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What should I do if I feel so pent up and stressed up over interacting with my classmates?

Depends on what is making you feel stressed, sometimes the best thing to do might be to count to ten then choose what to do.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

When I was in high school, I NEEEEEEDED a quiet place to escape the other kids. Usually, I'd spend lunch in the library, but one school I went to had a big, rather busy library, so I'd spend lunch locked in a bathroom stall. Sounds rather sad and pathetic to me now, but at the time, the stupid bathroom stall was like a little piece of heaven.

You might be able to get a "quiet time out place" added to your IEP. Talk to your parents or school councilor.

You know, the thing about all these spec ed teachers is they shield you, they bubble you as though just because you have aspergers you are less capable of things than the other kids. Don't isolate yourself, immerse yourself with those around you. Can I tell you something? I HATE public speaking, yet I become my class' vice rep this year. Also, I'm terribly unorganized, and my communication is still lacking, yet I'm in a profession that requires excellence in both (I'm becoming a nurse). Can I tell you something? You will feel pain, you will get anxious, you will get hurt by immersing yourself....but in the end you will come to find that you are no longer afraid, and you will grow because of it. I am an aspy, I am in a program that defies all my disabilities, that looks at AS and laughs at it, yet I still am perservering. I do not have the privilege of a reduced course load, I do not get easier work, I have had nothing to make my courseload easier, and yet I perservere by staying up every night studying, by talking and communicating with people daily, with no help from anyone. I am still ridiculed and mocked by certain small minded individuals, but I have evolved past them...I am no longer afriad to be me. Don't be afraid, step into the unknown because you may never know what you'll find there...