9 Signs of Schizotypal Personality Disorder 

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1. Ideas of reference 2. Odd beliefs or magical thinking 3. Unusual perceptual experiences 4. Odd thinking or speech 5. Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation 6. Inappropriate or constricted affect 8. Lack of close friends and relationships

I find the hardest distinction is between ASD and schizotypal.

Schizotypal person here! I am excited to see Lauren include this in her wonderful content! I think Schizotypal can get to the point where they celebrate their own eccentricity as well as celebrate quirkiness and weirdness in general! It almost feels like life can take on this sort of holy mission-vibe where we are on a stage of chaos versus order or good versus evil, and I think Schizotypal people can either come on a little strong for people who want ever statement to be anchored in their present, pragmatic reality, or they can be very exciting for people eager to escape into their minds by scraping the sky and ruminating everything into oblivion to feel better about their penchant for detachment. I think it can share that with Schizoid in a way, as though hyper-intellectualizing is either an escape or a way to satisfy some kind of hidden hyper-vigilance that has an OCD-like flavor to it (I have pretty bad OCD, which is comorbid with Schizotypal). If I sound relatable or interesting you might enjoy clicking on me and see this sort of abstract-minded person unload. I used to be a lot less grounded than I am now, so my reasoning is pretty cohesive and I can articulate myself pretty well if the social anxiety isn't overwhelming things. Maybe not everyone experiences that headspace with the Cluster A personality disorders because especially Schizotypal and Schizoid are very likely to be loners attempting to be quasi hermits. Headcase pride! :) Thank you!

I have schizotypal disorder and we arent represented very much in the media, thank you for making this

thought i was showing schizophrenic symptoms, especially since my brother is schizophrenic, had no idea schizotypal personality disorder was a diagnosis until my therapist said something!

As someone who will never recieve a proper diagnosis, we sure spend a lot of time trying to articulate 1000 different shades of gray.

I have STPD and this video makes me happy,that more people will knows what STPD is.

So a personality disorder is someone that’s not following society standards that’s pretty vague and not fair for being unique to say mental disorder

I just got diagnosed with this the other day and in true psychiatric nature, the doc just told me that I had schizotypal personality disorder and that was it. There’s not a lot of information or resources out there for this disorder and this video helped me understand it a bit better.

This was a great video, thank you! They tried to diagnose me with autism but I just didn't quite fit, so I started reading up on things that sometimes is mistaken for autism, and schizotypal showed up. It would be interesting to see a video explaining the similarities and differences between scizotypal and autism because I feel like it's not as obvious as it might seem.

My sister had many of the symptoms of schizotypal personality disorder, our mom was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and her only child, my nephew, has a severe form of schizoaffective disorder. He does not have the insight that you do, Lauren. It has been a tough road for him. Thank you for the content and info you provide. 🙋🏻‍♀️💕

some of this sounds suspiciously like my autism lol 😭 I’d never heard of this disorder, this was very informative :)

You would make a wonderful therapist. And a wonderful voice actor for meditation videos and voice actor for audiobooks. Your voice is so calming.

So interesting, I had the majority of these symptoms before experiencing a drug induced psychosis. Great video Lauren 🙏🏻

I am diagnosed schizotypal but have never read into it or cared at all about it. Just randomly had the idea to search it up today.

Every video basically says the same thing. I wish someone would make a video for someone with this, like including tips for dealing with paranoia, how to respond appropriately when others are sad, how long is appropriate to make eye contact, whethor medication is appropriate or not (anti psychotics), whethor it is ok to enjoy some of these beliefs, how to feel like I'm not in the back seat of my mind

I have every single one of these traits, except that I’ve had lots and lots of very close relationships and friendships. This is because I know that alot of my behaviors are abnormal and I work around them.

The only time I "suffer" is when I go through major stressful life changes.. Otherwise this "disorder" is quite pleasant. I am not quite as worried about "regular" things that other people are unless I try to "fit in." I am also autistic.

Even tho I am this way it doesn't mean I am mental just different thinking and awake.

Can you make more videos of how best your family can help you. How they can help you to maintain wellness. Their feelings.

psychiatry labels anybody that is unhappy with the shit world we live in mad. basically psychiatry keeps the status quo of inequality

Ive been diagnosed w schizoaffective depression but wondered a lot about schizotypal and i'm happy to see you talk about it!

never been sure about autism diagnosis, this personality disorder fits much bettter, even avoiding odd numbers. the only people i get a long with are men with autism and schizophrenia, i am female.

