Is This Schizoid?

oooh a quiz!

Answer these questions:

Are you emotially introvert? i'm not entirely sure what you mean - do you mean that i keep emotions to myself? on the whole, yes, apart from anger.

Are you emotially detached? very

Do you have limited capacities to express either positive and/or negative emotions towards others? definitely

Do you always chose solitary activities over group activities? yes

Do you have few or no acquaintances? few

Do you have few or no friends? very few

Do you have very few interests? yes

Do you take pleasure in a very limited amount of activities? yes

Are you indifferent to social norms and rituals, or question these? all the time!

Are you occupied with fantasy and/or introspection a lot? erm, not really

Do you lack a desire for having sexual experiences with other people? hell yes.

Do you lack a desire to be a productive citizen? sort of. i take an interest in citizenship as a politics student, but whether i practise what i study is questionable

Do you lack goals in life (or have very weird goals)? yes, pretty much

You generally do not care about your future? not much at all

Do you have low empathy ^1? very

Do you have low sympathy (especially "positive sympathy") ^2? yes, but i can fake it if i must - ie if my mum is saying something horrible happened i can make all the right noises but i rarely understand why said thing is horrible - for instance if someone's died, i know what i have to say but i don't know why society expects it to be said because i don't see what's so bad about death.

Are you a bluntly honest person and do not care if your honesty hurts others? i can do tact if i try, but on the whole i'm quite honest.

Do you view people as inauthentic ^3? very often, yes

Do you have extreme and/or odd, moral and/or political beliefs? odd yes, not so much extreme

Are you indifferent to praise and/or criticism of others? pretty much

Do you find it easier to communicate with people online than in the realworld? hell yes

Is humor (be it dark, evil or funky - doesnt matter) the only thing that makes you laugh and smile? usually yes.



^1 - empathy - the ability to understand other peoples opinions and emotion and the ability to put yourself in other peoples situations
^2 - sympathy - the ability to take pleasure or be sad of other peoples experiences
Positive sympathy: For example, being happy for your brother getting married, or your sister having a baby, or a friend
passing a test.
^3 - Sheep. Looking the same, dressing the same, behaving the same, liking the same things, disliking the same things, etc

Artificial Lifeform wrote:Answer these questions:

Quizzes are irresistible.

Are you emotially introvert?

Yes

Are you emotially detached?

Yes

Do you have limited capacities to express either positive and/or negative emotions towards others?

Yes

Do you always chose solitary activities over group activities?

Yes

Do you have few or no acquaintances?

Yes

Do you have few or no friends?

Yes

Do you have very few interests?

No. I'm interested in lots of things ... but not very interested.

Do you take pleasure in a very limited amount of activities?

No; see previous answer.

Are you indifferent to social norms and rituals, or question these?

Yes, but I conform when necessary to avoid drawing attention to myself.

Are you occupied with fantasy and/or introspection a lot?

Not really. Reality is usually more interesting.

Do you lack a desire for having sexual experiences with other people?

Yes, but it's the people who are the problem, not the sex.

Do you lack a desire to be a productive citizen?

Yes

Do you lack goals in life (or have very weird goals)?

Does arranging my life to eliminate all unwanted contact with other people constitute a long-term goal? OK, it's a "weird" one, so Yes.

You generally do not care about your future?

I'm not ambitious, if that's what you mean. But I worry about a future of growing old and losing my independence.

Do you have low empathy ^1?

Yes

Do you have low sympathy (especially "positive sympathy") ^2?

Yes

Are you a bluntly honest person and do not care if your honesty hurts others?

No, I say what I think I'm expected to say.

Do you view people as inauthentic ^3?

Yes, but I'm not really very interested.

Do you have extreme and/or odd, moral and/or political beliefs?

No, I don't think I have any such beliefs at all.

Are you indifferent to praise and/or criticism of others?

I'm indifferent, in that praise or criticism doesn't change the way I think or behave; but I'm more likely to tolerate somebody who praises me than somebody who criticises me.

Do you find it easier to communicate with people online than in the realworld?

Yes

Is humor (be it dark, evil or funky - doesnt matter) the only thing that makes you laugh and smile?

Yes, except when required to behave conventionally.

