Examples of Schizotypal Personality Disorder Symptom Criteria Manifestations
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- Ideas of reference: ideas of reference become easily confused with psychosis, hallucinations, and delusions of reference. With this term it really comes down to two things: an unusual connection between unrelated events (sometimes this involves confused cause and effect and sometimes it's just taking two events that have nothing to do with one other and connecting them. An example might be an individual with this disorder may be driving along and see a big sale on car tires and then later on they may see a news story where an accident occurred and it was caused by tire failure. They may connect those two by thinking that the place that was selling the tires was adding new tires and therefore other tires had to fail. There's no reason those two events would be connected, but they might make that connection anyway. Another example of an idea of reference is when an external event has some sort of special meaning to individual and this is above and beyond just being reminded of something. An example here would be say an individual with this symptom was watching television and it was a television show where people were exercising. They might think that's a special message to them or that their lack of exercising caused that television show.
Odd beliefs or magical thinking: One of the examples we see from case studies and from the literature is a real commitment to the idea of paranormal activity. There are a lot of people that do not have schizotypal personality disorder that believe in the paranormal, but it's really the degree to which that belief influences the person's life and the degree to which it's applied by that individual. For example, if they believe that ghosts are all around us and they take certain precautions not to anger the ghosts or not to encounter the ghosts and this is something that interferes with functioning, that would be really more consistent with this symptom criterion than simply someone believing in the paranormal. The magical thinking oftentimes involves the individual believing they have control over other people's minds and this is linked to the ideas of reference. An individual may be in a supermarket and see somebody select a particular item off the shelf and they may think that they caused that by thinking about that item.
Unusual perceptual experiences: This symptom is easily confused with psychosis and hallucinations. We may see this manifested through an individual hearing someone whisper their name or hearing somebody whisper something and that person is not there. Another example of this is when an individual feels like someone is in the room with them they sense the presence of another human being even though there's no one in the room.
Odd thinking or speech: With this one we may see someone creating new versions of a word, so using a word and a way it wasn't intended. One way to think about this is turning a verb into a noun or an adjective into a verb. Another feature we may see is when an individual is extremely abstract in the way they speak.
Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation: This symptom is similar to what we see with paranoid personality disorder and what we see sometimes with schizophrenia. This can manifest a number of ways like somebody can be concerned about infidelity or they can believe that they're being followed.
Inappropriate or constricted affect: A lot of times we see this in the form of eye contact, like when somebody makes too much eye contact too little where or they have a blank stare. We can also see this in terms of the expression of emotions, for example, if throughout a conversation someone is smiling and laughing even though the content isn't funny or upbeat. We may also see a decrease in emotional reactivity, so if someone is telling a sad story a depressing story and the individual does not react.
Behavior or appearance that's odd, peculiar, or eccentric: This takes on many different forms. An example could be if an individual wears all the same color all the time, for example, if they always wear black regardless of the context or wear heavy coat even though it's warm outside. Another example of this is wearing many layers of clothing particularly if the layers don't progress in a way that we would normally think as logical, for example wearing undergarments on the outside.
Lack of close friends: Individuals with schizotypal personality disorder typically don't have close friends. If they do have a close friend, oftentimes it's a first-degree relative.
Excessive social anxiety because of paranoid fears: With this symptom criterion someone is anxious in social situations and over time that anxiety doesn't diminish. When we think of social anxiety, we think the more that an individual is around other people the better they're going to feel, like the main focus of exposure therapy. The social anxiety with schizotypal personality disorder doesn't go away with exposure, rather it actually gets worse.
Hi! I am schizotypal, and I want to clear something up. The reason we don't always react correctly emotionally or bluntly isn't because we aren't connecting that the story is sad, but rather because we feel a different vibe in the air (similar to how we feel someone in the room watching us) and it kinda overwrites whatever feeling the person is expressing, even when you're extremely empathetic like I am.
Also I personally believe we are experiencing actual external entities and things that others simply can't. I'm not sure why they can't, if we are somehow exposed to a seventh sense or what..
I'm terrified. Everything you said describes me. It's like a puzzle piece has just clicked, and I'm evaluating my entire being at this moment
In my opinion I believe this channel to be the best on CZcams regarding the subject of psychology. Well done, Dr. Grande!
