Unhelpful comment by GP; or was it???

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This morning I had a further consultation in regard to whether or not I am a person with aspergers.
This afternoon I went to see my GP (General Practitioner) about something unrelated.
My GP asked me how the aspergers assessment was going, and then said "Where do you go from here? Maybe you'd be better off living on a desert island".
I've been thinking about it, and maybe it isn't a bad idea. After all; I wouldn't have other people distrupting routine, or the sensory overload caused by chaotic society. I could live in peace, and be one with nature.
My favourite book has always been Robinson Crusoe, and when I was a young adult I did research into possible islands where I could go and live on my own. I think that actually I would like it. I have read the SAS Survival Guide, and find all that sort of stuff very interesting.
I wouldn't be alone as I would have all the animals around me. I know I could make friends with them, and that they'd accept me. They'd soon become tame.

Maybe my GP shouldn't have said what she did, as I have taken it as advice from a medical proffesional.

people have said this to me, in a derogatory fashion, implying that they think I am just being hysterical and should overcome my problems.

The thing is, the way I live now is as close to the desert island as it is possible to be while still functioning in the society. It's very hard to do on low income however :/

I would be finding another GP, if I were you. That was even ruder than the comments I got from my GP recently.

I think she was just joking, I wouldn't have been offended by that. My GP does say stupid offensive things, I just avoid seeing him as much as possible.

Your GP was probably joking, but I'd still find a new GP if I were you; I don't think it's funny to joke about stuff like this.

speak to the local PALS team they will be able to help find if there was an issue and then make a complaint about it if needed.

Is it possible that this was the doctor trying to understand what you need and your own calculations?

It may be that in your interview a lot came out that made this seem like a reasonable option, if it was in any way practical. The thing that I can recall my doctor saying before during and after the assessment was: there is no treatment or cure, so the question is what do you do with the knowledge. This could have been the GPs way of saying--"do you want to isolate yourself?" Which is not an unreasonable question.

Given that I am not always particularly good at interpreting subtle meanings in the speech of others, I try not to interpret things negatively. Also, when people say things that I am not sure how to interpret, I try to ask them for elaboration. Sometimes they mean something quite different than the thing I inferred.