wait so i have no friends, not even online, am lazy and dissociated and act like a carefully created version of myself in public because im schizoid and not cause im tismtic
>>82544575personally, ive created a "Red" version of myself in public
>>82544575Haha same. It's a neutral feel.
>>82544575The first step is acknowledgementThe second step is changeBut you don't want to changeYou want to make being a schizoid your whole personality
>>82544599how does one change from schizoid ? absolutely all the material ive found on it points to it being lifelong. and for a long time i was trying to become someone else wishing i weren't me, but this isnt something i can do, nor can a psych
>>82544612>Until death, all is psychologicalTell me then, what are the symptoms of Schizoid PD?>Does not enjoy close relationshipsForce yourself to enjoy them; see how they take the time to enjoy you for you >Indifference to praise/criticismTake the praises and thanks them; understand their criticisms and rectify them if possible>Rarely expresses strong emotionsIf it makes you angry, BE angryIf it makes you sad, BE sad>Little or no desire for sexSeek it out anywaysBe it a deranged kink or anything, just to bring out that primal desire withinIt's not going to be easy, might even take years, but if you're cosistent about it, you've got it
>>82544794NTA and no offense but that's all nonsensical. There are actual neurological deficits that can't be overcome. You have a very surface level understanding of the disorder, stop reading the DSM as if it's describing anything other than the presentation.
>>82544801Tell me doc... is it terminal?Is OP gonna be like that forever?
>>82544815Yeah, it's a lifelong disorder. It gets easier to deal with over time but it will never go away barring medical advancements. The best he can hope for is obtaining understanding of himself and then working around his deficits. There aren't really any meds or therapies that are extremely successful for schizoid. He could try DBT but the hit rate is low.
>>82544852You heard the doc OPJust give upDon't even try
>>82544870That's not what I said. The symptoms will not go away. He can learn to work around them. He will not have a deep relationship with someone, but he can still be in a relationship. He won't ever feel emotions like a normal person does, but he can learn to enjoy the ones he does feel. You're telling OP to adopt a persona, schizoids already do that and it doesn't help anything other provide another escape from reality. He needs to focus on understanding himself and enjoying the way he processes the world.
>>82544904right, i mean OP here. in front of others, even though i don't feel emotions, i act in a way that is socially expected of me, i even try to convince myself that this is how i feel even though i donti pretend to be hyped up when i couldn't give a single fucki pretend to be sad even though i couldn't give a single fucki pretend to feel happy even though i couldn't give a single fuckand then when people get close enough to me i let the mask slip and ghost them or stop responding in a way that is socially acceptable, or even in an alienating way, making them retreatmy active attempts to try to involve myself in relationships usually fail due to exhaustion from pretending to feel emotions until i can't anymore as previously describedi do like sexo tho (virgin) and enjoy praise and am sensitive to criticism even though i don't really show it, and that's where ill disagree with the DSM
>>82545058I've just stopped masking entirely. I don't care and I'm tired of pretending to care. The DSM is only describing what the doctor will be observing directly, so the aversion to sex and indifference to criticism is correct. Schizoids tend to have weird, voyeuristic sexual fantasies and also tend to be very sensitive to criticism, but these are private things that rarely get expressed.
>>82545079yeah, as i grow older i care less and less about masking. there's nothing you can really do about it anyway so instead of overexerting myself i prefer to stay in my comfortable limbo.
Even not online. Notice how its plainly not a thing. Desperation and stupidity on the hunt for sense
>>82545189elaborate sir pretty please
>autistic>psychopath>schizoidWhats next
>>82544794>If it makes you sad, BE sadThat's what Marge told Lisa in the season one episode of the Simpsons, "Moanin' Lisa".
>>82544575>carefully created version of myselfit's getting to the point i don't even feel real anymore. it's like i'm watching someone's life in first person.
>>82544599Not OP but yes indeed that's rigght yeah so right blue yellow pink whatever man just keep bringing me this
>>82545266>BPDThe question now is: what's next?
