Before I was diagnosed, one of my obsessions was mental illnesses (depression, OCD, ect), and I used to try to find that one that fit me. I never thought to look at autistic-spectrum disorders, because I figured, if I had one of those, my parents would have noticed, right? Well one day my mom took me to see a shrink because I had a problem with self-injury, and they got me to do this screening test. And honestly, my mom and I were both shocked to find out what the problem was. And after years of studying asperger’s, I still grow teary everytime I realize “this is me”.