Thank you so much!!
its so hard to not get full on Schizotypal sometimes. like when you talk to a friend and hear radio playing song with words repeating exactly what you had just said. or reading an article and listening to some background conversation-like s**t and seeing they spelling phrases you just red.
It really sucks when people with this disorder get made fun of it probably adds to their paranoia
Honest question regarding ideas of reference, magical thinking, and unusual perception, if your brain tells you some of these odd beliefs and presents you with these weird perceptions but you're able to take the time to talk yourself out of it because on a conscious level you're aware of the fact it's all in your head, would it still count as a symptom?
Doctor your descriptions are spot on. I have schizotypal disorder and I could relate to every single aspect of what you said. Well done
Same. He got everything correct
@@michelleortiz1307 may i ask something? With all respect, does this disorder come with delutions of grandar ?
I am glad you made the statement about magical rituals and counting rituals because as soon as you gave the example about knocking 5 times, I instantly thought about OCD.
You're glasses are crazy clear.
I love women
Your ^
@@sunflower7208 XD
I think some people turn down there emotions to protect themselves. And come off as awkward to others. I know I am passionate person but only with people I can trust. A lot of people are careless and heart less..so why open up?
Holy cow are you ever a good teacher!
Thank you so much!
i'm paranoid in social situations but my concern isn't about what others might do,but what others think *i* might do,i think i look obviously insane and odd,and i'm always afraid that others...are afraid and wary of me.Ex.i was walking to get to my parked car and there was a man ahead of me(i'm a woman) i was sick with worry that he was pacing faster upon seeing me because he thought i would try to hurt him in some way.It doesn't make any sense to me when i'm back in the confort of my home,but while it's happening,i can't reason with myself and shut it off.
leniboda I’m a 22 blk male when I tell you this sucks times two
leniboda also you have episodes of psychosis
I feel the same way
That sounds super familiar.
The worrying over the fact you think it’s so obviously clear what’s going through the other persons head. When in reality they are most likely off in their own world in their head.
wtfffff i didnt know this happened to more people xd
I wonder if some of these criteria are a bit outdated. I've noticed a trend of using words in ways that would be "strange" to older generations, but younger generations use in normal conversation. For example, turning a noun into a verb is referred to as "verbing a noun". Also, the clothes symptom--what's the difference between a person with schizotypal personality disorder and, say, a goth person or a person into lolita j-fashion?
I don't know if you still look at these comments, but I think it would be a cool video idea to discuss how changing society influences the DSM--like how homosexuality used to be in the DSM but now its not because of changes in societal values. Similarly, lack of sexual attraction or libido is considered a symptom of some mental illnesses, but asexuality is considered by many to be a normal sexual orientation, not a symptom of or a mental illness of itself.
(I don't want to make it sound like I'm attacking you or saying you're wrong. I love your videos and I've learned a lot. I'm just curious about this and I think it could make a cool video)
I had a *false* schizotypal diagnosis for a while - I'm autistic and raised jewish. My clinician couldn't tell that my superstitions were just very common jewish traditions, as she had never met a jew before.
She also confused paranoid ideation with what was (very unfortunately) just an extreme case of child abuse.
I would love if you talked more about the reason schizotypal is put on the schizophrenia spectrum *and* classified as a PD, since my understanding is: It comes with a lot of symptoms that are similar to/basically subthreshold for schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorders, but develops more similarly to a personality disorder (present from a young age and persistent into adulthood, instead of a prodrome period followed by a first episode in one's late teens/early 20s which is more typical of schizophrenia)
But to answer a lot of clinical psych questions in the comments: it comes down to clinician's judgement, and clinicians are human people with inherent biases and flaws. And insurance complicates things, and so does the fact sometimes a diagnosis WILL be given, but not disclosed (a practice I've seen less and less of, which is great!) You really can't armchair diagnose, and it can be actively unhelpful, please encourage your loved one to seek help and DESCRIBE SYMPTOMS and SPECIFIC INCIDENTS. Be honest with whoever is evaluating them, and this advice also goes for if *you* are seeking help. Give specific examples, not psychology terms you MAY or MAY NOT be using correctly.
Dr grande I feel your kindness and empathy toward folks and passion in your work...what you said about the last symptom...only gets worse...very real...my wife is in denial about my symptoms and refuses to think all I need is excessive social conditioning...I wish it worked...it has nearly killed me with anxiety and paranoia and fear....my biggest fear is over reacting to a paranoid delusion of mine...
