I’m a 13 on the AQ scale. In high-school I used to wonder if I was on the Autism spectrum, because I tended to prefer to be alone. I later realized I just had serious social anxiety (I was always a very shy child). My sisters were also shy, and one of them suffered from selective mutism until she was 10.
The good thing about Social Anxiety compared to Asperger’s is that exposure therapy can really help break the pattern. Asperger’s is really an aspect of the personality, it doesn’t change.
I’m a 13 on the AQ scale. In high-school I used to wonder if I was on the Autism spectrum, because I tended to prefer to be alone. I later realized I just had serious social anxiety (I was always a very shy child). My sisters were also shy, and one of them suffered from selective mutism until she was 10.
The good thing about Social Anxiety compared to Asperger’s is that exposure therapy can really help break the pattern. Asperger’s is really an aspect of the personality, it doesn’t change.