Schizoid Personality Disorder Puns

Im diagnosed with Aspergers (in 1998) and depression (in 2009). My question is how would I notice a schizoid personality disorder? Isn't it very hard to tell these 2/3 apart?

Could I just go to a doctor and diagnose myself?

I know other aspies from meetings, many of them have a job hobbies and are happy. I dont. Im not interessted in anything for years.

I searched "schizoid" on TikTok out of curiosity (I know, I rarely go there because it's not a very good app. I just like nature videos there.) and there was a person saying that SzPD shouldn't be in the DSM. There seems to be so many of these kinds of people.

It's considered a disorder for a reason. It's not just being extremely introverted or just not liking to be around people much. There's so much more to it. Shows how grossly misunderstood this disorder is and how little people know of it.

Hola. Dang I remember when there was only 3000 members here! Glad to see this community growing.

So I've known I'm Aromantic for about 2&1/2 years now, but recently after a long Psychiatric Evaluation, I was diagnosed as having Schizoid Personality Disorder.

I'm curious to know how much overlap there is for people both being aromantic and having schizoid personality disorder. Of course there's really no way to know, but they do share similar traits: > Schizoid personality disorder: A condition in which people avoid social activities and interacting with others.

>Schizoid personality disorder typically begins in early adulthood. People with this condition don't desire or enjoy close relationships, even with family, and are often seen as loners. They may be emotionally cold and detached

I'm also wondering if aromanticism would often be mistaken for schizoid personality disorder when doing a psych eval. It's convient for psychiatrists and those in the medical community to sum up everything in a "disorder", as it gives them a "diagnosis", but I don't know.

I do feel like I fall in the category of SPD, and I am aromantic. So I think I was evaluated correctly, but I think if most people tell Psychiatrists they have no desire for romantic relationships, they could mistakenly be marked down as having schizoid personality disorder, or some other disorder (again, they love to use the term "disorder" for everything...I was also shown to have Avoidant Personality Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Social Anxiety Disorder).

Anyways, just curious if anyone else here has been evaluated as having Schizoid personality disorder. Certainly not all schizoids are aromantic, and not all aromantics are schizoids, but I imagine there is some overlap, just have no idea how much, and really no way of knowing.

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TLDR - I think I have been misdiagnosed, and am devastated after the time and money I spent trying to get an official autism diagnosis. Can anyone give me some support or their stories of being diagnosed with asd after being misdiagnosed with other things? I know misdiagnoses are common in women and minorities, but I still can't feel like I am being crazy and that my tester must know more about me than I do and that I just don't want to believe her assessment.

So I recently was diagnosed with a bunch of things that just don't feel right to me. My tester told me I struggled with attention, but not consistently enough to warrant a diagnosis even though it interferes with my daily life. She told me it was clear I struggled in some social situations and did not relate to people like NTs do. But that I did not consistently enough meet all the criteria for ASD (even though I met most if not all of it according to the DSM). She seemed really surprised when this hurt me so much, and triggered a complete meltdown on our call. I felt so invalidated, and like she wouldn't listen to me or my specific struggles. She kept saying how labels don't really matter anyway - but they matter to me, and would help me immensely to describe my experiences to others. She also said that I was "too hung up" on the negative aspects of my struggles, but again, I paid her to look at them - if a doctor told me I was "too focused" on a broken arm, they would be a bad doctor.

She diagnosed me with depression (which I already knew), hypomania, and schizoid personality disorder, which doesn't seem to fit at all. I am a bit awkward sure, and I enjoy solitude and am eccentric. But I love my family and my friends. I enjoy being around other people and seek them out. I don't consider myself to be cold, detached, or apathetic, I just sometimes appear that way because of my body language/voice. I am very empathetic and I have a deep intimate relationship with my fiance, and have friendships with many people who are on the spectrum. I am not at all close to asexual, and my social and sensory struggles started as a kid. SPD also doesn't describe any sensory overload symptoms which are the bulk of my struggle, and she claims that I don't really show "enough sensory difficulty" for autism even though she never really asked about it?