Thank you for the time and efforts you put into your videos, I myself am Schizotypal and your videos have helped me enormously. Once again Thank you!!
It seems that Narcissism , maybe psychopathy, and Machiavellian tendencies are more organized, strategic, and opportunistic, while manifestations of Schizotypal Personality Disorder is associated with hyper vigilance toward one's vulnerability to others ( paranoia/social phobia) which leads to isolation and a dismantled, disorganized structure. I wonder: Do schizotypal traits increase the chance of violent crime when accompanied with high levels of psychopathy?
That's an excellent question - I will have to see if there is anything in the literature about crime with co-occurring schizotypal and psychopathic traits.
Very interesting!
I have an exam on personality disorders for my psychopathology class next week and I am so glad I found your channel! I immediately subscribed because your videos are going to be one of my studying tools! Thank you!
Your amazing, I have this disorder (on top of others), your spot on in everything you say, the only doctor I can trust on CZcams. Knowing more about my disorders helps me greatly. Your no quack. Thank you for helping us all
Your old video has been my guiding light! And I’m excited to see this one which is more detailed.
See theres the thing. With a lot of the magic and stuff, I've compartmentalized it in such a way since the age of 14 so that everything of that way of thinking is relegated to being a part of a fantasy world in my head. Like it's in my brain, it's reverie, its a daydream. It's been a subconcious coping mechanism for so long and now I'm so glad that I'm able to do that now
I always enjoy your videos, Dr. Grande. You have a gift to explain complicated concepts concisely, clearly and in such a way that, even after watching a 10 minutes video, a viewer has a much richer understanding of the subject. Please keep making your videos. It is probably a lot of effort on your part, and it is much appreciated! Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words. You are quite welcome!
Lol when you said the tire thing I was like "but wait that makes sense doesnt it?"
Then I remembered I have stpd...
Omg the strange speech is an stpd mood and a half
Is it normal to be overcome with emotions when you hear this and finally are able to full accurately identifiy your thought processes?
I've been diagnosed with ocpd,anxiety, avoidant,depressed manic .... blah blan blah
I'm infp. Typ2 introvert schizotypal. Physically sexual abuse with severe pPTSD/CPTSD/medical PTSD
I respond well to hypnosis. And usually wired out of box therapies.. elhers Danlos, hyper Pots, MCAD, MTHFR
For some reason I emote to people as desperate for love and clingy and understandably drive people away.... but I struggle to FEEL love... I KNOW I do feel it because I cry and hurt... just very confused... can you help move these dots closer together for me please
stpd? Sorry, English is not my mother tongue...
@@brezzainvernale Schizotypal personality disorder I assume
@@elizabeththomoson8460 Sorry for alerting you to a 5 month old comment but I have a similar issue with experiencing emotion i.e. you think you have trouble feeling love but know you can experience it. I don't know if it's the same as yours obviously but for me I think it's a failure to recognize the experience or existence of an emotion as it is happening, rather than actually having a deficit in the given emotion. So it's a problem with emotional recognition rather than emotional capacity.
Example; experiencing the physiological effects of sadness (such as crying, lethargy) without experiencing - or at least without the ability to consciously acknowledge - the internal effects (depressed mood, emotional pain, masochistic/anxious thoughts, etc).
Hope this helps in some way.
I have all nine symptom criterias of Schizotypal Personality Disorder. After watching this video; I'm like feeling sad, but I'm not sad at the same time...it's ssooo weird.
I love your videos. It’s great to learn something knew, and you seem so kind.
This guy rules! Awesome channel for those interested in Psychology!
i'm really curious to hear the difference between this and autism and what the comorbidity rate is between those two disorders because i noticed there are definitely some overlapping symptoms between the two disorders
I went through a period when I would always look under my bed and in my wardrobe cos i thought someone was trying to kill me. I thought the motivation was that i was too intelligent and needed to be killed? It got to the point that i checked small spaces and rationalized that maybe "they" sent a dwarf to kill me (to fit in the small spaces). I also believed my food and water was contaminated. so i would never leave a drink or food alone until I eat or drank it.
I no longer have this issue. But i wonder if I was schizotypal. I still think people are following me when I drive sometimes.
I have no close friends. But i am lucky to have a girlfriend who i have been with for about 7 years ish.
