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28 Aug 2012, 6:22 pm

This is a great read I thought. Some people identify HFA as schizoid. Nancy McWilliams seems very eloquent to me.

http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ... namics.pdf


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28 Aug 2012, 6:42 pm

Yeah, this paper pegs me pretty well.

Interestingly enough, I was almost DXed as "schizoid."


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28 Aug 2012, 6:58 pm

XFilesGeek wrote:
Interestingly enough, I was almost DXed as "schizoid."

Exactly!


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28 Aug 2012, 8:10 pm

thank you for the link. it's quite an interesting read.



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28 Aug 2012, 9:26 pm

An interesting read, I have normal functioning schizoid personality traits included with my AS diagnosis.


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29 Aug 2012, 2:12 am

I was diagnosed Schizoid Personality disorder at one point. After I looked up what it meant, I discovered that the reason why I was diagnosed SPD was most likely because of how much isolation I require. The person who I work with didn't pay attention to the fact that it was because of how sensitive I am to my environment and not because I just didn't want to be around people. After we discussed this, it turned a light on in her head and she changed the diagnoses.



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29 Aug 2012, 2:34 am

wow a lot of similarities between ASD and Schizoid PD



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29 Aug 2012, 3:35 am

I've thought I could be schizoid and score high on schizoid tests.



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29 Aug 2012, 3:58 am

daydreamer84 wrote:
wow a lot of similarities between ASD and Schizoid PD

Yes. Stimming,passionate fascinations, maybe an ability to focus on an obscure esoteric position to fruition or futility, not looking into people's eyes, an ability to imagine or pay attention to other people's lives very well, confusion over body language and emotional language... I'm just throwing out thoughts...


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29 Aug 2012, 4:02 am

I seem to fit the DSM criteria for SPD (besides the PDD part, of course). I also heard one of my doctors mutter "maybe schizoid" once.



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29 Aug 2012, 5:33 am

Schizoid is to HFA

as new wave is to indy

I beg your pardon?

Labels change, schizoid is old and uncool now

Righto then

tally ho!

[sounds like haemorrhoid]



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29 Aug 2012, 6:45 am

Schizoid doesn't really know what itself is, or better, professionals don't know what to do with it.

Is is...a condition brought on by forced social and emotional isolation in childhood that creates a socially and emotionally distant personality and solitary pursuits and interests?

Is it...a form of autism that's inherited (Schizoid PD of childhood for example)?

The latter would be an ASD, but the former wouldn't be.



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30 Aug 2012, 12:07 am

My brother was followed by a psychiatrist who warned that I would turn into a "schizoid" if I wasn't taken care of (she turned to be right)