Do you avoid relationships and sex?

Never been in a relationship, or even close (lost a couple of male friends because I just couldn't go there). I also imagine that only a controlling narcissist would put up with me in the long run. Sometimes I think it would be sort of nice and comfortable having someone make my decisions for me and take care of my basic needs (sex included), without forcing emotional intimacy or for me to socialize with his friends and family. Just be kind of like a pet. I've realized that I'm mainly attracted to antisocial traits though, so this might not be the best idea ever.

I don't know whether I actually want a relationship anyway, because I've never been attracted to anyone as a person beyond the point where they open their mouth and words come out. I'm trying to lower my level of stress around people to see whether that's the reason, or whether I just don't like real-life people that much at all. My fantasy ever since I was a kid is having a robot boyfriend I can just switch off or re-program when he starts to annoy or bore me, too bad those don't exist.

Don't date robots!!

http://vimeo.com/12915013

Schizoid Personality Disorder will be revised into a spectrum rather than a binary condition in the DSM-V, which is only the logical thing to happen. The absurdity of the current criteria-based system reveals itself again and again in the vastly different experiences felt by people who share the same label. It is one of the more logical things that has come out of Psychiatry, if I may say.

Jadeite wrote:Schizoid Personality Disorder will be revised into a spectrum rather than a binary condition in the DSM-V, which is only the logical thing to happen. The absurdity of the current criteria-based system reveals itself again and again in the vastly different experiences felt by people who share the same label. It is one of the more logical things that has come out of Psychiatry, if I may say.

Interesting. I don't think I've ever heard that. How they do it should be interesting. I hope they don't wind up somehow making it more confusing.

cobra cat wrote:

Jadeite wrote:Schizoid Personality Disorder will be revised into a spectrum rather than a binary condition in the DSM-V, which is only the logical thing to happen. The absurdity of the current criteria-based system reveals itself again and again in the vastly different experiences felt by people who share the same label. It is one of the more logical things that has come out of Psychiatry, if I may say.

Interesting. I don't think I've ever heard that. How they do it should be interesting. I hope they don't wind up somehow making it more confusing.

You guys are speaking as if the thing hasn't been out for almost two months already.

I've been having difficulty finding the new criteria, however. Perhaps my Google-fu is not up to the task.

roscid wrote:I've been having difficulty finding the new criteria, however.

That may be because there are no new criteria:

DSM5 publication wrote:The criteria for personality disorders in Section II of DSM-5 have not changed from those in DSM-IV. An alternative approach to the diagnosis of personality disorders was developed for DSM-5 for further study and can be found in Section III.

It looks like the hybrid/spectrum model was largely scrapped, although some of it has been chucked in "Section III", which I think is an appendix at the back. Pity, I thought the proposed diagnostic system made more sense than the old system.

Platypus wrote:Pity, I thought the proposed diagnostic system made more sense than the old system.

I read that it was generally agreed upon that the new system would have made diagnosis much more difficult for the psychiatrist, so they scrapped it, but they left it in DSM V in case it can be worked into a better system.

Does anyone want to pony up $117.80 so that we can settle this matter once and for all?

http://www.amazon.com/Diagnostic-Statis ... 0890425558

shailene wrote:Never been in a relationship, or even close (lost a couple of male friends because I just couldn't go there). I also imagine that only a controlling narcissist would put up with me in the long run. Sometimes I think it would be sort of nice and comfortable having someone make my decisions for me and take care of my basic needs (sex included), without forcing emotional intimacy or for me to socialize with his friends and family. Just be kind of like a pet. I've realized that I'm mainly attracted to antisocial traits though, so this might not be the best idea ever.
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I know right?