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I am 68, diagnosed schizoid, a secret schizoid where even if you knew what it was you'd likely never guess I am one. I can do the social sprint but have no interest in the social marathon. People for more than a short time are more trouble and work than I want to endure. Too often being schizoid is presented as a caricature of the worst it can be, but not everyone is at that end of the spectrum. I am genuinely friendly and engaging and have empathy as well. Rather than chasing the elusive and fleeting happiness, I have learned to be content. So life is good, people I don't need so much. I love being alone yet never feel lonely. All is well with me.

Dr ramani is so brilliant , she explains things so clear. I could listen to her for hours and not get bored.

I have diagnosed Shizoid Personality Disorder, and I can confirm that the name confuses a lot of people, and I have learned not to use it to describe my PD, because people always default to "Oh he's schizophreniac, but on a lesser level" and they think I am delusional, and discredit my opinions, when really, I am quite grounded and very realist, and I do not have delusions at all. Am just really, really isolated to the point where I can't maintain work, having to deal with people stresses me out and I bottle it because I want to avoid interacting with people more than necessary, which leads to regular burnouts, breakdowns and depression. Fortunately, internet offers me an outlet where it doesn't stress me out to express myself, and allows me to develop skills and work as an freelancer. For the longest time, I followed social rules thinking it would lead me to happiness, and ultimately, embracing the fact that I am like this and respecting it is finally allowing me to be happy. I don't see it as a personality disorder, I just see myself as being radically different. It's not that I don't care about other people, it's rather that it costs me so much energy to interact on a meaningful level face to face that I'd just rather not to.

The claim that if someone fell in front of a schizoid & needed help, that the schizoid would just walk away is misleading. Most schizoids experience love & empathy as stressful emotions that we don't want to share with others. But I'd help someone if nobody else was able to help.

I was having smell hallucinations for a long time, then it was found that I was severely vitamin D deficient. After being prescribed high doses of vitamin D for 6 months and also having lipoic acid (often prescribed for smell hallucinations and loss of smell here in Germany), it completely disappeared. Studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency can also spur the onset of schizophrenia.

I love her so much. The way she carries herself is beautiful. Her style, her hair, what she wears, how she speaks and how friendly and intelligent she is, and that she seems to have confidence and not an ounce of shame. She's the woman I aspire to be! The chemistry between you two is great. Keep up the good work. :)

I am a diagnosed schizoid. I am in no way completely 100 percent detached from other people nor do I not care about other people. I am not my disorder. It's really not that black and white.

recently diagnosed schizotypal, this is fairly accurate. It gets depressing when people assume I don't have empathy or that I don't care about anything. Of course I care. Often too much. Not my fault I have issues.

i wish my teachers explained things so calmly and friendly

I've been diagnosed as schizoid, and the description here seems pretty extreme. I was married, have kids, was an EMT. But it is true I didn't care if anyone under my care died except that it was a professional failure, and I think that people who have emotional responses to natural disasters on the other side of the world are weird drama queens, because logically you shouldn't care. There are literally 3 people in the world that would make me sad if they died, and that doesn't include my parents, 6 siblings or two people for whom I served as best man. I did have a lot of depression while trying to interact with people/family, but once I got diagnosed I stopped trying to be around people and the depression went away. My psychologist who diagnosed me was actually excited to have met me because she said most schizoids don't seek treatment. And I have since learned that there is none, so I am just happy with who I am. Schizoids are normal people. They just don't like you and never will, so leave them alone. :)

I would like more to see a video elaborating more depth into Schizotypal Personality Disorder.

Finally Dr. Ramani covered this topic! Pretty interesting to hear her thoughts. I was diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder recently, as well as anxiety (which sounds like an oxymoron, I know). I don't have all of the symptoms, though, since I can enjoy the company of my immediate family. I just don't ever plan on marrying or having relations. I want to live alone and do enjoy long periods of isolation. I don't like running into people every time I go out to a store or something and wish that I could live in a parallel world where I was the only person around, sometimes. I suppose my flat affect is also pretty apparent, since I've been accused of it several times, and sometimes people think I'm always upset. I do feel emotions, though. I may have a hard or awkward time expressing it, but I do care for others.

I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but i've mainly only had delusions. A few hallucinations here and there, but i mostly was convinced that the cia was controlling my life and shit. It was hell on earth. Now ive been on meds for a few months, and the relief is beyond words.