When you spoke about "whispers and sensing people in the room, as well as speech" I got really emotional over that.
I'm not a doctor but I'm in an intensive program for people with personality disorders and I just took a class on all of them and what you're describing sounds more like Paranoid Personality Disorder to me.
Thank you. Very concise and sharp explanation.
Nicely explained. Thank you so much.
Thanks a million, Doc. Great and helpful video.
I just subscribed to your channel. I've watched some of your videos before, and now this video. Your channel has good content.
I’m looking for information on the relationship between ASD and schizotypal PD. I was recently diagnosed with ASD, but I have had a high level of SPD symptoms since I was very young (along with BPD and DD-my life has been a bit hectic). I imagine that ASD could increase the likelihood of an individual having SPD, especially if c-trauma is involved, but there’s no videos on CZcams discussing ASD vs schizotypal. Specifically, I’m having a difficult time trying to differentiate between thought disorder and self-disorder symptoms vs ASD.
Thank you so much you’re a life saver (litteraly)
My dad always wore 2 watches so he could be SURE of the time but he had brain damage resulting in OCD (among other things)
This video is helping me SO much! I was diagnosed with Schizotypal maybe about 5 years ago, give or take, but I just finally found this video. This video made it 100% clear to me that Schizotypal was nothing more than a "replacement diagnosis" which I was wondering for all this time, since they refused to diagnose me with things I actually highly suspect I do in fact have, giving this diagnosis as the excuse why the others couldn't be right. I actually don't relate to any of these symptoms being told in this video
Great follow up. I really appreciate your videos.
So interesting. I really appreciate all of your videos. You are very good at explaining things :)
Your vids are so descriptive and helpful. Thank you. From a UBC student :)
I was wondering why schizotypal personality disorder seems to be talked less about then other disorders such as narcissistic or borderline personality disorders? What are some good resources to know more about it in depth? I couldn't find too many self help books or articles and such.
Cluster A and C personality disorders seems to be about fears/avoiding people or anxiety which might be a bigger issue for the person in question.
Cluster B is seems more selfish, impulsive or otherwise bothersome, it might be more annoying for surrounding people rather than the diagnosed person.
that's just my own guess though
Searching for schizotype or schizotypal might be best way to find more about it, might be some people talking about it in schizophrenia related communities.
DSM or ICD should mention some criteria
I can't find anything on it either
Thanks for putting this up. I have "ideas of reference", often ruminating upon the fact that a certain rock music group created a song just for me in 1969, predicting my birth 4 years later in 1973. Also have problems with having no friends, paranoiac reactions during social encounters, poor eye contact, have lived with my mother for 40 years. Practised witchcraft and conducted spells on my "enemies" for many years as well. Often wear disheveled clothing that doesn't match. Etc. Thanks for the reality check. You might have also mentioned some co-morbid conditions like Major Depression, for example, which has plagued me since 1987, and I would assume also occurs frequently.
Crimson King what's the song man?
Skorpion Nope. Dx'ed and documented in 2013 at age 40 by a qualified clinical PhD psychologist. The "self-diagnosis" was schizoid, but turned out to be STPD instead. The song was 21st Century Schizoid Man, by a little band called...hmmm... King Crimson....hence my screen name. "Nothing he's got he really needs, 21st CSM" the year? 1969, 4 years before my birth. Yes, Fripp was prophetic absolutely.
Even without the diagnosis you received, I’d have bet a LOT of money that with this description of symptoms, you could be in the DSM with your photo beside the STPD section. Definitely a textbook case.
You sound a lot like me... I was diagnosed schizotypal a few years back. I too have ideas of reference concerning music that came out around the time I was born. Love king crimson too
Great video thanks. More videos on STPD would be nice but we understand that you have other topics as well.
Great video, very informational!
Thankyou for the clear information you are providing. Your videos are well structured and of immense value to me. If I may critique a small graphic showing which criteria you are discussing would help some of us more easily absorb the knowledge. There are few people on CZcams as committed as you clearly are to providing a bridge between academic knowledge and heathen perception. I'm glad I found your channel :)
You’re welcome - I starting using annotations a short while after this video was produced. Let me know if they are helpful.
@@DrGrande I watched some videos with the annotations soon after watching this video. They are excellent. Far easier for me to follow. My concentration has become fickle and they allow me to tune back in easily or scan through to recap.
