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I'm a self-diagnosed Schizoid currently in therapy at the behest of my (thankfully) co-dependant mother. Anyway, my question for any of you compatriots out there reading this that have either been in or are in any sort of therapy is: How did the (possible/probable) diagnosis of being a Schizoid come up? I've been reading about Schizoid Personality Disorder for some time now, comparing the characteristics of such with my own position in life ...

I was diagnosed with GAD and social phobia 2 or 3 years ago. Looking back, I know I wasn't honest with my doctor because I was terrified of being locked up for some reason. I think I have avoidant personality disorder among other things.
I've been on medication for 2 or 3 years now and over that course of time, have gained 30 pounds. I'm weaning myself off to get rid of the weight and ...

Hi all,

I need a help in solving one of my problems which i am really unable to solve myself without any help. As a child i had many phobias... like uable to speak to people unable to talk in public, just unable to anything.. I think this problem started when i was around 6 or 7 years when my teacher tore my Drawing ( which i had done all my own as a part ...

There is a variant of schizoid personality which shows some similar signs of dependency to DPD:

The 'Higher Level' schizoid

"Because the schizoid has not had the benefit of an
experience of contact and trust in infancy, the most positive
relationship that he can manage is one in which he is not being
attacked. He accomplishes this by assuming a part self representation of a trapped, helpless, completely comliant person relating to another ...

Invitation to join StPD/AvPD/SPD forum: http://groups.msn.com/SCHIZOIDPERSONALI ... ERCHATSITE


Schizotypal PD, Avoidant PD and Schizoid PD refer generally to a phobia of "emotionally intimate relating" to other people, among other things...... its just too scary, and as a result Schizo-folks will often choose solitude.

Hippolytus

Invitation to join AvPD/SPD forum: http://groups.msn.com/SCHIZOIDPERSONALI ... ERCHATSITE


'Avoidant personality disorder' and 'schizoid personality disorder' refer specifically to the fear is of 'emotional intimacy'..... its just too scary.

Hippolytus

My girlfriend and I will have been together for 7 and a half years in July. We have been living together for 6 years now.

I would have preferred to get married; however, she was married previously. Her marriage was abusive, it was a very bitter divorce, she lost most of the things she owned and because of that, has no desire to get married again.

Lately, although I have no glaringly obvious sneers or ...

I'm new to this forums. and thought tell some about myself. I have been diagnosed with just about everything. Depends which Psychatris you talk with. But latest is Bipolar, PTSD, BPD
I haven't been in Mental hospital for almost 6 now or tried to hurt myself in any way for that length of time.


2 years ago my husband and I moved to town i grew up in and moved away from when i was ...

Ok, this is gonna be long, so please bear with me. For as long as I can remember I have been having strange disturbances in my thought process. It's really hard to explain but I'll try.

When I was little I would get scared, and I would try to get my mind off of it by thinking of a cartoon that I had watched earlier in the day. While I was imagining these cartoons a ...

Ok, this is gonna be long, so please bear with me. For as long as I can remember I have been having strange disturbances in my thought process. It's really hard to explain but I'll try.

When I was little I would get scared, and I would try to get my mind off of it by thinking of a cartoon that I had watched earlier in the day. While I was imagining these cartoons a ...