I need help. I've been severely depressed and have had

Social skill is exactly that, a skill.

You've got to practice them until you improve.

>>17756452
Best autism indicators show in the early years and carry over into adult life through various abnormal mannerisms (i.e being a shut in, awkward as fuck with people who aren't complete weirdos, watching horrible anime in adult life, voting for hillary..)
Were you loud as shit as a kid? Screaming all the time, jumping for no damn reason all day, kicking your feet at for long periods for no good reason, needing to make a certain sound or sounds randomly...

>>17756452
Depression includes that fear of reaching out. It's really simple anon. You make an appointment to the doctor and tell them you want to be screened for autism or other mental disabilities. If you qualify you might be entitled to some free government $. It's worth a shot, and you'll feel a lot better with some help on your social skills and such.

>>17756567
None of the symptoms you listed are real specifiers for autism. They sound like what a *channer thinks an autistic behaves like.

And while yes, autistic kids can be loud/assertive (ADHD kids and conduct disorder kids can also be loud and assertive and make echolalia/tourette's-esque tics as well), autistic kids can also be quite shy, or 'active-but-odd', the most famous presentation.

It's difficult to say whether or not someone is autistic in adulthood. There are differential diagnoses like schizoid PD. You would have to go to a behavioral therapist who can monitor basic things like eye contact, obsessive speech, tics, etc. that would point toward a developmental disorder.

>>17756614
I mostly just bullshitting but off my experience, (My step sister has down syndrome and my brother in law has autism) the biggest things I've noted about him are the jumping, kicking, and screeching. Sometimes his words get very jumbled up. He's obsessed with Minecraft and can't put it down and gets super hostile if you try to take it from him even for a minute.