Getting evaluated is worth it. It was liberating when I received my diagnosis.

I was born in the late 1970s when there was no such diagnosis. My parents and everybody else knew I was different. When I read about Asperger's/ASD I read a description of my developmental history and my social difficulties. I knew right then that was what I had.

A few psychiatrists labelled me with personality disorder, but none of those descriptions came close to describing my experience. My diagnosis rid me of the guilt and hurt that comes with getting diagnosed with a PD. It was healing.

A psychiatrist or psychologist can diagnose you. That person will usually request an interview with family or someone else who is very close to you.