Hey there,
I do psychology too! One of my lecturers actually spoke around this topic recently, he said his young son was exhibiting some signs pertaining to ASD and his teachers were eager to get him 'tested' and whilst his son did have a few of the symptoms, he personally knew his son wasn't on the ASD spectrum. In his opinion it's a problem with society nowadays to so quickly point out 'abnormal' behaviour and insist it must come under a 'label' and in young children that could be ASD, ADHD etc.

I suppose there's lots of angles to it really, you could have been misdiagnosed which certainly does happen, you could be High-functioning ASD. GAD could be what you are suffering with and/or it could coinciding with ASD etc.

End of the day and this is just my personal opinion they are just labels. Obviously we need labels to be able to identify and help people but if you feel the ASD label isn't befitting, then awesome! Don't feel like it has to define you. I would instead focus on the behaviours that cause you most problems in your life.

I really admire the fact that you want to be a counsellor/therapist and to have that direction/goal. I wouldn't put yourself down with thinking that you can't be successful, there's lots of areas within that field, so even if you feel you can't 'be successful' in the traditional counsellor/therapist role there is specialised areas that your temperament and skill-set would be more suited. We're always growing as individuals, so try not to perceive how your future will be based on how you are now, because things may change

Dating is never easy! It's great that your trying. You might not believe it but a lot of people may come across socially confident, but chances are inside they could be feeling the exact same, they just mask it better.

I feel like my response has gone of topic at points, apologies if I did haha.

Best wishes
Luci