This is amazing, up until a month ago I didn't know my diagnosis. My psych said schizoaffective and I wholeheartedly disagreed because I'm just not that crazy. I only gave him a try for social anxiety and to find out if I could be very very mildly autistic. His exsposure idea just made my life worse than it's ever been.
This literally happened to me. I keep picking apart my thought patterns now for ideas of reference and whatnot.
See another doctor. A second opinion couldn't hurt.
I thought the example of the concept of magical thinking was interesting. A person with schizotypal personality disorder would think of a product in a grocery store and if a customer picked that item up the person with SPD thought they caused the person to pick that item up.
I haven't had a diagnosis or any meds yet but I have some control over my impulse to look for the constant string of coincidences.
Yet even without TV in my life the experience has been more personal and can express itself through nature as an example.
I don't believe it is a paranormal phenomena.
It is just a subtle process in reality that we don't understand with "Science" yet.
Dr thank u so much for this follow up!!!!
I found the examples provided for the symptoms of schizotypal personality disorder helpful.
Thanks for clarifying this disorder. I always thought my mom had too many ideas of references that simply didn’t make sense. Now I will get her treatment for her unrealistic thoughts.
Hi dr Grande, I always think of this dissorder as less severe schizophrenia because my uncle had paranoid schizophrenia and beside some symptoms he showed a lot of schizotypal tendencies... Its like schizotypal is a superclass in object oriented programing of all schizophrenias. Cheers
This was excellent, ty
Could you please do a video on how Schizotypal personality disorder & Borderline personality disorder can effect one another? I was diagnosed as Borderline yrs ago and am currently in an intensive program for personality disorders and was recently diagnosed as Schizotypal as well and there is another girl in my group who also was diagnosed with both so I'm guessing it's not that uncommon? Would really like to hear your thoughts.
Dale Gribble exemplifies this disorder more than any other fictional character I can think of.
Pamela Bergner he's from King of the hill
Great video... Can you recommend certain books that give an insight in stpd not just from an analytical point of view?
Like, so clear
How funny.! How fab. Because I, too, craved for examples.. to make it real . Merci
Hello doctor Grande, I happen to suffer from Schizotypal Personality Disorder and I agree to all. But as a specification for the first example of ideas of reference with the tires; the inferred would more likely be that the tyre became on sell because of lower quality and this person has bought the 4 of them.
Rather than "adding new tyres which I don't even understand in that context
I have had these superstitious thoughts run through my head for as long as I can remember but know it's illogical. So I know it's not real.
Thank you very helpful. And
I think my dad has this but not all of the symptoms. Just one example, he thinks he can heal people. He will go into prayer start talking to someone. He will ask me how I feel. I say, the same. He will blame me for not being healed and not believing. The problem is he would start doing this at work with his coworkers and yes this is a problem. People think he is crazy. He is retired now. I actually do believe in paranormal and healing but he takes it to another level. I grew up being brainwashed about a lot of things also my brother. Also when talking to him it’s usually just him talking. If you debate him on what you believe you will loose or regret it. And be stuck there for a hour. He only sees things his way so maybe a little narcissistic too. He may have multiple things going on. It’s hard to watch him deteriorate. He’s getting older now 76. I don’t think age helps either.
Is there any correlation between this disorder and the patient being either aware or unaware of the odd nature of the manifestations of their disorder?
DR G. I'm wondering about cultural practices that reflect magical thinking. Cultures such as Tibet, India and many others can have many examples of going to great lengths to please or avoid spirits etc. What would be the category of an individual in a society like that? An individual that may be, in all other areas of their life, showing no signs of pathology.
I have a coworker that exhibits most of these criteria you mentioned. However there is also a level of anger that seems to come out of nowhere along with some very disturbing threats of violence towards others.
Not sure how to deal with this. I almost feel like this is the kind of guy who can totally go postal.
My sister totally does the tire thing. And did the exact example of the television exercise thing!!!! She definitely has a commitment to paranormal activity for very sure. Some of these seem to have similarities to Borderline. Maybe just overlapping symptoms.
