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SpartanForce

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So, after years of getting diagnostic as a bipolar person, my doctor told me I'm not bipolar, but that I have schizoid personality. I read a bit on wikipedia about it, but still don't get it. Anyone here as this "disease"? Can you share your personal experience on this?
 
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Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness and apathy. Affected individuals may simultaneously demonstrate a rich, elaborate and exclusively internal fantasy world,[1] although this is often more suggestive of schizotypal personality disorder.

SPD is not the same as schizophrenia, although they share such similar characteristics as detachment or blunted affect. There is, however, increased prevalence of the disorder in families with schizophrenia.[2]
 
"You arent bipolar, youre actually a schizoid"
I see....
"Do you have anymore questions?"
No thats everything

*goes home

"GAF whats a schizoid?"
 
Schizoid falls under the Cluster A of personality disorders. Schizoids prefer to be alone. Have very few contacts/friends and are okay with this. Do not desire more friends or relationships.

This is not to be confused with schizophrenia, a psychiatric illness or schiztypal personality disorder which is also Cluster A but includes magical thinking (think of the 'weirdo' who does witchcraft in his room).

Finally, I have to ask... is your doctor a psychiatrist or a primary care doctor? Because he/she should not be throwing these diagnosis around like candy because they tend to follow you around for life and the two are very different in general... meaning they are not even remotely close diagnoses.


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Tesseract said:
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Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness and apathy. Affected individuals may simultaneously demonstrate a rich, elaborate and exclusively internal fantasy world,[1] although this is often more suggestive of schizotypal personality disorder.

SPD is not the same as schizophrenia, although they share such similar characteristics as detachment or blunted affect. There is, however, increased prevalence of the disorder in families with schizophrenia.[2]
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how you gonna just edit your post like that and take the credit of me typing the exact same thing lol.
 
This is going to turn into another religion thread, isn't it? Or am I confusing schizoid for schizotypal?
edit: Yep, I was thinking of schizotypal. Carry on.
 
It's a personality disorder. Despite it's name, it's actually not schizophrenia-lite.
If I recall correctly, it's characterized by with a dislike for socializing with others (or, at the very least, no desire to socialize), lack of emotionality, and apathy.
A loner, but a loner by choice.
 
I have some Schizoid tendencies, to really badly oversimplify it's like an extreme form of introversion in that you have very little desire for social interaction. I think there's some argument on if it can be accurately considered a personality disorder, though.
 
SpartanForce said:
So, after years of getting diagnostic as a bipolar person, my doctor told me I'm not bipolar, but that I have schizoid personality. I read a bit on wikipedia about it, but still don't get it. Anyone here as this "disease"? Can you share your personal experience on this?
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So you don't ask your doctor about a word she/he used, but you trust wikipedia and gaf.

Book another appointment - it's his/her job to explain their diagnosis.
 
I sometimes wonder if I'm schizoid. I can talk to anyone I think I'm well adjusted my co workers like me but I don't really have friends. Co workers will invite me out sometimes I'll join them but friends that come over to the house? None. Gaf is my friend
 
SpartanForce said:
He said is a personality disorder where I like to be alone. Pretty much only this. But I think there's more that this.
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Diagnostic criteria:

A. A pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:

(1) neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, including being part of a family
(2) almost always chooses solitary activities
(3) has little, if any, interest in having sexual experiences with another person
(4) takes pleasure in few, if any, activities
(5) lacks close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives
(6) appears indifferent to the praise or criticism of others
(7) shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity

B. Does not occur exclusively during the course of Schizophrenia, a Mood Disorder With Psychotic Features, another Psychotic Disorder, or a Pervasive Developmental Disorder and is not due to the direct physiological effects of a general medical condition.
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http://behavenet.com/schizoid-personality-disorder

It's about that but the diagnostic criteria seems pretty broad.
 
youngwerther said:
Does the "choosing to be alone" aspect extend to socialization on the internet?
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I don't think so, the style of socialization on the internet is basically that of a less than acquaintance level and one is generally so separated from any kind of social responsibility or expectation that they're essentially in complete control of their level of involvement. So I would say that generally it probably wouldn't count but it would probably depend on the style of socialization in particular or how it is used by the individual. I think a lot of people that identify as schizoid aren't totally absent of social inclinations, they're just greatly reduced and look a lot different than you would expect, though I suppose they also may not strictly classify.
 
RevDM said:
Finally, I have to ask... is your doctor a psychiatrist or a primary care doctor? Because he/she should not be throwing these diagnosis around like candy because they tend to follow you around for life and the two are very different in general... meaning they are not even remotely close diagnoses..
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Psychiatrist. I have be seeing him for about 4 months now.
 