You are so encouraging for people who are afraid to show what they have. How about you speak more on the positive aspects of mental illness. I know their are alot. its time for us to stop stigmatizing and embracing our selves and stop feeling ashamed of it. Society puts this burden on us. Once we are accepted then we can truly feel validated and see the positiveness in it.

This is one of the fist videos I’ve seen that hasn’t painted stpd in a negative light. Thank you

Apparently I'm not schizotypal or schizophrenic or anything, I'm just a big brain thinker/questioner of life.

Out of my mom and aunt's kids I'm the only one who was never screened as a kid. I always knew something was off about me though. I jokingly took a online test for it as a laugh to myself. But my result was schizotypal. When I actually looked it up I was surprised because just about every sign I read and heard from this video I have. I'm gonna keep this to myself because I don't think anyone would believe me if I tried to explain it. Its just nice to know I'm not just an "enigma"

i was just on the stpd reddit now I'm gonna believe this video is meant for me in some mystical way :)

Topic suggestion: How do non-treated Schiztypal affected people typically deal with one another? Is there a sense of familiarity, or repulsion, or what?

Can you talk about paranoid Personality Disorder and how it is similar/differs from schizophrenia. Love your videos, thank you!!

When you are referring to unusual perceptual experiences, does it include extrasensory perceptions? For Example: Seeing in your mind, the person standing at your doorstep, before you hear the knock on the door. Watching an empty paper cup, visualising the person who used it. Having a life saving premonition ,before an accident is about to happen, feets away from you. Seeing people's faces as a dynamic construct, not distinct. Seeing images in your mind, whenever you visualise english text. Perceiving people's conversation from 200 feet. Without actually hearing it.

I was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder but I’m unsure if that diagnosis is correct. When tested for ASD, I scored on the very border. The major points of conflict I have with this diagnosis is I never had developmental delays, I can read facial expressions pretty well. Whatever I do have causes me distress because I don’t see things the same way others do. Tbh I though other people were just stupid but it doesn’t make sense that I would be the one seeing it correctly if everyone else tells me I’m wrong. Either way, I still believe my perceptions are true. Logically speaking, I know I shouldn’t. But I don’t understand other peoples logic.

Thank you so much for saying that it is not to be diagnosed along other specific conditions and differences, especially that of depression or autism!

You could also do schizoid! Interesting to do the cluster As.

I've believed for a long time that my proper diagnosis should be schizotypal. A therapist ruled out schizotypal without giving me a satisfying reason why. He was one of the three health care providers who over the years have diagnosed me with depression, and that plain & simple is NOT my proper diagnosis because it doesn't take into account a lot of my thoughts and feelings. What bothers me most is that I simply don't fit in socially. The description of schizotypal sounds a lot like me: problems reading social cues and fitting in (what I call baby autism), psychosis that is quite troubling but not overwhelming (baby schizophrenia), and some depression. So, do I have a personality problem rather than an organic, neurotransmitter-type illness? I think so. Looking back at my childhood it's clear how my symptoms could have popped up.

Not me with my ADHD & Anxiety history listening to those diagnostic criterias like "that sure sounds like a ton of neurodivergent people" 🤣

I’m so impressed by your ability to say schizotypal personality disorder in all of those sentences in the beginning 🙌🙌🙌🙌🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

this was depressing to hear. idk if i can heal. i feel like im too far gone

I was diagnosed over ten years ago, it’s interesting to still be learning more

Love the vids :)

Huh. My psychiatrist tried to get me screened for schizophrenia SO bad a few years ago even though I am not. I did suffer from a psychosis in my youth. This video helped me revisit that from a different angle, thanks.

I thought the spots on the wall behind you were real on my screen but now that I know that they aren't it's clear I was ideally delusional is that how this works?

So is just depression or what causes self abuse. No other voices, just telling one self that worthless or pointless and no one would even miss us

Actually we act similar to schizophrenic people but we have no delusions nor psychosis. We just have STRANGE worldview and opinions.

I've been wondering what the difference is. Great topic, great explanation, another winning video. +1

I like my Schiz incounters , I connect to everything , TV talks to my thoughts and eyes in clouds show up , I can leave my body in secs.

