I am diagnosed autistic but i talk to people all the time but they dont end up as mates. I have no anxiety issues. I push myself out of comfort zone lots, well my mum pushes me lol, i do voluntary work, i have done bronze and silver duke of ed and im a master scuba diver. I was in bottom set throughout school but refussed to let teachers tell me im a waste of space, i passed my gcses and now doing A levels. Problem for me is that i would like to have mates i can see now and again, no nightclubs, pubs or boys, most of the girls in my small welsh town are only interested in those things. I will keep trying