Finally I’m disagreeing with you. PTSD and substance use disorders can have have hallucinations that no one else sees, feels or hears. And being raised in a toxic environment can really make someone want to get the hell out, thus creating a flight from that reality.

As someone with diagnosed schizotypal personality disorder, thank you for this!

4:14 (looks at dog) that’s exactly how stress-free I’m trying to be in life.

Please could you hold a discussion about leaving your narcissistic siblings behind as you try to salvage a life for yourself in your 50s!! Thank you so much for holding this space for all of us who have been traumatised by sibling jealousies, lack of empathy etc etc etc.

Do a deeper dive on Schizotypal disorder.

Please talk more about Schizotypal Personality Disorder! I think that’s the one personality disorder Medcircle hasn’t talked much about

Love medcircle. Maybe a video about having several diagnoses... such as for me, chronic depression, anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD.... also suffer from chronic pain , and fibromyalgia. I'm fighting hard everyday just to stay above water.

Would love to see a in-depth video strictly on schizoid personality disorder

I’d like to hear more about Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and how reliably it gets diagnosed/misdiagnosed.

Hi, I feel like we've been missing content on trichotillomania and dermatillomania as a co-occuring struggle alongside depression and/or anxiety. I'd like to know how they can be treated and coped with. By the way, thank you so much for all this content. A person can learn a lot from these videos, even about things they've never heard of.

I almost certainly have schizoid P.D.; and I must just point out that the lack of empathy claimed in this video is simply not accurate, judging by my personal experience and research that I know of. Not that I feel offended or anything, but it can be a harmful misconception for people with s.p.d. I don't tend to get close to people, but the sudgestion that I would not help a person in need feels absurd to me.

I dislike the way you described Schizoid personality disorder. I’m really chocked that you ”professionals” haven’t even properly studied the subject and then goes out to give out information about it. I’ve noticed many people are being misdiagnosed with schizoid, simply because of the lack of proper research and information about it since it’s very uncommon. Now here comes proper information about the disorder: When it comes to people with schizoid personality disorder it’s not necessarily people they want to avoid. What they want to avoid is negative or positive emotional expectations, emotional intimacy and self-disclosure, since it make them abnormally uncomfortable. If you’re able to talk about emotions or sexual stuff for instance, with other people, or be in a sexual relationship, then you probably don’t have schizoid, even if you hate being around other people and want to live your life alone. The reason to WHY you reject intimacy and people is what determine if you have the disorder or not. SO, you don’t have schizoid just because hate other people and prefer living your life alone. For example, I have schizoid, and I can’t handle being around people because it makes me uncomfortable when they look at me because of the knowledge that I’m a human being with emotions/feelings, needs etc. I get very uncomfortable showing that I’m happy or sad in front of other people and I find it hard to accept the fact that I’m a human being with feelings. All of this causes me to get uncomfortable when other people are close to me, to the point where I’m planning to live my entire life alone. (unless i take my life which i’m planning to do) I don’t even want to see my family and I’m not even going to be able to work since I’ll have to be in contact with other people. So basically, to clarify, schizoid isn’t just about disliking being around other people and preferring aloneness. It’s about being so uncomfortable by self-disclosure/emotional intimacy and emotional expectations (not only negative but also positive), to the point where you can’t handle being around people at all.

When I was diagnosed with Schizoid personality disorder, I went.. uh... no, that can't be right. That's because the word schizoid I've always heard use as a derogatory word to describe someone who's completely nuts. Someone who flies off the handle with little provocation. "My ex is a total schizoid" yeah... stuff like that. The therapist saw my reaction and went no no no! And shoved a bunch of papers at me to read. As I learned about it, I was like.. oh. OK. Yeah. That's me. It's funny, because the actual disorder is about exactly the opposite of what I'd heard it used to describe. That's really a shame, because now I can't think of a more embarassing thing to be diagnosed with, because who can I tell? How can I know they won't think the same thing I did? So it's my dirty little secret. I guess a schizoid is supposed to be indifferent, but I do care what people think.. a lot. We're not all the same.

3:05 - a glitch in the Matrix.

i thought i was just introverted, turns out im crazy

I have schizotypal PD and we have delusions, hallucinations and intense paranoia also. The difference is more related to the severity, schizophrenia being the most extreme.