SpartanForce said:
I don't choose, but I don't have much of a choice. I call my "friends" to go out but they don't want to. I spend most of my time alone, but I don't like being alone.
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You are NOT schizoid. If this is truly how you feel. Was this your primary care doctor or a psychiatrist?

Sounds like you may need to find a new one that truly understands what you are going through
 
SpartanForce said:
I don't choose, but I don't have much of a choice. I call my "friends" to go out but they don't want to. I spend most of my time alone, but I don't like being alone.
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Yeah, there's no way you're schizoid. Most personality disorders are characterized by being comfortable with the qualities that make them different from the norm. If you've ever felt lonely, then it's highly unlikely you have schizoid PD.
 
quadriplegicjon said:
You are NOT schizoid. If this is truly how you feel. Was this your primary care doctor or a psychiatrist?

Sounds like you may need to find a new one that truly understands what you are going through
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Yes but you gotta see that I'm medicated. So those meds could easily have changed my personality. I think without meds I do enjoy being alone.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujIbpt-CCTY

Cat's foot iron claw
Neuro-surgeons scream for more
At paranoia's poison door.
Twenty first century schizoid man.

Blood rack barbed wire
Polititians' funeral pyre
Innocents raped with napalm fire
Twenty first century schizoid man.

Death seed blind man's greed
Poets' starving children bleed
Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty first century schizoid man.
 
What a shitty doctor. He doesn't even explain anything to you?

"I want to hang out with friends but they don't want to. Causing me to stay at home for most of the time."

"Oh. You're a Schizoid."

"A wha —"

"Bye."
 
eravulgaris said:
What a shitty doctor. He doesn't even explain anything to you?

"I want to hang out with friends but they don't want to. Causing me to stay at home for most of the time."

"Oh. You're a Schizoid."

"A wha —"

"Bye."
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"My secretary will take your check on the way out" "See you next Tuesday".
 
SpartanForce said:
Saphris 5mg (2x), Luvox 50mg, Ansitec 10mg (2x), Imovane 7,5mg and Clonazepam 0,2mg (2x).
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Well, Luvox is an SSRI, which is the only drug I can think of on that list would affect whether or not you want to see your friends or not.

How come you're on hypnotic drugs? Trouble sleeping?
 
Holy balls if a metric fuckton of that wiki article didn't ring true for my poor sap of a self. I like to think I'm savvy enough to know that fuck self-diagnosis and yet, still, that shit was excessively eyebrow-raising. A1 to A6 of the DSM section are pretty much indubitable (great word).
 
It's ridiculous that people who prefer to be alone is a "disorder". What's the disorder called when you never want to be alone?... never mind, that's a "dependent personality disorder".

Just enjoy who you are and it's all good. :)
 
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Survival strategy:
Withdraw, intellectualize
Surface structure and boundary functions:
Often present as quiet, reflective, introspective, intellectual people who are good observers.
While avoidants appear anxious, schizoids will more often appear aloof. Their aloofness can be mistaken for disdain
and condescension
Appear quite self-sufficient and self-contained.
More regressed schizoids will show little need for others, choosing solitary activities over contact with others.
Feedback from others seems unimportant and often appear indifferent to feedback.
Often uncomfortable in social situations, often don’t possess good social skills
Defense:
Projection (the world is dangerous)
Intellectualization
Isolation
Feelings:
Generally out of touch with feelings, though can respond to threats with intense anger
Will value being able to deflect/minimize feelings
Underlying feeling is anxiety
When confronted with feelings, often resorts to intellectualization
Selfhood dynamics:
Schizoids see the world as a hostile and dangerous place. Love hurts and you can’t trust people.
Spiritual love is safe love. Often has highly developed spiritual life
Interpersonal self is viewed as damaged and defective
The safe place in self is with self.
With others, the safe place is to be invisible or the expert
 
Az987 said:
That's not the only thing schizoids do.

Schizoid Personality Disorder
Survival strategy:
Withdraw, intellectualize
Surface structure and boundary functions:
Often present as quiet, reflective, introspective, intellectual people who are good observers.
While avoidants appear anxious, schizoids will more often appear aloof. Their aloofness can be mistaken for disdain
and condescension
Appear quite self-sufficient and self-contained.
More regressed schizoids will show little need for others, choosing solitary activities over contact with others.
Feedback from others seems unimportant and often appear indifferent to feedback.
Often uncomfortable in social situations, often don’t possess good social skills
Defense:
Projection (the world is dangerous)
Intellectualization
Isolation
Feelings:
Generally out of touch with feelings, though can respond to threats with intense anger
Will value being able to deflect/minimize feelings
Underlying feeling is anxiety
When confronted with feelings, often resorts to intellectualization
Selfhood dynamics:
Schizoids see the world as a hostile and dangerous place. Love hurts and you can’t trust people.
Spiritual love is safe love. Often has highly developed spiritual life
Interpersonal self is viewed as damaged and defective
The safe place in self is with self.
With others, the safe place is to be invisible or the expert
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Holy shit. That's me. Less that spiritual part.
 
