sample Schizoid personality DO, PSYC 2331 Abnormal Psychology

Illustration of Schizoid Personality Disorder. Interview and introduction by Theodore Millon.
Video source: From instructor tools available with Comer, R. J. & Comer, J. S. (2018) Abnormal Psychology, 10th ed. Macmillan Publishing.
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[@RB-jt4jm]

Monosyllabic answers is the best tactic to shut down unwanted conversations. Works every time.

[@billnolastname5078]

Yeah.

[@youranongirl]

🤣👍

[@silentgrove7670]

Congratulations

[@truelightseeker]

Cool

[@nachtgeist1736]

... when you are lucky enough to receive a monosyllabic answer :-D Usually, stubborn silence or, even worse, an attitude of arrogance and ostentatious superiority work like a Swiss watch.

[@luytentom]

As a schizoid, this is nothing like what it's like. Lack of emotional expression in the face does resemble but we actually learn very fast how to have(and abort) a conversation. There's never a few seconds interval between a question and an answer, we do know how to have conversations. With all the best intentions, this actress is not portraying a schizoid but unwillingly somebody who just had a stroke.

[@DivisionbyZer0]

Yeah, this strikes me more as a case of deficit schizophrenia with this level of Alogia.

[@wallp1191]

Exactly. I don't know if this depends on the type of SPD, but if I were the one on that interview I'd put the most charismatic face and speak as eloquently as I could.

[@bertgoat8183]

I'm diagnosed with SPD and whenever I see my psychiatrist I force all the emotions that I can.

[@CrowClouds]

Wait, how do you know she's an actress?

[@luytentom]

Because it's almost impossible to show an actual patient on television(privacy).

[@randzopyr1038]

It's interesting to see how outsiders describe schizoid personality disorder vs how people with spd describe it. A lack of desire to engage on the spd seems to be the main cause of a lot of the "odd" behavior that researchers use to classify the disorder.

[@dp7933]

I was finally introduced to the concept of SPD recently, and, YEP, definitely, me. I agree with the diagnosis, but I'm an attractive person who has lots of "friends" who I then forget exist rather than an unpopular loser who no one notices. Either way. I don't remember you. SPD. I was kidding about the loser thing. The biggest problem for me is the guilt of abandonning friends (and family). I tried to explain it to my parents tonight-- yeesh. I *THINK* they told me I was cut out of the will because I have SPD. I don't know. I don't care. I did tell them I love them as much as I can.

[@totallybaffled262]

Why are folks so bothered by a person being alone and minding their business? She doesn’t want the company of others. What’s the big deal?

[@ahmadnaguib9293]

That's the surface of the iceberg dude, I hope it's just only like that

[@gabrielaburcea5734]

Schizoids can be suicidal can have comorbidities like the famous serial killer jeffrey dahmer who also also a sociopath/psychopath. There is a huge difference between a sane person enjoying her own company and a mentally ill one

[@snazzygagagigo524]

@I'm Done Great comment. Thanks! This helps my self-esteem.

[@majortom9397]

It becomes a problem when it is a personality trait, humans are social animals, we need to create relations between us in order to live in best way. Avoiding social activities or not liking them at all and being forced to fake it dont help your mental health.

[@emrecimen8161]

on the contrary man we are begging inside to have friends, family, children, a normal social everything and gabriela we are not suicidal.

[@doubledragon9530]

The interviewer sucks. He should be asking, "Tell me about..." instead of asking questions that can be answered yes or no.

[@wordivore]

I agree. But it may be that he's trying to show the extreme disconnect here. I think a lot of people (particularly neuro-typicals) would answer with more detail. Most humans love to talk about themselves.

[@stevenichols2938]

If he asks open ended questions she will feel even more uncomfortable and probably discontinue.

[@caroljoywolf]

He also wears hideous ties.

[@ManilMopas]

as diagnosed i would probably would less likely answer at all when someone like that

[@skarpengland]

He is clearly fishing for Alogia!

[@lamusica9560]

Some people may say this is not how a schizoid will act, this is an extreme example and i totally understand what's going through her mind (if she isn't an actress), the blank sad poker face look, the spacing out when answering a question so to not say too much about yourself, the staring right to the eyes of a person to portray interest so that the person understand the disconnection (non interest) when you turn your face away (which means alright shut up leave me alone) When i was a kid i was like that but like my color blindness i learned to adapt ( the same way i learned that very light green is yellow, i learned how to "act" in social situations, but it's very quickly draining.

[@mukammaljahaan9517]

This is exactly me and I have been diagnosed with Schizoid Personality Disorder recently. I completely understand what is going through her mind. It's so daunting to get answers out when we have absolutely no interest in giving any, ending up sounding monosyllabic. There is also a deficit in attention to some extent shutting your mind completely to the interviewer, either thinking about something else or nothing at all.