I v been diagnosed with this... Thing.. And for some reason I feel so enraged when i learn more about it. Like i m been targeted. Also there's so little info on this disorder online... I m so angry. I think too many things apply to me. I ve been bullied, people say that I m weird all the time, i see shadows, i struggle with depression and anxiety all the time... I m afraid to develop schizophrenia later in life(i m 16 now)

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As someone who will never receive a proper diagnosis, I have random stages every few months tryna self diagnose myself but Schizotypal Disorder seems to be the accurate disorder.

I suffered from these symptoms for 6years but now I m healthy

thank you this is helpful to understanding my diagnosis

I’ve been diagnosed with this and I do act like this but the weird thing is I have a 10 year girlfriend, 3 children and more friends than most.

I experience this but I do not have a schizophrenic spectrum illness. I become lost in my own head, confuse my partner, jumbled speech, ending up completely confused myself. I have been diagnosed with adhd, ocd with intrusive thoughts and paranoia, and possible bipolar disorder II. I am 44.

Fairies are real. I talk to them, but I don’t believe you have to, nor do I have externalized auditory or visual hallucinations, but internal visual and auditory experiences. I accept others deviation from me. What am I?

Yes I got 10 at of 9 said.even with my new found freedom,and knowledge I'm still having problems with my emotions, I can once I feel the emotions start I can put it to bed,it ONLY takes a few moments to kill any relationship.and I got my history to prove it.im 46, and going to be a loner,for the rest of my life.now that I now who I am maybe but that a big maybe.i hope this helps 🐺

Gonna try not to forget

Love ya and great video

If I weren't schizophrenic i would be schizotypal. Often I *can* be convinced that my knee-jerk thoughts on paranoid events are wrong but other times I can't and weeks must go by befor being able to be convinced I was mistaken. But on a good day I would say I'm more schizotypal.

Well my God, I guess I'm fkn bat sh!t crazy I have all of these

Thanks!

ive gotten many psychotic episodes, diagnosed with schizo affective, but i tick off all the requirements in this video as symptoms

So you can’t be diagnosed with both autism and schizotypal? I’m diagnosed with autism (and I know for sure it isn’t a misdiagnosis) but I relate to all of those things as well. I have delusions and odd beliefs, sometimes I think people are doing things that they aren’t actually doing and I have a lot of magic thinking too. I don’t know what is going on with me

So helpful.

love your top :)

I do not believe in psychotherapy or anything psych ... After graduated high school in 1988 ... And 34 years later I figured all this out without the help of a therapist psychiatrist and psychologist I did this on my own... But from 1989 to about 1999 I was forced by parents so go to these doctors ... The reason because everything in HS revolved around music playing drums in bands and making lots of friends... They all came to me in a sense... Because when HS ended was when I had trouble being completely alone going to a very lonely environment in a community college... So no dormitories just 3 hour classes that bore the hell out of me and I went home and was basically had a friend here and there... One of the biggest issues was with females and relationships and sex... This also tore my mind up and gave me to this day low self esteem.. I went to a psychiatrist and the experience of this was so blasphemy I never took it serious again.. I saw a man by the name Ron Kamm and after 3 to 5 sessions... I had a first experience with a prostitute in my car which I ended up watching her open her door side of my car and spit my cum into the street... And this was a black street hooker with leopard skin spandex pants and then paid 50 dollars for this... This experience really had a choke on me... That when I saw this Psychiatrist I told him about the incident and then to cash in on trying to find something horrendous... And I didn't see this coming ... He was like what did you want to do to this hooker or crap like this... And my response was I want to kill hookers... Now that was just from that experience... And because of this statement and to get back kick back money from 2 different mental institutions he said I can no longer see you as a patient unless you go on my orders to hospital 1 or 2 I chose 1 because 1 was in my state number 2 was out of my state... Now I was about 19 or 20 and just dumb about these people I took them seriously as they acted seriously over dramatically seriously... He then gave me Trilafon which all SSRI's are shit more about that change later... My parents were no help in this situation that made me make the decision and I felt at the time brainwashed by this asshole... No long after I went on his orders to Hampton Hospital for 3 months because of a statement which this place was run by somehow narcissistic author doctor of books ... I started being nervous being thing... I started saying I don't know why I am here... It looked like a pleasant hotel ... But Jesus watching them lock that door and not being able to leave the floor was new to me... And basically cried most of the time I was there.. I felt I made a mistake.... I was being watched based on a statement which they felt I was homicidal ... That was because I was thinking something... Well since then how about this forgot hookers I wouldn't mind humanity just drop dead off the face of the Earth ... Now see that's not going to happen I think about making it happen but I know it's just me being angry at the human race... And feeling like I was a dog with a leash with powerful people of the government and mental health bullshit such as this... So during my stay I got more angry and looked at the world in a different way... And when I was released I went back to the same doctor and he told me that wasn't good enough and should continue to go to a local inpatient programs well they all sucked big ass .... They were run like Cuckoos Nest ... So after about a few months of battling with him in 1991 to now I see a shrink who in the 1990's tried me on like 30 different SSRI's because he had reputation of being a druggist and he was... I was given every new drug that was new and released and was like everytime there's a new so and so and had this huge file cabinet with samples... So that went on a while and THEY ALL SUCKED... 2002 I try Oxycontin and that was the drug that I been taking to deal with my bullshit every since.... Why because the fucking stupid field don';t know how much benefit these drugs can do but because of doctors and criminal activities opioids now have the worse reputation .... Any the point is the diagnosis the hospital gave me was this and depression schizo typical... And the drug my shrink gives me guess well the only one I take ZENZEDI YES I LOVE LOU REED ....

