Ok so this isnt the easiest thing in the world for me to talk about, but its been bothering me a lot lately and so i figured this would be the best way to have a discussion about it.

I was diagnosed with ASD when i was about 5 or 6 years old. Knowing myself back then, i met the symptoms/criteria for the disorder, and if i were in the shoes of the school counselor and psychologist, i probably wouldnt have hesitated to give that diagnosis.

Fast forward to middle/early high school though, and things changed quite drastically. It started with me noticing that i and the other classmates that i knew or suspected to have ASD were not the same. To keep it simple, when it came to social stuff, they just didnt get it. No eye contact, no sarcasm, droning on and on about one thing. Etc. I however (while i did lack some social skills at the time) did easily start catching on to social norms, felt that i affiliated much more closely with the "normal" students, and went on to make several close friends. Played football and soccer. Started to have a wide variety of interests. Essentially went on to live a normal life and left the label in the dust.

Now at this point in my long *** post you are probably wondering why i am posting this in anxiety disorders. The reason is, that i feel that i either recovered from ASD (supposedly impossible) or was improperly diagnosed. Is either even possible??! I think that i have GAD instead. Im often very tense for no reason, im always worried about being criticized/ what other people think of me, fall into patterns of obsessive worrying....im sure you all know the rest. I also took the autism quiz on here and it gave me a 6 (30 is possible autism) out of 50.

The reason it is significant to me to hear what you guys think about this is two main things: 1) my major is psychology, i want to be a counselor/therapist, but if i really do have ASD, how could i ever be successful in that field? And 2) I have been trying to start dating for a long time now and while i have gone out with a lot of girls i have not been successful past 2-3 dates, but i also understand thats just how it is to a degree at my age. I guess im just afraid that im socially inferior somehow and will never find a deserving partner or be successful in the field i want to go in to.

Sorry about the length of this post, thank you for reading though, and i look forward o your replies!



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