Did it occur to you maybe you're Schizoid and not an Aspie?
Schizotypal is another one that can look very similar to some autistic people (particularly those more eccentric). Although, again, I don't agree with the whole personality disorder classification.
For instance:
DSM:
A. A pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close relationships as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
* ideas of reference (excluding delusions of reference)
* odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subcultural norms (e.g., superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or "sixth sense"; in children and adolescents, bizarre fantasies or preoccupations)
* unusual perceptual experiences, including bodily illusions
* odd thinking and speech (e.g., vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or stereotyped)
* suspiciousness or paranoid ideation
* inappropriate or constricted affect
* behavior or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar
* lack of close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives
* excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative judgments about self
B. Does not occur exclusively during the course of Schizophrenia, a Mood Disorder With Psychotic Features, another Psychotic Disorder, or a Pervasive Developmental Disorder.
C. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
I don't think the ICD has it.
I have 3 or 4 of those now and would've had 4 or 5 of them earlier in my life, but again, says it can't go along with autism, etc., so... yeah. It also bothers me because it medicalizes things that are part of some cultural norms, and despite making reference to those cultural norms, I've noticed that in practice psychiatrists tend to ignore those norms entirely. For instance, there was a kid I knew in psych wards who was as far as I can tell locked up for having new age beliefs. I don't have new age beliefs, but I don't think it's a reason to lock someone up.
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These "disorders" are nothing more than labels that a bunch of people who think they're better than everyone else use to describe people who are different and unacceptable to them.
I may not like your personality, but what right do I have to tell you it's disordered and needs to be fixed to conform to what I consider normal. Apparently, the people who write the ICD and DSM think they are special and have that right. If you felt you were that special, they'd say you were delusional.
If you are different than them and they don't like it, you must have a disease and you should pay them to fix it. Bush wants to evaluate all school children for mental illness so they can get "appropriate" treatment (Big Pharma's drugs that make them $billions in profits). Psychiatry is all about money and power. It makes me sick.
Near the bottom of the Wikipedia article, it says
* Unlike avoidant personality disorder, those affected with SPD do not avoid social interactions due to anxiety or feelings of incompetence, but because they are genuinely indifferent to social relationships; however, in a 1989 study,[56] "schizoid and avoidant personalities were found to display equivalent levels of anxiety, depression, and psychotic tendencies as compared to psychiatric control patients."
* Unlike Asperger's Syndrome, SPD does not involve an impairment in nonverbal communication (e.g., lack of eye-contact or unusual prosody) or a pattern of restricted interests or repetitive behaviors (e.g., a strict adherence to routines or rituals, or an unusually intense interest in a single topic). Instead people with SPD are typically more indifferent with regard to their activities. However, in a sample of schizoid children, Sula Wolff noticed that "Having special interest patterns differentiated highly between schizoid and control boys." SPD does not affect the ability to express oneself or communicate effectively with others, and is not believed to be related to any form of autism.
No, it doesn't look like I have SPD.
Indeed.

Which is why I created Staff Personality Disorder.
A pervasive pattern of condescension, degradation of others, and controlling behavior beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
1. Condescending or degrading use of body language, vocal inflection, and behavior.
2. Presentation of two or more markedly different personality styles based entirely on context.
3. Persistent protection of people in positions of power even if such people have done something unethical or illegal.
4. Employment in one of the "helping professions", or other situations in which a person has or can secure power over others.
5. Rigidity in application of rules and explanations to other people
6. Persistent or stereotyped use of euphemisms, jargon, deceptive language, and double standards in language
7. Persistent use of degradation, ridicule, and violence, either gratuitously or grossly out of proportion to the situation
And a guy I used to know, Jared Blackburn (who's the reason I tried coming up with my own) did Normal Personality Disorder:
Meets qualification for at least two of the following criteria:
A. Egocentrism (at least one of the following):
(1) Egocentric perspective (e.g. fails to realize that others may have a different perspective, needs, nature, or experiences from his or her self)
(2) Egomania (e.g. acts or talks as though better or more important than peers or others)
(3) Selfishness (either of both of the following)
(a) Marked greed or covetousness
(b) Domineering or "bossy" attitude
B. Lack of originality (at least one of the following):
(1) Rigidly follows traditions or social rituals
(2) Is often "faddish," follow the latest fads, fashions, or "crazes" invented or set by others
(3) Often demonstrates a "herd mentality" (e.g. thoughtlessly follows a social reference group or a local group of friends, often gives into "peer pressure")
C. Lack of Sympathy (one or both of the following):
(1) Cruel or callous towards the feeling of others (e.g. engages in teasing or ridiculing other, plays potentially harmful "practical jokes" on unsuspecting victims who are unlikely to be amused)
(2) Often Manipulative (e.g. uses others as tools to towards own goals, treats others as objects which may be acquired for own satisfaction, uses dishonesty as convenient way to achieve social goals)
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I may not like your personality, but what right do I have to tell you it's disordered and needs to be fixed to conform to what I consider normal. Apparently, the people who write the ICD and DSM think they are special and have that right. If you felt you were that special, they'd say you were delusional.