This sounds a lot more like autism than schizo

People associate this disorder with something you’ve had your whole life a way you’ve always been. It was litteraly caused by drugs for me. It really is just light or latent schizophrenia, kinda just a first episode situation

How do I get my adult daughter (28) to accept this and to agree to get help? I NEED HELP getting her to understand this

🐉Going to need to talk to someone about the fact of having been diagnosed with schizoaffective (depressed type) and schizotypal plus being on the spectrum if they are not supposed to be co-occuring conditions. Or maybe they are valid as co-occuring because of the DID. . .

I mean, are we always supposed to feel joy when everyone else around us is? I just always found that odd that I should feel that same emotion of a group of people around me (I.e. coworkers celebrating another coworker’s accomplishment). I typically just feel neutral or numb in that kind of situation.

I’ve always thought I might have schizotypal personality disorder but haven’t gone to get a diagnosis as yet.I talk to myself a lot and don’t like much social interaction and don’t have many friends either.

im kind of though tired of the put down of disorders. Lets talk about the good side of it

How is schizophrenia differ from brain fog and depression ?

I have these but I don’t see how it affects my life negatively. I just think it means I’m weird and I don’t think it makes a difference but then again I probably have Aspergers (yes I know we don’t use that term anymore).

Writing poetry is the only treatment I will take for said illness.

Most personality disorders are intentionally induced especially these "odd" or "eccentric" ones like schizoid and schizotypal. Same with autism or neurodivergent diagnosis which has poached some of the people who were previously diagnosed as schizoid and schizotypal.

Good info- advertisements at start too long

What are "peculiar beliefs"? Can you be specific?

i have been diagnosed with autism but i also strongly relate to characteristics of stpd. i share both characteristics. i heard you cannot be diagnosed with both but i have also met people who have been diagnosed with both. is it possible that i maybe have stpd and not autism or that people can have both but just not be diagnosed with it?? i hope this made sense.

Memo: schozytypal mostly seek help for depression or anxiety

Wow judging from the numbers I've seen this about 40,000 times lol

Any other professionally diagnosed women with StPD out here?

Hello videos I've learned so much I take care of someone that has been diagnosed with schizophrenia he refuses to take his medications but I do in the meat I do Incorporated in the meals is there anything do you believe that Organics I mean vegetables and meat and and everything else all organic will turn around and take away his mental disorder and it is there anything out there in the market that I can buy him for like supplementation thank you very much

How often are those misdiagnosed with schizoaffective disorder vs schizophrenia vs this here??

i felt something is a bit off from this channel but i cannot pinpoint

I have schizotypal personality disorder. It sucks! 😊

Now im doing my level best to overcome from disociation That's im interested in watching movies and listening songs what the normal peoples will do but those things or works are completely devoid of logic. And then that caused me a mouth breathing little bit. And then this disorder is associated with the anger and burnout signs Can anyone clarrify which episode is this

I wonder if the Vietnam or WWII era had disorders or whether 東西東西東西以爲表態主席地位鑒定the only started sonce those disorders were discovered.