SpartanForce said:
Holy shit. That's me. Less that spiritual part.
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Well it doesnt matter really because they dont treat personaility disorders with meds usually I dont think, just therapy. Are you in therapy?

I mean, it does matter so that you can recognize your faults and work on them if you feel you need to but everyone has their quirks and labeling someone with a personality disorder might stigmatize you in a way, ya know?
 
Az987 said:
Well it doesnt matter really because they dont treat personaility disorders with meds usually I dont think, just therapy. Are you in therapy?

I mean, it does matter if so that you can recognize your faults and work on them if you feel you need to but everyone has their quirks.
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Not in the moment, just meds
 
Most people with SPD dont really care much about seeking help usually because its their belief that there is nothing wrong with them. im not a doctor of any kind but personally, i would not want a diagnosis for SPD. My line of thinking is that if anything comes up down the road where you are in front of a judge/jury you have to rely on untrained people to know/care about the difference between schizoid and schizophrenic.
 
Tesseract said:
a super underrated XBLA game.

Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness and apathy. Affected individuals may simultaneously demonstrate a rich, elaborate and exclusively internal fantasy world,[1] although this is often more suggestive of schizotypal personality disorder.

SPD is not the same as schizophrenia, although they share such similar characteristics as detachment or blunted affect. There is, however, increased prevalence of the disorder in families with schizophrenia.[2]
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Az987 said:
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Survival strategy:
Withdraw, intellectualize
Surface structure and boundary functions:
Often present as quiet, reflective, introspective, intellectual people who are good observers.
While avoidants appear anxious, schizoids will more often appear aloof. Their aloofness can be mistaken for disdain
and condescension
Appear quite self-sufficient and self-contained.
More regressed schizoids will show little need for others, choosing solitary activities over contact with others.
Feedback from others seems unimportant and often appear indifferent to feedback.
Often uncomfortable in social situations, often don’t possess good social skills
Defense:
Projection (the world is dangerous)
Intellectualization
Isolation
Feelings:
Generally out of touch with feelings, though can respond to threats with intense anger
Will value being able to deflect/minimize feelings
Underlying feeling is anxiety
When confronted with feelings, often resorts to intellectualization
Selfhood dynamics:
Schizoids see the world as a hostile and dangerous place. Love hurts and you can’t trust people.
Spiritual love is safe love. Often has highly developed spiritual life
Interpersonal self is viewed as damaged and defective
The safe place in self is with self.
With others, the safe place is to be invisible or the expert
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Whoa I'm schizoid /self diagnosis
 
i have been diagnosed with both Bipolar type II and Schizoid Personality Disorder. I am a prime suspect for being a spree killer probably
 
I'd say therapy would help more than meds but I'm not a doctor either.

There is also Schizotypal which is different I guess?

Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Survival strategy:
Withdraw - aloofness - detachment from social norms and conventions
Surface structure and boundary functions:
The primary feature of schizotypal people is their eccentricity. They often appear odd, out of step with others
and indifferent to social convention. Their peculiarness can look like schizophrenia and a former diagnostic
category for most schizotypals was “simple schizophrenia”
A diagnostic indicator is that in the presence of schizotypals you may find yourself uncomfortable with their
behavioral and cognitive responses. Speech is marked by partial sentences, mumbling and strange phrases
Compulsive behavior is a common characteristic
Most often are alone and aloof from others. Anxious and inappropriate in social situations.
Defense:
Primary defense is withdrawal, retroflecting (holding in)
Projection (seeing the world as a dangerous place)
Feelings:
Feelings are often denied and out of awarenss.
Will (may) show anxiety and anger when confronted, exposed or shamed
Selfhood dynamics:
Schizotypals are generally out of touch with self. There is poor self-perception
Descriptions of personal history often lack coherence or embellishment.
Magical thinking, odd beliefs and references of grandeur may be present
In times of stress, a very fragmented self may emerge that seems close to psychosis. In this context, the individual,
presenting in crisis, may be misdiagnosed as schizophrenic.

I downloaded some documents on personaility disorders a month ago lol.
 
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