Schizoid Personality?
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Schizoids enjoy nothing and seemingly never experience pleasure (they are anhedonic). Even their nearest and dearest often describe them as "automata", "robots", or "machines". But the schizoid is not depressed or dysphoric, merely indifferent. Schizoids are uninterested in social relationships and bored or puzzled by interpersonal interactions. They are incapable of intimacy and have a very limited range of emotions and affect. Rarely does the schizoid express feelings, either negative (anger) or positive (happiness).
Schizoids never pursue an opportunity to develop a close relationship. Schizoids are asexual - not interested in sex. Consequently, they appear cold, aloof, bland, stunted, flat, and "zombie"-like. They derive no satisfaction from belonging to a close-knit group: family, church, workplace, neighborhood, or nation. They rarely marry or have children.
Schizoids are loners. Given the option, they invariably pursue solitary activities or hobbies. Inevitably, they prefer mechanical or abstract tasks and jobs that require such skills. Many computer hackers, crackers, and programmers are schizoids, for instance - as are some mathematicians and theoretical physicists. Schizoids are inflexible in their reactions to changing life circumstances and developments - both adverse and opportune. Faced with stress they may disintegrate, decompensate, and experience brief psychotic episodes or a depressive illness.
Schizoids have few friends or confidants. They trust only first-degree relatives - but, even so, they maintain no close bonds or associations, not even with their immediate family.
Schizoids pretend to be indifferent to praise, criticism, disagreement, and corrective advice (though, deep inside, they are not). They are creatures of habit, frequently succumbing to rigid, predictable, and narrowly restricted routines. From the outside, the schizoid's life looks "rudderless" and adrift.
Like people with Asperger's Syndrome, schizoids fail to respond appropriately to social cues and rarely reciprocate gestures or facial expressions, such as smiles. As the DSM-IV-TR puts it, "they seem socially inept or superficial and self-absorbed". Some narcissists are also schizoids.
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The literal definition of schizophrenia is 'split mind'. Its where the mind and personality looses it's 'unity'. You will find yourself arguing with your self and believe that outside forces control your thoughts and behaviour. A schizophrenic has delusions and hallucinations that he thinks are real.
No, its different. Not really opposite, but different.
Narcissists are grandiose, arrogant, self-important, and entitled. They also think they are special, unique, and better than others. They may crave admiration and attention. They also believe that everyone is envious of them. They lack empathy for others.
With Schizoid Personality Disorder, the person avoids social relationships. They don't really want a close relationship and prefer to be alone. Their expression of emotions are restricted and they don't really enjoy anything. They may appear cold and distant. They are indifferent from the praise or criticism from others (unlike a Narcissist who loves the praise and abhors the criticism).
They represent very different things.
as somebody who has schizoid PD i can tell you that the people above do have the right idea except for the guy who seems to confuse it with schizophrenia.
SPD v. NPD
Some Say NPD Can Create SPDness...
In Fact, Many Problems In Life
Can Push One To An SPD
Or Solitary Life.
(a sort of "solution")
Here's A Yahoo Group
On 'Schizoid Personality Disorder';
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Schizoid/
It Has Info. Without Joining, On The Front Page,
Yet It Has 320,000 Posts Of So Called
SPD Types Or Created Interests
To Lurk Through (search) If Ya' "Do" Join.
Shawn
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