Thank tiu so much Divine1966, your words are always comforting.

No, I haven't been officially diagnosed, but my GP says I do show some signs of autism. My mum has been convinced that I have Autism since I was young and doctors said I was mildly autistic, but I only show some signs, not all. For instance, I can hold conversations, good at small talk, can read people's facial expressions and body language etc, have a lot of friends and make friends easily. However, I can relate to some symptoms as I can be quite an introvert and loner at times, known to collect things and have phases on food, hate change, very defensive and can get angry with myself as a result. I would never harm others and never have done, but when I was a child I would get very angry quickly if people laughed when I was trying to tell a story and perhaps I would take longer than most, stuff like that. This is quite embarrassing to admit, but I also used to rock to music, as I found it comforting, but I've grown out of most the above.

It's difficult to know whether it's just my personality that makes me sensitive, defensive and hard on myself etc or that it's something more than that...

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