I really have never heard anyone pronounce the word “typal” where it rhymes with nipple. I looked everywhere I could and the accepted pronunciation of the 1st syllable in “typal” is type. Do you have a link to where the correct pronunciation sounds like nipple? 😳

Are we related to Rob?

Isn't all this stuff learned? It seems to me, this particular symptoms list is just overanalysis paired with childhood trauma.

this is so obviously an advert under the pretense of being helpful.

I dress well, but different I guess although people compliment my style, and I can read people well. Although I have a hard time reading the room when there's nobody with a strong feeling like when their relative died or something else really bad has happened. I have a hard time understanding what's appropriate to say but I'm very careful to not hurt someone. People tell me I'm a very forgiving and kind person but somehow I don't have any friends I hang out with. Most friends I've had haven't kept in contact after school and I'm rarely invited to anything. I have a hard time socialising since I don't know what a normal conversation should be unless they have the same interests as me. I constantly see red flags and even though a person is nice I'm on edge for them to suddenly change and hurt me, which is something I've experienced a lot. I have narcissistic parents and I have fallen victim to narcissistic, psychopaths and borderline people and I never seem to meet someone who doesn't try to manipulate me. If they're not they don't seem interested in having me as a friend. I know I can let down people often since I get into psychosis every third month or so, and I think a darkness is out to get me and it's like a consciousness that affects other people's minds and makes them want to hurt me, so I can't go outside. I have voices in my head every day but sometimes I also hear things outside of my head but it's only small wispers or crying. I have namned the reoccuring voices in my head and sometimes it feels like they influence me to the point that I act out of character. My partner of 16 years, who I got together with when we were 14 and I didn't have these problems yet, says he notice it a lot. He can speak to me and I try to listen but the words doesn't compute in my head. I sometimes doesn't hear what people say at all and I feel like I'm in this kind of muffled bubble of frosted glass. I have to guess what I hear and I have to read shapes in order to see. The reason I'm looking into this disorder is because my doctor says I show signs of schizofrenia but I can often be talked out of my delusions, except sometimes. I don't know what to do or what it is that I'm experiencing, because this disorder sounds a lot like me, except with the odd appearance and not being able to read people's feelings at all. I do have a low interest in socialising but I have a partner and I love him to death and want to spend most of my time with him. I want to have friends but maintaining friendships often exhaust me and it feels like nobody ever understands me or is real. Sometimes I'm wondering if it all is a dream and maybe I'm the nightmare. I can be in my livingroom and it's okay, then I go into the bathroom, and when I come back I feel like the livingroom is off. It looks the same but it feels distorted. I can feel the presence of that dark consciousness but I know it's irrational but my perception doesn't listen to reason. It's always that thought "what if" and often it becomes "it is". My life have basically just been trauma after trauma and I kind of live just day to day, without any plans for the future, because I'm afraid to hope for anything. And whenever the present looks bright, there it comes again, and reality continues to twist and spiral into my fears and yet again show me that my delusions aren't delusions at all, they're facts.

I got it. And I gotta question: So I wanna be isolated. You know the old sage/hermit/wizard on the mountain that gives the hero the thing to save the world? I wanna be him. “Yes, yes, I do have the sword of Arthur’s cousin’s bard that can stop the evil serialists from killing Chanticleer, but see that’s a lot of work and I really don’t like any of you people so just take it and leave me alone. I also have Excalibur’s blacksmith’s gloves and I swear to god I’ll strangle you with them and soak them in your blood and stop taking my meds so my hands swell up if they ever even find you…” Metaphor. I had a really bad episode once when my isolation was threatened. I absolutely need a sanctuary. I don’t wanna do therapy if I have to integrate my living space with people. I have adopted 4 cats in my small stone barn with no internal doors designed explicitly to discourage guests. I don’t want to change that part. I live one the edge of the woods and I planted two pin oaks nearby so the woods will overtake my yard and make me invisible to society when I clock out at the end of the day. I am not willing to give that up. Animals like me and they are easy to understand, people not so much.

im not described as odd or weird, they call me jeffery dahmer

WHY ARE YOU SAYING SCHIZO TIPPLE i thought it was schizo type al

whenever you feel sad about this diagnosis, remember Jeffrey Dharma had the same thing

Is schizotypal personality disorder related to schizophrenia the same way cyclothymia relates to bipolar? I wonder because the classification of cyclothymia (as mood disorder vs temperament) has been debated.