I was diagnosed as having this but the shrink said they are characteristics not disorder. I do not have many of these attributes. I am 45, never married, was never in love, do not think of having a family, commitment frightens me. I can socialize but to a limit. I feel there is a stone in place of my heart, total numbness, void there. I am not able to emotionally connect to people or events. Nothing is really able to make happy, and what is happiness exactly? I do not know. Life has no meaning for me. I do not aspire for anything. I wish for nothing. I just count the days and watch them pass. I wish I could sleep till the end of my life.
maybe you are trans
Sounds like your shrink didn't really know what they were doing. Maybe you should try talking to someone that specializes in cluster A personality disorders.
I think it sounds more like Schizoid PD rather than schizotypal.
i'm not a shrink though
Mohamed F. Afifi weed helps
Very interesting.
Ocd and Schizotypal they seem very similar and now I’m wondering which one I have or maybe both.
i wish i could find a good therapist to "sort" me out. I seem to have a problem with relationships, i don't have any basically.
I got diagnosed with this and it’s not always a lack of friends. And the one or two people aren’t necessarily family members and even the closest people in my life never fully get to the point of what others would consider a close relationship. I have lots of acquaintances and people who consider me a friend but they never get to the point of being close
Odd thinking or speech, could you explain this even further? Maybe you can´t make another video, but could give a few comments here? About turning a verb into a noun, can you give an example? And an adjective into a verb? How does one add words of no value? And are they confusing their own or someone else´s narrative? Can these things be pretty subtle and seem almost normal? How can you determine whether it is or isn´t normal? Otherwise, thank you so much for a great lesson and I think it´s pretty spot on from what I know and have seen of it. :-)
Thanks you for making this video. Today, my sister tried to diagnose me as being Schizotypal. Because of how I reacted to something she said. And from these thorough descriptions I can tell I don't have this. I am ADD, but I am definitely not Schizotypal. I myself often wonder if she doesn't have a disorder of some kind, because if you say something or react a certain way and she doesn't think it's normal to her own idea of what normal is, then she will label you.
she's probably just stupid
How can someone determine the difference between schizoaffective and schizotypal disorder. How similar are the two disorders?
Free thinkers have been always put into the boxes...
Psychotic and neurotic thought patterns are the opposite of free thought. Schizophrenia and related conditions involve deficits in perception and cognition, meaning the person experiences things that are not real and comes to incorrect conclusions about the world. They isolate themselves and shut themselves in because the world is so scary and confusing to them.
Creative people (aka free thinkers) perceive the same environmental stimuli as everyone else, and they make connections that others do not. Creativity is a liberating experience rather than a scary and repressive one.
@@jaketriet7192 Creativity is liberating, but free thought can be terrifying just as much as it can be empowering. Creativity, specifically in terms of being able to think critically, question things, and make connections that most people don't, gives people a greater capacity to create art and to make scientific discoveries, however it also makes them much more prone to realizing things about the world and about life that most people don't notice. For example, most people who have average intelligence and creativity may occasionally think about philosophical issues like what death truly means, whether or not it's possible for there to be a higher power, and why the universe exists, but these questions don't occupy a huge part of their attention and energy because they're able to just focus on the world around them and the day-to-day issues in their lives. People with high intelligence tend to spend much more time thinking about these abstract concepts and complex scientific and philosophical questions and often can't distract themselves with simpler day-to-day issues because they understand how unimportant those issues are compared to the great scientific and philosophical ones. While it's seen as a positive and liberating thing to be able to understand more science and philosophy, it's also be terrifying to realize how limited humanity's scientific knowledge is and how little we really know about the universe; constantly thinking about these issues and being aware of the limits of our knowledge is a large reason why highly intelligent people and other free thinkers tend to be prone to anxiety and neurosis. You're right to say that neurotic thought patterns are limiting, however they are often an inevitable part of the free thought package. The ability to make connections between ideas is the essence of intelligence and creativity, and if someone has a high degree of intelligence or creativity then the connections they make may seem nonsensical to someone who is less imaginative. Psychotic thought patterns involve excesses, not deficits, in perception and are also the result of making excessive connections. When these connections produce great art and scientific discoveries they're applauded, but when they produce theories that can't be proven and seem bizarre, average minds (who make up the majority) consider them paranoia or insanity and assume that the person who made these connections is illogical, even though there's no way for them to objectively know from their subjective perspective if someone else's subjective idea that they don't have the capacity to understand is true or not. The fact that schizoid, schizotypal, paranoia, and autism are considered disorders always makes me think of Plato's allegory of the cave; just because a minority acts and thinks in a way that's very different from the majority, doesn't mean that they're the ones who are wrong. The people who are most able to question the reality that the majority accepts are the ones who discover the most new information about it, and the fact that our societies so quickly discredit people who have unusual ideas leaves our entire species without knowledge than we could have if free thought was more tolerated.