I have to disagree a bit. I wouldn't just sit there if someone fell over. I'm very compassionate mainly towards animals, children and the elderly (in that order as well). I could live with no relationship attachments. I don't need to make friends, don't require it. It's exhausting trying to keep up with other ppl and their lives and having to go from an array of emotions just to match their own. But I would never sit idly as a living being is hurting.

when i want to find out more about a mental illness, videos with dr. ramani is my to-go source of information! she's a brilliant woman and psychiatrist

Topic for discussion: attachment types. Deep dive into each and compare secure and insecure. Please provide lots of examples of how attachment style affects childhood/adulthood, and what are some ways to go from the various insecure attachment styles to secure. I understand there's about 50% of the population with secure attachment. How can we increase the % of secure attachment? What can communities do to help transform insecure to secure and help parents? Thank you!

as someone right now who was thinking possibly could have had antisocial personality disorder instead of being shcizophrenia this 100 brought a better understanding for MYSELF. this videos are definetely something id recommend.

Interesting to note that a lot of what goes on in our minds, could be noted as seeing something that others don’t see, and hearing something that other people don’t hear

I was diagnosed schizotypal and schizoaffective this year. Just trying to better understand myself

I am a schizoid and it is not this cut-and-dry. I have managed to be married and have improved now that I am over 60 years old. But I will always, always be mistrustful of others, prefer isolation, etc. I just think there’s a lack of professional understanding that it is not always as severe as she has made it sound. Thank you.

Thank you for the video. My fiancé and I are going through this with his sister right now and have been struggling to get her the help she needs but these videos do help us to understand better about what’s going on. Thank you for your information it’s helps a lot. If you could do some more videos on how family’s members can handle the situation when living with the others with mental health issues I’d appreciate it. Because at this point we have taken her to a hospital for her to get the right help she needs. And would like a better understanding of how we should react or help with the problem. Thanks again I enjoy watching the videos!

I'd like to learn about the differences and similarities of schizoid personality, narcissism and psychopathy.

I'm paranoid schizophrenic with ocpd and recurrent mild depression, it would be interesting to talk with Dr. Ramani about this topic

Your videos are so informative, important, and necessary, for mental health awareness and for breaking stereotypes about mental health... more videos on schizotypal personality disorder please... this subject is not very known, and only few address it. but i think it is equally as important as all other mental health issues and mental disorders... thank you for the amazing content!

I'm offended because they didn't introduce that poor doggo :(

a whole video about schizotypical personality disorder pls!

I can’t believe I’m listening to this woman for free

ADHD in adults would be a good video

“Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see ...each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition-- all such distortions within our own egos-- condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others, and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other. That's how it is in all living relationships except when there is that rare case of two people who love intensely enough to burn through all those layers of opacity and see each other's naked hearts.” Tennessee Williams.

Thank you! Please also talk about how to help and support people with these challenges (how should family members and friends of these individuals behave or respond) in addition to getting professional support

Please do a video on Autism Spectrum Disorder, the differences between men and women, and why women tend to be diagnosed much later in life than men with this disorder.

I was a bit mean towards her last month but... She truly does care about others, obviously since she is doing this work with you. :) A wonderful lady! Thank you both for presenting this video!

I thought I had Schizoid, but the inclusion of odd beliefs & paranoia made my psychologist opt for a Schizotypal Diagnosis.

My 64 year old sister was schizoid paranoid and abused my 2 nephews but I had no idea as she lived so far away. I was shocked by the diagnosis and my youngest nephew just had a schizophrenic paranoid attack, his first at 30 years old. My other nephew has 2 sons, 5 and 3, and is out of his fatherly concern that he worries his sons will have the same condition even though he tells me it only 3% chance of that occurring.

I discovered this whilst learning psychiatry in medical school and never related to something like this EVER, I always thought I was just "different". Not weird, but not like the average person either (and I don't mean it in a way as though I am better than anybody). If I had to use a couple of words to describe how its like it would be this: 1. Meh - im always open to making friends, but easily drop them as soon as I feel my personal space is invaded or if they are affecting my lifestyle. I'm indifferent to relationships no matter how long I've had them for. 2. I wouldn't say we are antisocial, i'd say ASOCIAL, meaning we much prefer our own company, we can socialise just like normal people and 99% of people wouldn't be able to pick out anything about us thats different than the next person, but as we build longer friendships some of our traits start to show such as us being "unavailable" when in reality we just want to be left alone. I really don't like the fact it is labelled as a disease and the connotation associated with schizoid is detrimental. If I had to guess why I'm like this I'd point the finger at two things. 1. May be genetics? 2. Upbringing. Neither of my parents had friends, I've been raised and fostered with the mindset that social interactions do not matter. For context, I grew up in urban cities my whole life.

