Anyone have experience with this

With me, not quite the same, but there are a lot of similarities, hopefully enough to warrant this comment. Like I also assumed I had mild autism for a long time. My mom before passing even told me that when I was a little kid she was fully convinced I was autistic because of how hypersensitive I was to everything, but she only told me this when I was around 20. For a while, only partly because of what she told me, I thought I was probably on the spectrum. But then I discounted it. See, I would like to think I'm a rather empathetic person, I did back then too, but at that time I also mistakenly believed due to bad stereotypes that empathy ruled out autism.

Fastforward to only a few years ago and suddently, like you, I happened to luck into some real mental health care at last. That's when I got diagnosed with Avoidant Personality Disorder, AvPD. I've spoken to a few other comrades here who also have AvPD and that did help me feel a bit less alone with it, but because of it, I really am a hermit now. Which I hate to admit as a communist. I wasn't always though, and I keep hoping maybe one day I won't be again, but having a personality disorder means it's really fucking hard.

If you don't mind me asking, how are you feeling about the diagnosis? I had a lot of mixed feelings about mine. I hope you're doing well with it, comrade. Solidarity.