News of Schizoid Personality Disorder Forum

I almost always feel "out of it." Unenergetic and tired.
I appear to be boring and to have no personality because of this, but I can't help it.
I'm a loner. I've been that way for some time. I used to have friends, up until about the 7th grade.
I'm not stupid, but I feel stupid because I'm always out of it and can never seem to focus on anything.
I always feel left out ...

I'm thinking of finally going to a professional to assess whether or not I have SPD.

The only thing that's stopping me is a fear that something will happen if I do get labeled as such. Will the test be in any records? Will it prevent me from getting jobs in the future? Will it cause me any trouble down the road?

I know it's not like being labeled a sociopath or something like that, ...

Ive been ALONE for a long time now, I feel that I lost my mind, I can read most social cues, as in if I walk up to a stranger and begin to talk that i can and know what they are feeling, its obvious

"who are you"
"what do you want"
"hes cute"
"whatever"
"(got something else on my mind)"

I dont have a social life other then a couple of friends and I ...

If so, did they turn out to be like you?

I find that I like stealing from people I know. Not to do anything with the item or anything, just taking it to take it. And then I'll bring up that the item's missing or sometimes they find out it's gone and I'll have fun pretending it's the darnedest thing that it's missing. But then my paranoia sets in that they will put two and two together one day and snag me, but I keep ...

I've was recently diagnosed with Narcissism, and sadism, as well as schizoid (the shrink was confused as he thought I might be a sociopath but I'm too "aware of myself" for that, literally his words). I'm still trying to make sense of this but the literature I've found doesn't cover combinations of pd's. I've only found the narcissism of the schizoid and the schizoid solution of the narcissist but is there anything that covers both?

All my life, I was acting a certain way, thinking I loved someone, confusing sympathy with empathy, forcing myself to socialize because I felt I had to. And then gradually I realize that I don't love anyone, not even my mom, that all those notions I thought I had are gone. Brain-meltish.

Is it true that you feel comfortable without attention?

A friend of ours is an odd person and I haven't been able to find anything in the DSM IV that seems to fit. He's 40 years old, parents are both dead, has a sister with some kind of mental illness but won't give any specifics (if she has some kind of Schizophrenia related disorder that would lead me to believe possibly Schizotypal?), was reclusive for a while, but is now pretty social and comes ...

well considering Im a new member I though i would give a brief and characteristically vague introduction to myself.

Im currently an A level student in england who was diagnosed with this epitimous disorder somewhat 3 years ago, never had a girlfriend, and happened to stumble upon this forum, after simply reading many threads I thought it rude and decided to join.

I hope to have an interesting talk with you all, cheers for your ...