What is the best way of developing a sense of identity for someone who possibly has schizoid personality disorder?
>>34272245Look up the definition of schizoid and make sure that's actually what you are referring to.Often schizoid is confused for schizophrenia and DID is confused for schizophrenia
>>34272280I have. Assuming Wikipedia can be trusted here, I check basically every box. I do, however, want to emphasize the "possibly" in my original post as I'm by no means a psychologist.
>>34272245Senses of identity are formed through communication, specifically reciprocated communication with other humans. For example right now you identify yourself as a schizoid, you wrote this much of yourself. And so now in my mind, I see "schizoid-anon", a person with schizoid personality disorder. This means in my interactions with you moving forward in the thread, all my tact and words will be tailor made to fit the mold that you brought to the table. And when this occurs, it emboldens and solidifies the identity. The point I am making is the 'sense' of self identity is something that is always co-created, it is never created by oneself on their own.Schizoid means chronic social detachment, no hunger or desire to engage in socialisation. That means no co-creation of the 'sense' of identity you seek. If you wondered why you lack the sense of it, that is why: Your schizoid proclivity prevented it from occurring. This was not your intention or conscious doing, so don't blame yourself. So understanding all of this the answer becomes clear: If you want a sense of self, you will need to brute force and override the schizoid personality and socialise. Doing it while having the schizoid disorder, forcing it uncomfortably. But doing it in controlled and manageable waves, taking rests each time like building a muscle. Which you already do and have done, it's why you at least interact with other humans anonymously here. So the goal is to increase social involvement step by step. That's how you develop a sense of self identity in a nutshell. Yes it requires communication but don't be fooled into thinking it's fake, humans speak things into existence all the time, it's what makes us human. If your sense of self was a dark cave that's unknown to you, the speech is echo location that bounces off the walls in the dark to give you a sense of the shape of your 'self'. Try it out.
>>34272394I appreciate the genuine, thought-out reply. Truly.>the 'sense' of self identity is something that is always co-createdThis part in particular helps a lot. Makes me feel like less of an imposter, y'know?
