I didn't notice the thing about the eye contact, but I do now. It's not bad, I guess I've trained myself to hold eye contact but I have to focus to do it. And then I have to force myself to break eye contact lest I be accused of staring.

I also don't relate too much to the hugging or touch thing. I don't mind hugging (under most circumstances) and I am known by some for giving good hugs, but I don't want to run up to random people and hug them out of the blue. Or even acquaintances. I have to know that it's okay before I can even allow myself to want to hug them.

On a tangentially related note, I did always like the feeling of the heavy thing the dentist always put on whenever taking x-rays to see if I had cavities, and I like sleeping under heavy comforters even in the heat of summer (though I could never be tucked in because I usually move too much when I sleep).



So at this point I should probably divert the topic to diagnosis.
I'm not familiar with diagnostic processes in the U.S. Most of the resources related to that that I found online were for the U.K. and the ones that weren't talked about diagnosing pre-adolescent children (I'm 19).
What should I expect if I decide to pursue an official diagnosis?
What is the process like?
Do you think there is a likelihood of them giving me the diagnosis just based on what you've seen here from me? I don't want to pursue it if the likelihood is low.