Great series; my mother was diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic years ago. Cute dog, BTW.

The dog is the smartest person in this video. He's like whatever, I'm going to sleep.

I don't want to be rude, but your description of Schizoid Personality Disorder needs some work. I even have to say I feel somewhat threatened by the version you've presented. SPD is not characterized by any lack of empathy. Which is to say, thank you, that we feel love and compassion, and kindness, and we CAN put ourselves in the shoes of other human beings we view just as real and worthy of attention as ourselves. I mean, again I'm sorry, but that is a HUGE distinction, thank you very much. And your choice of allegory to illustrate SPD couldn't have been more off, since SPD is also characterized by an inability to say no. I mean, not only would I give a freezing person a blanket, I'd give them the coat off my back - but, then I would fear those kinds of situations, because they leave me freezing. THAT is SPD. Inside of me, there is anything BUT indifference to others. There is very much terror of others. Still, the need to connect with people IS very desperately always driving me. I'm what has been referred to in texts as 'the gregarious schizoid.' I'm a clown, a lone dissenter, the voice of caution and/or reason, the comedian, the sober bummer . . . I'm a social chameleon. BUT, I have brain damage in the right temporo-parietal region of my brain, which means I CANNOT BEGIN to guess what others are thinking or feeling in the way the rest of you evidently can. Motivations. Moods of others. Needs of theirs. I tend to trod over social boundaries, I guess, though it is NEVER my intent to hurt anyone. For example, when I was a child, I was the one on the playground telling the others there's no Santa Claus - and proving it pretty well. That's no way to make friends, is it? Just extend that alllllllllll the way through every moment of my entire life and that's me. Yay. And well, thanks to the reception that gets, right or wrong, I feel a lot of terror of idiots, bullies, exploitative people. I mean, A LOT. Paralyzing terror - IF I stop to think about it. Instant paralysis. I mean, I'm afraid of a 90 year-old little old lady, for no reason at all, because she is a stranger. That's all. But like I say, there are different ways to deal with terror. I would venture to say Robin Williams had a touch of what I'm talking about. The sad clown. The sacrificial moron who gets arrested first. The punk who gets pushed through the door first in the gang fight. The heart and soul of us all that is doomed to 'grow up,' conform, and fail, for the greater good. Blah, blah, blah. I fall into that role SOOOOO easily every time. I mean, I'm more complicated, because I'm also physcially deformed. I look essentially like Quasimodo. I went from Pugsly Addams to Quasimodo. Crooked eye from the head injury, and all. And I grew up with the brain injury. It happened when I was an infant. So I've always been this way. Took like 40 years to figure out, the hard way, too. But no, no lack of empathy. Plenty of self-pity I guess, but I do realize other people have it far worse than me. For me, heh, I'm just like the rest of ya, mostly - and aren't we all just 'mostly' alike? I'd like to add schizoid personality disorder is actually the most unfortunately named disorder. Very misleading. Schism usually means a break away from whatever - a divergence of two things that are supposed to be in synch. Well, in Shizoid Personality Disorder people, it really just means that what's going on inside of us is very different than what we are displaying, what we CAN even express. I think we all feel social anxiety. I'm told so. Well, for a SPD person it is MONSTROUSLY HUGE that's all. Bigger than Godzilla, huge. We actually LIKE other people, but the experience of dealing with them is painful or terrifying, BECAUSE OF OUR INEPTITUDE, and we know that. A defense mechanism is to say we don't WANT to be around anyone - and to a very great extent that works. But never doubt it FEELS so very sad for those people, because yes, we do feel empathy. SPD people feel very drowned in social settings and yet we need them to breathe like the rest of you. We always seem to screw it up, that's all. Any SPD is truly hiding this longing and inability. As a gregarious schizoid, I try again and again to connect, but fall short of getting my needs met and retreat. And you bet, when I say I don't get my needs met I also mean some other people's feathers have been ruffled, too. But I come back and try again, over and over - like John Belushi, or Robin Williams, as I said. Most SPD people will never marry, but some do. So I mean, think on that. They'd mostly all really like to, but it's very, very difficult. My wife deserves a medal in her own right. I'd LOVE to try that DBT stuff you were talking about. Yes, that is specifically what the neuropsych thought would benefit me. Thanks for mentioning that. Yes, it's hard to find and expensive, so making people aware of it is great. Anyhow, sorry, but no, you didn't get SPD right. You said B cluster people are difficult. This is what she was talking about, folks. It's very complicated, and inside of here . . . shit, there's a raging hellstorm in my head, just trying to guess what that purpose of even writing this comment is . . . How on Earth could I ever expect anyone to understand? So no, I don't hold any of this - and I mean, very REAL social rejection. It hurts. I am hurt, and broken ABOUT my relationship with society every day of my life in this world. And that's bad. It does give rise to very angry, dark feelings. Yes I will give a freezing person my blanket. Sometimes it TAKES a crazy person to do something like that, and so if I don't then who will? Nobody. Well, I don't want to live in that sort of world, remember? I mean, I think that sums up SPD as well as anything. We just don't want to live in a world that's not worth living in. So we avoid it. I mean, it's a lot like Social Avoidant Disorder, or whatever, but the real key difference is that yes, SPD people DO have an inner longing, unsatisified, to connect with other people in meaningful ways. We just lack the ability - in our own minds. But I mean, hey, you're doing a wonderful service, and don't feel bad. NOBODY in the world EVER nails SPD the first time. They always get it wrong. It's a very weird thing, I guess. To me it's natural. Just consider not having a right temporo-parietal lobe. You know what that does. Just think like you can't guess what anyone else is thinking. It's actually hard (I would actually say impossible) for a normal human brain to do. Oh! I forgot one thing to add! Here's the really weird part . . . the motives of other people are a complete blind spot for me . . . even though I rationally undrestand we all share much the same motivations! That is to say, I empathize completely. I too get my feelings hurt when someone says something insensitive to me, for example. Or when they hold very differing views, I feel irritation and that sort of thing. I HAVE human motives! I SHOULD understand those of others, but sorry, I can't begin to guess, and so this often, often leads to some negative conversation or experience. Normal people just take a lot of reading of interpersonal cues for granted. When I was little, I thought you were all telepathic and could actually communicate in, like, ESP ways that you simply didn't realize you had. There's also a thing we SPDs have about other people's body odor and stuff. We're pretty damned averse to that. One thing I love about my wife is we just tell each other straight up if our breath is bad, or whatever. I doubt we'd ever have gotten married if she couldn't take direct statements of that nature about my . . . squeamish nature about that. SPDs typically have that in common. Anyhow, I hope this ramble just helps to clarify. As you said, these illnesses and their labels are grouped poorly, and arbitrarily in many cases. I really don't feel SPDs should be grouped with psychopaths and sociopaths, though. And I'm sure you'll get an absolute flood of people with the disorder telling you, yes, they'd give a stranger a blanket. We can't say no to people, and so we're actually in danger of BEING abused. So that's what seems so wrong about your initial description, though I know you didn't mean any harm, only help. No, we don't abuse others. I would certainly call that kind of withholding of help abuse. No, I'm not down with that, and I don't know of any SPDs who would be. But again, everyone gets SPD wrong. Sorry for the rant. Be Well. :)

