| You sound quite normal to me. I am a retired therapist. We are all on the autistic spectrum but those that are near the ends of that spectrum have a much more difficult life. I too experienced your exact life symptoms during my 30's. I am now 65 years old and pretty much OK wth the world. I, however, put all of those symptoms down to just being an introvert, nothing more and nothing less. The introverts spectrum! I could of course hit you with some personality disorder BS but that would be cruel. You could read this for a better understanding: Vann Joines, Ian Stewart - Personality Adaptations_A New Guide to Human Understanding in Psychotherapy and Counselling. I do find it very worrying that so many people are looking for a diagnosis for being just an ordinary human being. You say your therapists have told you that you are not autistic! why do you disagree with them. Surely they are the experts here, the same as me. We are not perfect, yet it is expected of us. |
I hope you're not being serious here because this is patently false and diminishes the experience of those who are actually on the spectrum.
If you do not match the criteria in the DSM, then no, you are not on the spectrum.