Am I crazy for just feeling in my soul that this doesn't fit and there's more to this? Is it insane for me to want a second opinion or an "official" diagnosis when I am

Hello. If you don’t want to read this whole thing, the question is very simple, as stated in the title.

So, I am in the process of figuring out what is so called «wrong» with me with a psychologist (I know there isn’t really something wrong with me, I am just different than many and most people, and don’t function well in this crazy society we have created for ourselves). I have had a very difficult life, and since middle school, I have not been able to do school like others, and never managed to keep a job. After yet another breakdown, I decided to seek help. Right after, I read about autism in women, and I started crying and had a mental image of puzzle pieces falling into place. I was in awe pretty much, because FINALLY, something relatable. After months going to a psychologist, filling out and answering what in the end felt like an endless amounts of forms, she said to me: «I don’t really find you «weird» enough to have autism», and she landed (for now) on a schizoid personality disorder, acknowledging that I am a complex human being, and after endless forms, she doesn’t really have enough info. I still think I have autism inside my brain. I have tried to read, and in many ways, I can see myself on the schizoid side of things too, but it feels no way the same as the recognition with autism. It makes me feel down, really, because I was so sure (but always a little voice doubting), and now I pretty much doubt my whole self and my reasoing ability. Does anyone have some understanding about the differences between these two diagnosis? In a way that can help me understand the difference better than the complexity of the internet? Thank you in advance... wishing you all a good day!

Edit: Wowiwow... Thank you SO much to everybody who has taken the time to read this and to respond to it! I have no words to fully express my gratitude. Just to imagine there are so many nice people out there, I am pretty much amazed... all the best to all of you.

•I would like to know if theres is any difference between male and female symptoms (like with Aspergers)? Because most people that Ive googled or heard that are diagnosed with SPD are men. (Normally older people(I’m 22) and the way they are described like they are a bad person cold narcissist. My aunt is married to a guy that was diagnosed with SPD and she keeps comparing me and him but are nothing a like! He is super narcissistic and a person I don’t like the attitude. •And if its normal to have this disorder since childhood ? My mother always notice I was different. And she thought I had Aspergers ( now its called in the autism spectrum) but my psychiatrist diagnosed me with SPD(SPD, depression and anxiety). Since I was a child i have been to so many psychiatrists. Now i finally have a diagnosis. And I don’t know anyone (besides my aunts husband ) or better any other women with SPD (to talk to). •And I don’t feel like I can find things about SPD online , in movies , instagram etc people talking about it. Women talking about having it . Sorry for my english!

I guess the title speaks for itself, I really really love my Gf alot we've been together for a year now, and I need advice on how to make this work If I can... I'm trying to better understand this personality type, but she can be really draining at times and distant , and I'm not shaming this personality disorder it's just super new to me and didn't even know what this disorder was before now I'm trying to keep this post as PC as possible but after hearing this I'm intrigued?, a little confused, and understanding her a behavior a litte better now, She knows I love her, and she lets me know she loves me to, I don't want our relationship to fail because she is a cool person and awesome to me but its really frustrating i'm patient though but like said i'm just super confused as to what to do now, and want to help.

I sought help from anxiety back in 2018 through a professor in university as I could not work with other people and never needed to do anything like that throughout my life before. I did not want to seek help, by the way, but had to do it anyway. I went through CBT with minimal changes; could call people or buy something at the late age of 19 though. But my personality was still the same and my desire for isolation and no relationships was still intact.

My psychologist then changed job and I got a new one in 2019. This one suggested I might be autistic since I did not show any desire for knowing other people and sent me to a specialist who was to diagnose me - "with autism or anything else", she said.

Today, I learned I was to be diagnosed with autism after much resistance to be diagnosed at all until I failed yet another university course because of the same difficulties. "Asperger's it is," the specialist said, yet I feel like she diagnosed me with it, so that I can get help from rehabilitation programs available for people diagnosed within the spectrum in my country. I am not complaining at all and I see why she would diagnose me with this as I have tried everything else, but medicines, to get accustomed to people with, obviously, failure.