You guys are so great! You have helped me so much❤️

I hope there will be more content like this. Dr. Ramani is a smart lady and I would love to hear her speak on psychotic disorders more. I know narcissism is her sort of specialty or focus now. Love listening to her. Nice to hear a women who has some oomf in her voice and presence. 👌😎

Do a series on asd and its under diagnosis in girls and women please.

What can be done when one is labeled with a wrong diagnosis? I would like to see a discussion of the real world applications of the science of psychology including its pitfalls and where and when it goes wrong and where that leaves the patient and what the patient can do in that situation.

I'm glad that you all cleared that up for me. And I love the dog. I would like to see more of the dog.

my father has schizotypal. one of the odd behavior he has is loud way of laughing , he screams in a very loud voice when something is funny to him

More research needs to be done on schizoid personality disorder. It definitely exists on a spectrum.

Literally just got told to "come back when I get a 2 year degree in psychology", and here I am, in my room, with the correct knowledge. Some people...

You forgot schizoaffective...

Her intelligence is beautiful

Please post a longer schizotypal PD. Thx

I LOVE the puppy (all dogs are puppies forever!). Such a great discussion.

My husband refused to take me to ER and refused to call #911 for medical assistance after I fell and broke one of vertebra. Fast forward 18 months, he got diagnosed with Schizoid Personality D. Sounds accurate and scary 😢

I would appreciate a discussion about discerning the differences between schizophrenia and behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia.

