How to change the old school believes?

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I saw my therapist on friday. He acknowledge that I had possibly a mild asperger but wasn't capable of giving me a diagnosis because he said I didn't look or didn't act like most of the aspies he saw. I don't have the rain man look and I'm not intruisive, that's because I don't like to be close to others.

He hesitated between OCD or gifted even though I have a a lot of autistic traits (hypersensitivity to sound/light/touch/odor, hand flapping, tics, meltdowns/shut down, too high focus on specific interest, social isolation, great memory, sleeping problems due to overthinking, odd postures, little or no eye contact, ...). I fit in most DSM-V criteria ( A1)-A2)-A3) ; B1)-B2)-B3)-B4) ; C) ; D) ; E) ; and I don't know about F)! !!) He said that since I read over the internet, i came to believe what I saw and applied it in my life. Something like he didn't believe in self-diagnosis.

Would it be possible that I was able to overcome my social problem just because I'm now thinking before I speak. I don't speak anymore impulsive, but that's only because I lost friend because I say anything that comes to my mind and many didn't like it. At 27 years old, isn't it possible to someone to learn something from their mistakes? Or aspies aren't able to do that?

Also, he told me that Aspergers didn't understand math. But they're able to use it in a different way. Isn't it ironic? Can't understand math, but can use it in odd ways! Wouldn't that mean that Einstein didn't understand his theory?

I don't want to return to my old self, I just hate loosing control. I don't want to look odd and lose friend again. What can I tell him so he can understand that not all aspies look like rain man? Should I talk about genetics? Do I need to teach him what is asperger syndrom? Should I give him some theory on why I look normal to him? I think I did a mistake by just telling him all my look a like symptoms and not enough on the problem asperger syndrom brought in my life. But I don't have experience with psychologist, so I don't know how I should behave!