That article says that as many as 1/3 will outgrow the disorder?! Did not know that! I was always under the impression that it was permanent....

Ok so two things - first you reminded me that i forgot to mention that i did go to therapy for anxiety (panic disorder) for about 3 months and it was successful. To be specific, i was paranoid that i had screwed up my mind from a certain substance i had ingested....lol....and so many times throughout i asked me T if she thought there was something wrong with me/if i had a mental disorder. She said all the way to the last day of our sessions that she thought i was just a normal college student that worried too much. When she told me that she had no concerns and wouldnt need to be seeing her anymore, i chose then to reveal to her that i had been diagnosed with ASD as a child and i asked her what she thought. She said that she didnt have any reason to think that i qualified but in order to give a straight answer she would have to talk to my parents etc and i declined at that point (not worth $90 an hour)

As far as worrying what people think of me - i guess im always overly conscious about people sensing something "off" about me or that i look stiff/blank/expressionless etc. And so it does affect my social interactions in a sense because i can get distracted from second guessing myself. So i think being told that i dont have the disorder would get rid of that problem for the most part

Thank you very much for your input

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