The reason why I feel Asperger's is not where my problems come from is that I was pretty normal until the age of 7 where I got into an unfortunate situation and then developed selective mutism throughout my childhood to the age of 15 where I learned the hard way to "speak" with people in my class in high school. I was fortunate enough to "use" a girl to accompany me in group projects as I did her homework and in return, she just helped me get through social settings without ever becoming my friend. I bet she thinks she was the one using me!

Obviously, university was different and with lots of group projects. I just could not go through with it. I failed three major university studies just because I disliked group projects and could not cope with them - thus a professor suggested I go to a psychologist.

I fantasize a lot, almost everywhere. I thought everyone did the same until I realized people found it odd I kept looking out through the windows in the bus without moving an inch. People just looked at me as if I was weird or something for doing that - something I realized very late as I never paid attention to anything but myself in most situations.

There are things, which oddly enough makes me think I might hav

They are basically just serial killers... Where does someone like me get enough motivation to start killing people?

It’s worrying how many of the symptoms I show. Lack of motivation/flat affect, lack of enjoyment for life, compulsive avoidance of social situations and the outside world etc.

I have Aspergers and from what I understand, one can’t be diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder “during the course of autism” according to the DSM. However, I’ve noticed myself developing overt schizoid traits as I’ve gotten older that seem separate from the autism. I used to be highly emotional when I was younger, but as of the past four years I’ve lost the capacity for emotional empathy. My emotions seem dull and I’ve sort of acquired a flattened affect. I no longer feel social anxiety; now I’m just more comfortable in isolation. I find people to be very annoying and I have zero desire for romantic or sexual relationships. This probably overlaps with depression, however these traits are independent of whether I’m in a depressed state or not. I’m still this way when I’m feeling great. Could this comorbidity be possible?

What causes Schizoid Personality Disorder with it's detachment from the world and not caring about anyone/anything? Any neurobiological theories that have been put forward?

A couple weeks ago I was just this happy asexual who survived child abuse, enjoying the freedom and financial independence I achieved, content with my simple, frugal and lonely lifestyle, with limited social interactions and no desire for intimate relationships, which I attributed mostly to my asexuality and my desire to be stress and drama free.

But now it turns out I might just be mentally ill? Am I supposed to be sexual, greedy, dependent on others and their opinions, and add more stress to my life?

Where is the line drawn between a mental disorder and an alternative lifestyle?

Is it possible to have both schizophrenia and SzPD?

I would just consider myself a person who, unlike everyone else around me, does not live for the happiness hormones.

My boss is on vacation and I’m bored at work. This is the only thing unique about me. Ask away.

For years, I (25) got diagnosed with depression; and while it was part of my symptoms, I’ve only been recently diagnosed with SPD.

It felt like an atomic bomb launched on me. My life has been a living hell for the past few months; my symptoms got much more intense and worrisome, therapists think it can degrade and get worse if we don’t find the right treatment to stabilize it…

I feel absolutely broken, unable to live like everyone else. I feel like damaged goods; I shouldn’t be alive, I feel like a waste of space and oxygen. It’s all new to me, but it only comforted me in the idea that I’m broken.

Is anyone here who has been diagnosed and is currently professionally taken care of tell me what their life is like; is there hope for a « normal » life? Can I ever be happy, fulfilled?

I don’t really know what I’m looking here, I sincerely just need to vent, and support.

Thanks all

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Schizoid personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency toward a solitary or sheltered lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness, detachment and apathy

I've had this disorder for as long as I can remember, I don't want to give my whole life story on this post so ask what you want, and I'll try to respond to the best of my ability

Like do they pretend to have emotions and be close to people or is that just an aspd thing? (I know people with aspd have emotions so don't jump down my throat)

I’m 19 years old and i have isolated myself since i was 15, when i was younger i actually felt really lonely, but in the last few years i’m completely fine with being alone and i actually prefer to be. Last time i went out with friends was at 16 years old otherwise i just go out to do things i’m forced to do. When i went to high school i had 2 friends and even though we spent a lot of time together i never actually felt the need to be with them, when they message me it takes me days to answer because i don’t want to talk. Sometimes i wish i could actually be able to care for them but i’m just unable to grow attached to someone. I never feel the need to talk to anyone or go out with anyone, my friends gave up on trying to talk to me because it takes me so long to answer their messages and i don’t feel bad nor i miss them at all. I feel lonely but at the same time i don’t, it’s really weird. People always say that i have no emotions and my history teacher even told me i seem like a person in a vegetative state.