If you are different than them and they don't like it, you must have a disease and you should pay them to fix it. Bush wants to evaluate all school children for mental illness so they can get "appropriate" treatment (Big Pharma's drugs that make them $billions in profits). Psychiatry is all about money and power. It makes me sick.
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Great post Zendell!

I have AS, but I have pretty much all of the ICD-10 criteria.
Is schizophrenia (or the bit before and after) in any way actually related to schizoid personality disorder?
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(Keep in mind everything I'm about to say is psychiatry's opinion, not my own. I don't believe in personality disorders and I don't believe schizophrenia even refers to related neurotypes.)
According to psychiatry, schizoid and schizotypal personality disorder were once thought to occur before onset of schizophrenia.
However, it turned out schizoid had no relationship to later dx of schizophrenia at all, whereas schizotypal did.
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I have at times considered a career as a psychologist, a career which could very well include me diagnosing these disorders, and I think it's pretty ridiculous to think that I would necessarily think that I am "better than everyone else" and that my patients are "inferior or unacceptable." Sometimes it helps for people to have these labels, at least for a little while, so that they can better understand their behavior and how to make themselves happier. If they were happy, then they probably wouldn't go to the shrink in the first place. I see your point that it is frustrating to label any eccentric behavior as a disorder, but I think the intentions for these labels are good.
I've bolded the criteria that may apply to me:
According to the ICD-10, schizoid personality disorder is characterized by at least four of the following criteria:
1.Emotional coldness, detachment or reduced affection.
2.Limited capacity to express either positive or negative emotions towards others.
3.Consistent preference for solitary activities (not by choice)
4.Very few (if any) close friends or relationships, and a lack of desire for such.
5.Indifference to either praise or criticism.
6.Taking pleasure in few, if any, activities.
7.Indifference to social norms and conventions.
8.Preoccupation with fantasy and introspection.
9.Lack of desire for sexual experiences with another person.
DSM-IV-TR criteria
The DSM-IV-TR, a widely used manual for diagnosing mental disorders, defines schizoid personality disorder as:
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
You also mention people with schizoid personality disorder do not typically have nonverbal communication deficits, which I have in spades, nor do they tend towards obsessive interests, which I do tend towards. Really, people with SPD have no social desires; people with AS have trouble with social interaction. Big difference.
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ICD-10 criteria
According to the ICD-10, schizoid personality disorder is characterized by at least four of the following criteria:
1.Emotional coldness, detachment or reduced affection. (NO)
2.Limited capacity to express either positive or negative emotions towards others. (YES)
3.Consistent preference for solitary activities. (YES)
4.Very few (if any) close friends or relationships, and a lack of desire for such. (NO) i desire it... not capable of it.
5.Indifference to either praise or criticism. (NO)
6.Taking pleasure in few, if any, activities. (YES)
7.Indifference to social norms and conventions. (YES)
8.Preoccupation with fantasy and introspection. (YES)
9.Lack of desire for sexual experiences with another person. (YES)
DSM-IV-TR criteria
The DSM-IV-TR, a widely used manual for diagnosing mental disorders, defines schizoid personality disorder as:
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 (NO)
2.almost always chooses solitary activities (YES)
3.has little, if any, interest in having sexual experiences with another person (YES)
4.takes pleasure in few, if any, activities (YES)
5.lacks close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives (NO)
6.appears indifferent to the praise or criticism of others (NO)
7.shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity (NO)
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.
Unlike Asperger's Syndrome, SPD does not involve an impairment in nonverbal communication (e.g., lack of eye-contact or unusual prosody) or a pattern of restricted interests or repetitive behaviors (e.g., a strict adherence to routines or rituals, or an unusually intense interest in a single topic). Instead people with SPD are typically more indifferent with regard to their activities. However, in a sample of schizoid children, Sula Wolff noticed that "Having special interest patterns differentiated highly between schizoid and control boys." SPD does not affect the ability to express oneself or communicate effectively with others, and is not believed to be related to any form of autism.
and i also have very bad nonverbal thingy... i also have severely restricted interests... so i am NOT schizoid!
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Yes, it has occurred to me.
In all honesty, I believe I have more than a bit of both. The combined description of schizotypal and Asperger’s describe me better than either individual description. I have both diagnosed autism (son) and diagnosed schizophrenia (sister) in my immediate family. Autism and schizotypal are both clearly multi-dimensional spectrums, rather than distinct conditions; any expert who suggests that these spectrums cannot overlap has a poor understanding of human mentality.
I have observed that AS and schizowhatever are often misdiagnosed as one another, more often the former as the latter, but I have seen the reverse.
In any case, I am much more complex than any specific diagnosis can account for; AS and schizotypal are just the tip of my mental iceberg. But, I can say that I am quite a fun trip to know.
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