No two people are ever alike. As I often say having the diagnosis of Asperger's really doesn't change anything and in spite what the general community might believe, I don't believe it to be a disabling condition.

We all have our quirks and idiosyncrasies. You like dogs and know a ton of things about them. I never grew up liking Doctor Who, but after watching a few episodes from Matt Smith's early run, I became an expert on the series long before Day of the Doctor aired this past November.

You're afraid of the number thirteen and you're obsessed with the number seven. Often times when I take a drink of water I need to take an even number of gulps. But it's not something that cripples my life and I'm sure there are times when you will be able to suck it up and not let the number 13 bother you.

I hate making eye contact, especially when I'm in contact with someone, but I have trained myself to make it with people I know and care about.

There are traits and aspects that you're going to find impossible to overcome. For example, I can never get myself comfortable with the idea of driving and I definitely don't ever want to work in any kind of food service position because of the tiniest likelihood that if I screw up I can hurt someone. That fear becomes reinforced every day with the fact that people can and do get hurt, or sick, as a result of mistakes made behind the wheel or in the kitchen.

But there other things I have been able to take control over because I knew that to get the things I wanted, I had no other choice.

At 22 you've got a long road ahead of you, so don't worry about trying to overcome things now. Try to take everything one day at a time. Treat each day and each experience like a learning experience and use that to motivate yourself.

I hope this is useful as advice goes. Others will have differing opinions, naturally.