I'm a 19M struggling with these problems. I have not been diagnosed with any of these and know that it's not appropriate to self-diagnose, but I suffer from severe anxiety in social situations (voice shaking, unable to communicate), which I think influences and causes the schizoid characteristics and depression. I have never been to therapy and don't think I will be able to since I don't know how, and my parents would judge me etc. This has been going on so long that I am now starting to feel/appear to be extremely detached. Monotone voice, very flat affect and overall apathetic and just indifferent to things around me / my own well being. I've lost my desire for social experiences and just don't really even care about anything anymore.

For background, I just finished the college semester and am a high performing student, but have no friends or social relationships. I spend almost all day now on social media, youtube, and playing video games. This leaves me feeling empty, drained and depressed. I wish I could experience these exciting social events or even something new, but I don't have the motivation or courage to. I am terribly afraid of driving since I took so long to get my license, and my fear of driving anywhere always outweighs the benefits of the event. I got into an accident a while ago and honestly just don't want to drive ever again. I can't talk to people because I get a shaky voice and have to figure out what facial expressions to display. It's so much work and I just have no idea what to do now, I'm just trapped and feel like I've fucked up my life early on by avoiding learning how to drive and not making friendships, that I am kind of doomed at this point. I know there is more to my life than this but I don't have the keys to open up the door to experience the things I want, I am too afraid and too robotic to even start. I seriously look like a robot, since I really don't know how to display any emotion and get extremely uncomfortable when people point this out. Do you have any advice for me? Thank you so much for anyone who answers I will respond as soon as I can.

Heyo,

i read, that the main difference between these two things is that personality disorders are inflexible and usually cause distress while a personality style is not as "bad" and may even benefit a person's life.

I was wondering how this works with the schizoid personality style and disorder. How can there be a difference? I mean, how can a schizoid personality style be helpful? For example, narcissistic personality style can be a good thing because people want to achieve things and are very ambitious but because it's just the style and not the disorder it's not causing distress and does not lead to character traits like selfishness and so on, which cause distress for others.

But how does a schizoid personality style look like in comparison to the schizoid personality disorder?

Why does Schizoid Personality Disorder considered a disorder/disease ?

How it can affect harmfully on the person who have it ?

Sorry for my English it is not my first language

When I asked him whether he thinks I have ADD, he said I definitely don't because I should be diagnosed at childhood from 3 yrs to 7 at most(I'm 19 yrs old) otherwise it's impossible, and that they're fidgety and cannot sit in one place though I'm a quite person. His view kind of threw me off. I didn't reach out for help till now because I have close minded parents regarding mental health, they literally think I should pray to God and everything is fine🤦‍♀️so they never let me reach out to any psych and now that I'm an adult and so tired of those symptoms that are destroying my life I wanted to reach out for help myself. Should I stay with this doc? What should I do?

How do we (Can we) truly differentiate someone from being an 'extreme' INTJ vs someone who's an INTJ with SPD or someone who simply just has SPD? - How can one tell the difference, what are the core differences / are there any and why would you classify it as a difference (if it isn't self-evident)?
And do we have the right to label anyone as such? / Who has the right to decide what's 'normal'? - Would that decision be ethically acceptable and why?

I know some of these questions may come across as ignorant and excessive (and I apologize for that), but I felt the need to put them out there, as one can always come to the conclusion that he or she is looking for.
Am hoping that the input from others may paint a clearer picture.

Thank you to anyone who replies / gives their insight on the subject.

i do not know if its hard for me to make friends because of avoidant personality disorder or because of schizoid personality disorder?

If you want to see what this means read this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder

Now I know it's to go the doctor, but how does this process work? Anyone here who got diagnosed know what happens?