I know this might be an odd question to ask, and I know I really should see a dr to be certain (but at this point I feel I'm being stupid and paranoid and I shouldn't waste the Doctors time), but I've been wondering lately as to whether or not I might be on the spectrum?
I'll try not to ramble on, but I'm a 28 year old male, with a full time job and independant lifestyle, and the possibility of me being on the spectrum had never crossed my mind until a few years ago, when I was in the car with my mother, talking about me being a bright child, and she said "Yeah, the school wanted me to get you tested for Autism but I told them outright don't be daft, there's no way he's Autistic"
That was when so many pieces fell into place in my head, Why I had so much trouble making friends throughout school, why I would become so focussed on certain tasks, like reading, gaming or working, to the point where I'm oblivious to what's going on around me, why throughout my life I would prefer to isolate myself away, than being social, or just totally freeze up and draw a blank at any type of confrontation or argument, regardless how prepared I am, or struggle at starting or carrying conversations with people I hardly know, and why sometimes even responding to a facebook message seems like an increasingly daunting task.
Am I being paranoid? Are these normal everyday things people do and deal with? I mentioned this to A close friend of mine who works with special needs kids (with all manners of cases from aspergers to violent upbringings) and whose partner is mildly on the spectrum, and she said flat out that knowing me as well as she does, that I definitely do not have Autism, I trust what she says, but the more I read into it, the more I worry as I make more connections in my head that corroborate with the symptoms.
Am I being stupid or is this something I should look into further? Thanks in advance for all your respective times and inputs