It would be to see a detailed video on schizo affective disorder

Genuinely think my brother has this. He doesn't care about having friends, or a girlfriend. He's always seemed somehow aloof like he just doesn't see the point in social behaviour. He lives at home and seems to have no interest in moving out. He isn't even on Facebook anymore. I know it's tempting to diagnose everyone around us but I always thought he had something wrong with him somehow.

I would like to see videos on how to interact with an undiagnosed loved one who has zero insight into their paranoia and delusions. These people tend to need help with finances and housing, yet cannot perceive their illness & definitely cannot navigate the bureaucracy required to get help.

She was really explaining well. The most undisturbed there was the beautiful dog there who never minds what so ever happen around .

There really should be a whole season on anosognosia.

I wish you were my therapist Dr. Ramani!

I'd like to see more about differentiating between mental illnesses. I'd, also, like to know more about comorbid diagnosis. Maybe, videos that can show the typical presentation of disorders and pointing out various differences. That would help in understanding the disorder more deeply.

Dr. Ramani is an expert in narcissism. Please talk about the correlation between schizophrenia and narcissism. Thanks

You guys are so awesome. I love learning about mental health.

Plss discuss on the difference between anxiety disorder and depression

I want to hear her discuss schtzoeffective diorder

These are amazing! Totally glued in! I am a psychologist and it’s great to revisit these basic, insightful videos 😊

Defiance disorder I'm trying to understand this, my granddaughter was diagnosed with this.

I'd like to know what to say to someone diagnosed as schizophrenic (paranoiac type) when they call you and tell you they don't see the point of continue living under their mental condition, they feel anxious, apathetic, desperate, and want to be healthy. This person is under treatment and surrounded by their family. We are not in the same country, but the calls will continue, and I'm saying what I think is best. What if I should be saying something else? Could you talk about how to deal with situations like this one?

Now warning before I add the traits and symptoms I will add stuff I think should be in there .Prefer being alone and choose to do activities alone Don't want or enjoy close relationships Feel little if any desire for sexual relationships Feel like you can't experience pleasure Have difficulty expressing emotions and reacting appropriately to situations May seem humorless, indifferent or emotionally cold to others May appear to lack motivation and goals Don't react to praise or critical remarks from others. Doesn’t react to insults or support from other people . alienation, shyness, oversensitivity, seclusiveness, egocentricity, avoidance of intimate relationships, autistic thinking, and withdrawal from and lack of response to the environment. Does not show anger or hostility or aggression even when provoked. Autistic thinking.

How to break away from narcissistic parents

The dog was the true star of this video

I feel like people focus so much on weird negativity with people's mental health or what think is normal or not

I’m diagnosed with schizophrenia. But I have always known, what I see or feel is smth other can’t see or feel. I do get delusional and paranoid from time to time. And I do make life hell for people close to me at that time. When it passes, I feel bad. But most days I do just fine and people mostly can’t tell I’m schizophrenic.

That Dr Ramani doesn't half give me schizoid personality disorder.

My family is so on opposite ends when talking dealing or suffering of mental illness they believe some n some they don't they believe it's faked or intentional judging can be loving of course but we are not on the same page when dealing with this right now n I can't seem to make them understand

in europe... they say that schizotypal is a type of schizophrenia. just a milder form. a mental disorder. but in america you say it's a personality disorder. that's a HUGE difference. i got i diagnosis on the schizophrenic spectrum. but they keep talking to me, and calling it schizotypal. it's pssing me off... cause the two diagnosis are very different. it's making me so angry that europe and america can't agree on these disorders 😭

TYVM. It's about time, long overdo.

Would like to see Relationship struggles between ocpd and bpd

I work in the mental health field and many of my clients have schizoaffective disorder. Can you please discuss this ? Thank you ....

They should really change the names. It doesn't help that they sound similar. I have an understanding of SPD and schizophrenia, but being schizotypal was hard to understand for me.

I am a student of counselling. I would like to get sessions on all the aspects schizophrenia, characteristics, classification and explanation of each.

This was a very clear description of the Schizoid personality disorder. Can there be a discussion how family members can relate or help them see how they are disassociating.

I was diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder

I would like to see a video on schizo-affective disorder. Thank you.

I have schizo effective disorder, why isn't that discussed on here?