Paranoia

If you do take the concern to you GP... In the UK the NHS, like any other organisation, is populated by people with different profiles and skill sets.  My personal experience has been mixed in terms of the quality and benefits of encounters that I have had there. So much so that the very place I go to seek help with anxieties can make them worse...  As part of the reasonable adjustments that one should be given is communication that is fit for purpose with you as an individual.  That includes your personal variation of autism - this I admit takes a lot of understanding since it is an area of where there are many things one does not know intuitively and immediately to be best.  If you choose to make your autism and preferred means of communication known (and policy states that you should be asked...) it should be "flagged"  in the notes and booking system about you that is used by the staff .  A national strategy is that people you encounter should "ask, listen, do" with you as an autistic person.  This is part of training they should all have undertaken to give them insight into autism.  However, as is the case with so many things, doing training in something does not ensure understanding, competency and compliance.  I mention this as something to consider.  Equally the strategy of "ask. listen, do" can be used by oneself.  It can give information that can be processed and acted upon to help in areas of social communication where one has difficulties - e.g ask the person what they understand about... (e.g autism anxiety and paranoia) including the implications for your interaction, listen to their answer and then decide what to do next...  hehe looks good on paper or on screen not so easy to do - perhaps gets easier with practice  All the best :-)

If you do take the concern to you GP... In the UK the NHS, like any other organisation, is populated by people with different profiles and skill sets.  My personal experience has been mixed in terms of the quality and benefits of encounters that I have had there. So much so that the very place I go to seek help with anxieties can make them worse...  As part of the reasonable adjustments that one should be given is communication that is fit for purpose with you as an individual.  That includes your personal variation of autism - this I admit takes a lot of understanding since it is an area of where there are many things one does not know intuitively and immediately to be best.  If you choose to make your autism and preferred means of communication known (and policy states that you should be asked...) it should be "flagged"  in the notes and booking system about you that is used by the staff .  A national strategy is that people you encounter should "ask, listen, do" with you as an autistic person.  This is part of training they should all have undertaken to give them insight into autism.  However, as is the case with so many things, doing training in something does not ensure understanding, competency and compliance.  I mention this as something to consider.  Equally the strategy of "ask. listen, do" can be used by oneself.  It can give information that can be processed and acted upon to help in areas of social communication where one has difficulties - e.g ask the person what they understand about... (e.g autism anxiety and paranoia) including the implications for your interaction, listen to their answer and then decide what to do next...  hehe looks good on paper or on screen not so easy to do - perhaps gets easier with practice  All the best :-)