I need to vent a little, apparantly I am an outcast(?)

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So, throughout my life I have never been sure if I actually have Aspergers or not, but I definitely have some serious social issues. This has led me to want to socialize more often, as a way to learn, and to expand my limited social circle. My means for this has been going out to a bar and I have made a few new connections this way over a couple of years. I have managed to reduce my social anxiety by a lot, and more and more I have begun to question if I am actually seriously different from others at all.

However, a couple of weeks back I had a drunken conversation with a guy I've met a bunch of times who is older than me, he told me he was in the same seat as I when he was my age, that I was sort of an outcast, and recommended me to see a psychiatrist (he also revealed that he was seeing one, and had been for a couple of years). So I answered something along the lines of "Yeah, I think there is something different about me, when I was kid doctors suspected I might have aspergers, but I don't think I actually have, and even then this is really not so serious that I need to see someone". He said: "Oh, you're Aspergers as f**k, dude!". I was still convinced my situation wasn't as bad as his was back in the day, so I kinda shrugged it off. But obviously, this thought has been festering in my head, and some of my recent social failings have cause me to worry about this stuff..

I don't really know what I expect from posting this here, I am not really asking a question. I suppose I just needed to express my thoughts somewhere.

you'll not be an outcast here. welcome.

YAY another one joins!

Enviable winner of an emoticon, auntblabby! That takes the cake, really.

Anyhow, back on-task: Welcome to the Wrong Planet! I'm certain we've all been outcasts. Although we can and do make friends, it's not ever as easy as for our neurotypical counterparts. I sincerely doubt any psychiatrist can help you with this matter. Rather, it's within yourself to work out your own strategy. But you'll have plenty of friends here.