her only patient who has been diagnosed as having AS and she doesn't have any experience with it, so it makes sense that the whole thing is making her think.