Are you emotially introvert?
YAR
Are you emotially detached?
SO SO
Do you have limited capacities to express either positive and/or negative emotions towards others?
VERY, VERY LIMITED
Do you always chose solitary activities over group activities?
ALWAYS
Do you have few or no acquaintances?
VERY FEW, CAN COUNT THEM WITH ONE HAND
Do you have few or no friends?
PERHAPS ONE FRIEND
Do you have very few interests?
VERY FEW
Do you take pleasure in a very limited amount of activities?
YAR
Are you indifferent to social norms and rituals, or question these?
SO SO
Are you occupied with fantasy and/or introspection a lot?
YOU BET
Do you lack a desire for having sexual experiences with other people?
YAR
Do you lack a desire to be a productive citizen?
SO SO
Do you lack goals in life (or have very weird goals)?
VERY WEIRD
You generally do not care about your future?
NO, I CARE A LOT
Do you have low empathy ^1?
NOT REALLY
Do you have low sympathy (especially "positive sympathy") ^2?
NOT REALLY
Are you a bluntly honest person and do not care if your honesty hurts others?
NO
Do you view people as inauthentic ^3?
YAR
Do you have extreme and/or odd, moral and/or political beliefs?
VERY EXTREME (NAZI, ULTRAMORALIST, CONSERVATIVE)
Are you indifferent to praise and/or criticism of others?
YAR
Do you find it easier to communicate with people online than in the realworld?
YOU BET
Is humor (be it dark, evil or funky - doesnt matter) the only thing that makes you laugh and smile?
NOT REALLY[/b]

Yes to all the quiz questions except the following -

"Are you a bluntly honest person and do not care if your honesty hurts others?" No I hold my tongue most of the time.

"Do you view people as inauthentic." I do regard a lot of them as being sheep but I don't necessarily see this as being inauthentic. Society on the whole doesn't encourage or teach people to think for themselves, in fact it is probably necessary that they don't.

"Are you indifferent to praise and/or criticism of others?" On the whole - yes, but I'm more indifferent to praise than criticism. It depends on where the criticism is coming from.

"Do you have extreme and/or odd, moral and/or political beliefs?" No.

"Do you find it easier to communicate with people online than in the realworld? " No I find it harder in some respects. I'm not a quick thinker or typist and I prefer being able to size someone up with my own eyes.

"Is humor (be it dark, evil or funky - doesnt matter) the only thing that makes you laugh and smile?" Yes except for babies & young children & other immature animals.

"Are you emotially introvert?" - I speak about my feelings to only one person.

"Are you emotially detached?" - Numb? Probably 90% of the time.

"Do you have limited capacities to express either positive and/or negative emotions towards others?" - Yes, but when provoked enough it's a complete outburst.

"Do you always chose solitary activities over group activities?" - Unless I give in to a guilt trip, yes.

"Do you have few or no acquaintances?" - If family members don't count, I have none. If they do, very few.

"Do you have few or no friends?" - My fiance is my only friend.

"Do you have very few interests?" - Very few at any given time, but they vary throughout a very broad spectrum.

"Do you take pleasure in a very limited amount of activities?" - Yep

"Are you indifferent to social norms and rituals, or question these?" - I question them when confronted with them, otherwise indifferent.

"Are you occupied with fantasy and/or introspection a lot?" - Introspection and also analyzing other people.

"Do you lack a desire for having sexual experiences with other people?" - When away from my fiance, I have no desire. Around him my sex drive is normal.

"Do you lack a desire to be a productive citizen?" - I lack a desire to be a citizen.

"Do you lack goals in life (or have very weird goals)?" - Somewhat weird, but I have them even if I question them often.

"You generally do not care about your future?" - Not for the most part. I'm pretty open to anything other than what I absolutely don't want in it.

"Do you have low empathy ^1?" - I can put myself in someones situation to a point and attempt to understand it, but I can't identify with their emotions in most cases and instead try to rationalize them.

"Do you have low sympathy (especially "positive sympathy") ^2?" Very much so.

"Are you a bluntly honest person and do not care if your honesty hurts others?" - I'm very honest. If people are hurt or offended then that's their prerogative and they should learn to deal with it accordingly, though I do try to be as least offensive as possible in most cases while still keeping the message clear.

"Do you view people as inauthentic ^3?" - A very large portion of them.

"Do you have extreme and/or odd, moral and/or political beliefs?" - I hate politics but have a very defined moral system that I believe most would agree with.

"Are you indifferent to praise and/or criticism of others?" - If I hardly know the person and/or feel they're off the mark, absolutely; moreso with praise than criticism.

"Do you find it easier to communicate with people online than in the realworld?" - Yes, and it's been my only real social outlet since 13

"Is humor (be it dark, evil or funky - doesnt matter) the only thing that makes you laugh and smile?" - No, my cat makes me smile all the time.