Right? As long as the herd is following whatever outlandish behavior, that makes it normal. Case in point, look at doctors promoting cigarettes in the 1950''s, and the gum chewing ads for teenagers. Both were not innate human activities, but activities that were created and commercially promoted for the creators to make a profit. So long as you are persuasive enough to get others to follow along, you are not crazy but a pioneer.
I'm diagnosed with F21.3 and this is pretty much correct, sadly.
Dr Grande I was diagnosed with this condition yesterday, does this mean my religion (wicca) is in fact a personality disorder? And are people of other religions like Christianity, Islam and Buddhism also categorised in the same way?
I thought I had schizophrenia but by the video I have schizotypal personality disorder. Almost everything you said in the video I have it.
i do have the disorder. but its so little about it that fits on me. im from denmark, and i think we are seeing the diagnose from and different view.
What would be the traits of the someone who is unaffected by any such disorder?
I seem to have most of these symptoms. How do i get medical advice for free or cheap? Im unable to afford even the cheapest therapist i found
I’m the only child and I grew up in rural Virginia Now I’m 22 this life chose me
i’ve been trying to figure out the root of my issues for so long and my therapist mentioned this, and asked if i feel it applies to me. i want to deny it, i want to not fit the criteria but this all seems really familiar for me.
Hello Dr grande, just to clarify, is squizotypal the same as just squizophrenic? Thanks
What are some of the differences between schizophrenia and schizotypal? My friend is diagnosed with schizophrenia but she has a lot of schizotypal symptoms and it makes me wonder if she has both.
In my mind to the exercise examples seems like that could have been much magical thinking because since they're saying that's a sign
What if you can justify your ideas of reference and magical thinking with speculative scientific rationale?
@Cali Kay everything becomes speculative at some point
Dr.Grande, what is the ability of people with schizotypal person to maintain a romantic relationship? Are they aware of how they affect the feelings of others? Are they known to have outburst of obnoxious rage without serious provocation? Do they have selective memory to angry events, where they deny their actions completely? Can there be similarities between Narcissim and schizotypal personality disorders? Please elaborate on this subject if you can.
what about believing they are getting poisoned.?
This sounds like my mother... i want to help her but i really don't know how because she doesn't want any help and thinks she's fine. I think she might have psychosis as well. What kind of treatment is available for people with this disorder?
can someone help me, i was diagnosed with depression, i am taking pills, but i believe there is something missing. This discribes me perfectly and everything makes sense. Should i tell my psychologist about this or she will think that i am crazy?? what is the question here right??????
Can a person with stpd become an outstanding psychologist?
So there’s no way to improve the social anxiety of someone with STPD? Because I think if I could get past that part I’d be a lot better off
So Superman was Schizotypal! Cool :)
How is it treated?
I have schytzotypal personality disorder... I also have been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder aswell... do these feed off each other?
I have a borderline diagnosis and I am pretty positive it is at least partially accurate but there is this whole other side to my experience and it seems schizotypal fits the bill perfectly. I was wondering, are these personality disorders commonly co-morbid? I also have quite strong elements of narcissism but that seems to be strangely intermittent. Just trying to figure out my incredibly patchy personality. Thank you as usual for your videos doctor grande. :)
Yes, I was just diagnosed schizotypal comorbid with borderline. I've heard it can actually be a "common" comorbidity
and its interesting what you said about the narcissism. I can kinda relate to that
Ahh that's so cool you can relate man. :) thankyou for popping up, it's good to hear others get where I'm coming from here. :')
I've been to see many doctors and none of them have even entertained that I have this. i always wear the same clothes same colour all the time I thought I'm like everyone else and everyone thinks the same but I see i dont think normally and I really need help but cant get it I live in the UK
Can you tell me what the difference is specifically between schizotypal and a transient psychotic disorder without signs of schizophrenia is
This sounds as like a psychosis episode that won't end. Which sounds like hell... what are the differences between an episode of psychosis and this disorder apart from length?
I can relate.