/schizoid/ - Schizoid Personality Discussion Group

Yes. Likely, you as well.

>>193

>Yes. Likely, you as well.

That's a fair assumption; I've never seen a psychologist and thus have never been officially diagnosed as a schizoid.

However,

I don't think that a disdain towards posers makes me or anyone else any less of a schizoid. A major factor that goes into being a schizoid is the fear and feeling of being misunderstood. As a (self-diagnosed) schizoid, however valid that may be, I feel like it's a spit in the face to be grouped with people whom I don't feel understand me, and possibly have others make misconceptions about schizoids in general. I grew up (and continue to be, for the most part) without a label, and I have always, always felt annoyed when people call me something I'm not.

I'm not trying to say that anyone here is a poser, but I do think it's worth a discussion on how vague the general definition for a schizoid is. It's more of an issue with people not reading into things like they should.

You can go ahead and discard my entire post since I don't have the paperwork of a diagnosed schizoid, but I've done my homework; I've read into this shit for years and I would never have called myself a schizoid if I hadn't reached an acceptable level of certainty.

>A major factor that goes into being a schizoid is the fear and feeling of being misunderstood.

This is a major factor of being human. Were this the principal schizoid criterion, all the ordinary introverts would be right in their self-diagnosis.

>I feel like it's a spit in the face to be grouped with people whom I don't feel understand me. . .

Even among schizoids, any relation is fleeting and contentious.

>I'm not trying to say that anyone here is a poser. . .

And here you are having finally found a label that suits your self-image, saying you're the real thing while others, in the same situation, aren't.

>>195

>This is a major factor of being human. Were this the principal schizoid criterion, all the ordinary introverts would be right in their self-diagnosis.

Except if you knew anything about the disorder, you'd know that excessive secretiveness and isolation is one of the coping/defense mechanisms of the schizoid. A narcissist has the same principal fears, but handles the situation in an entirely different manner. So no, ordinary introverts cannot claim to be schizoid just because they have similar fears; one must behave like a schizoid to be a schizoid.

>Even among schizoids, any relation is fleeting and contentious.

That's probably why I have a problem with the community and how susceptible it can be to normies

>And here you are having finally found a label that suits your self-image, saying you're the real thing while others, in the same situation, aren't.

One, I already told you before that the validity of my schizoid-ness is questionable upon the fact that it is a self-diagnosis. Two, I never accused anyone here or elsewhere of being a poser, I merely insinuated that the general definition of SPD could give room to people who don't understand what SPD is. Hell, I could be one of them. Three, I doubt anyone who reads the first line of a wikipedia article and quickly jumps to such a hasty generalization is, as you would put it, "in the same situation".