No. I'm interested in lots of things ... but not very interested.

Im confused. but isn't that a contradiction. Contradictions that i don't understand must mean you lie. how can you be interested in something but not interested. sounds fishy

i'm not ambitious, if that's what you mean. But I worry about a future of growing old and losing my independence.

that's how i feel too - i don't intend to reach old age - it's the one thing that really scares me.

solitaire wrote:"Are you indifferent to praise and/or criticism of others?" On the whole - yes, but I'm more indifferent to praise than criticism. It depends on where the criticism is coming from.

i kind of feel this way too - i don't like to be praised - i find it embarrassing. not because i believe i'm not worthy of it so much as i don't see the point in it. my parents keep doing it and i wish they'd stop because it annoys me.

criticism, on the other hand, bothers me far less and i can put up with it.

dogtanian wrote:that's how i feel too - i don't intend to reach old age - it's the one thing that really scares me.

Yar, old people suck. I'm not afraid of death at all, but the idea of getting old really scares the hell out of me too.

What calms me down a bit is the certainty that I WILL NOT REACH OLD AGE. I'll make sure it doesn't happen.

In response to the quiz -

Are you emotially introvert?
If "emotionally introverted" is defined as something along the lines of lacking the desire to communicate externally one's internal state where a state is not a logical thought. True.

Are you emotially detached?
Where an emotional detachment is defined as the inability to bond on an emotional level with another or by the unyielding pattern of making decisions and taking actions completely independent of an internal state or by an apparent lack of an ability to describe or significant difficulty in describing one's state; true.

Do you have limited capacities to express either positive and/or negative emotions towards others?
True

Do you always chose solitary activities over group activities?
True

Do you have few or no acquaintances?
Including those necessary to perform adequately at a place of employment; mostly true. Excluding these and family members, true.

Do you have few or no friends?
This answer is identical to the previous answer.

Do you have very few interests?
Define few and define interests. What type of depth is required for a thing to be considered an interest? This is probably true.

Do you take pleasure in a very limited amount of activities?
True

Are you indifferent to social norms and rituals, or question these?
True

Are you occupied with fantasy and/or introspection a lot?
Occupied? Does this mean obsessively? If not then true.

Do you lack a desire for having sexual experiences with other people?
The opposite sex is visually attractive. This does not create even a mild motivation to court another and certainly no urge to copulate. Even in the rare circumstance where another's presence becomes rather desireable, such an urge does not manifest. Intense flirting has occured. That is as far as it goes. I can count the number of times this has occured on one hand with many fingers to spare. How does this evaluate?

Do you lack a desire to be a productive citizen?
Since the term "productive citizen" has no relevance, true.

Do you lack goals in life (or have very weird goals)?
True.

You generally do not care about your future?
It is undesireable to become homeless on the streets. In this way, this evaluates to false.

Do you have low empathy ^1?
True

Do you have low sympathy (especially "positive sympathy") ^2?
True

Are you a bluntly honest person and do not care if your honesty hurts others?
This is not usually apparent until after the fact. True.

Do you view people as inauthentic ^3?
This is not just a view. This is a fact. True.

Do you have extreme and/or odd, moral and/or political beliefs?
False. Note that beliefs that appear odd to others may not appear odd to oneself.

Are you indifferent to praise and/or criticism of others?
Praise received is ultimately irrelevant. Criticism is more relevent than praise where performance does not meet an established goal. External criticism is mostly ignored. Internal criticism (evaluation) is relevant. Mostly true.

Do you find it easier to communicate with people online than in the realworld?
True

Is humor (be it dark, evil or funky - doesnt matter) the only thing that makes you laugh and smile?
True. There is the rare amusement, usually without the smile and without the laugh unless the smile or the laugh is initiated consciously for a certain purpose.

^1 - empathy - the ability to understand other peoples opinions and emotion and the ability to put yourself in other peoples situations
^2 - sympathy - the ability to take pleasure or be sad of other peoples experiences
Positive sympathy: For example, being happy for your brother getting married, or your sister having a baby, or a friend
passing a test.
^3 - Sheep. Looking the same, dressing the same, behaving the same, liking the same things, disliking the same things, etc

That wasn't a quiz btw.

More interesting question: Do schizoids have it easier talking about themselves by answering to questions/quizzes?
I do.

If I ever talked to a doc - which I never will but lets pretend - I would hate to sit there and talk, I would rather just answer questions all the time.