[@Rexvideowow]

The "spacing out" is her analyzing all the possible things she could respond with and the consequences of each.

[@will.a.benjamin]

If this is SPD it's an extreme example. Schizoids aren't always so robotic or zombie-like. Seems more like she's autistic or just very medicated.

[@user-qp1jh5vm8m]

How is that?

[@r0zugorudo]

Agreed. Her demeanor gives me the impression that she’s likely autistic.

[@vilemug]

I’m autistic and I am not robotic or zombie-like, thanks

[@vilemug]

Well not all autistics are like that. It’s called a spectrum for a reason

[@will.a.benjamin]

@@vilemug I never implied that ALL autistics are robotic or zombie-like.

[@kpec3]

Here's the problem with using this video as an example of a schizoid, which is that the psychologist is extremely disinterested. If you were out in public, and someone asked you a question, after your answer, you would expect them to react. The psychologist does not, merely saying "uh huh" and leaving large gaps of silence. Is his poverty of speech going to inspire her to invest in the conversation? No, and she is probably less talkative than she would be out in society. Also, if the doctor had made her think before this video that she was mentally ill, she was lacking confidence, or fearful. But neither of those are components in and of themselves of mental illness.

[@jamessveck2576]

Yes, she seems fearful. This is not a good representation of schizoid personality

[@The_Black_Anarchist]

Schzoids are indifferent to praise or criticism. If he told her that she was mentally ill, she wouldn't care.

[@Kauppi2]

This is a portrayal of extreme SPD, we Schizoids do know how to have a conversation, but don't usually want to, and and not fully into it, since we are anxious to get to be on our own (atleast in my case...)

[@oooodaxteroooo]

Why are you even writing this? :D

[@madelineclark6593]

@@oooodaxteroooo 1) clearing up possible misinformation about a disorder a person has tends to be a priority of theirs, at least when they get the chance. 2) having a social presence on the internet is like micro-dosing social interactions (which certain schizoids do feel the need for, the schizoid dilemma), so it's much easier than speaking to people irl. and commenting on a youtube video doesn't require commitment or anything that seems threatening of the schizoid's autonomy.

[@notreal6762]

I mean, it depends on the schizoid. Just like every other person can be socially skilled or not. I am rather socially unskilled, but neither high nor low social skills are inherent to szpd.

[@gurll-fn4ul]

Maybe she has a brain damage.

[@poisonivory6017]

@@Aiel-Necromancer they meant anxious because they aren't on their own.

[@JordanShackelford]

This is how my conversations go a lot of the time. Somebody cracks a joke and I barely react to it and they go "you were supposed to laugh". Oh well. I wanna die. Wish I could just stay in my room and never have to talk to anyone again but I have to have a job.

[@leons.kennedy2747]

@Alyssa Graves "SMILE" FUCK OFF

[@paulgoogol2652]

@@gisellav2351 It helps to connect with people emotionally which can feel great. Probably many have a hormonal dysfunction so that they don't feel much of it.

[@sa31312]

@@gisellav2351 you get endorphins for starters. you also might make somone else's day. and for a second you forget your own problems.

[@amandakrasna5300]

Well, not everyone is wired the same way, schizoid people do not seem to have the “need” to connect like most. They are not hurting anyone, as long as they can function, why not respect their wishes?

[@aroguereptilian]

"But i have to have a job" this. I have slight autism i totally feel u, if i just didnt have to work so much life would be so much more bearable. A slow day at my job just feels like my job is awkward conversation with coworkers who think im either stuck up or weird.

[@lisawillett7410]

The best way to counter those yes/no answers is to ask open-ended questions, not those closed ones he's always asking in every video.

[@jerbyp.lumbang8601]

Not really

[@willowsullivan6121]

Wish there was more footage of her talking. That was interesting.

[@MultiSenhor]

Apparently, she's an actress, but you can look up interviews with Tom Warrior from Celtic Frost/Triptykon, and Marilyn Manson for a similar style. There is one with Tom @ Guitar World that's particularly interesting because he goes more in depth into his childhood and adolescence. There are a few SPD channels on KZbin too, but you'll have to dig a little bit in order to find them. Not all people with SPD have _that_ much of a flat affect, though.

[@naaaah3932]

As a diagnosed schizoid, Im nothing like this. In fact Im the complete opposite, Im very fast and I think on my feet, I give answers and reactions that fit the other person’s desires, which may mean that sometimes I may become extra talkative or extremely brief. Either way it bores the shit out of me.

[@matej795]

Same here, brother

[@damnitimp8269]

I'm having trouble in my life right now. My uncle claimed that I was distant and emotionally cold. He was observing me and that he claimed I didn't changed. His problem was, I don't interact with my family often and I didn't like eating three meals with them. He noticed that and accused me of being rude and disrespectful but in my point of view. I didn't do something something wrong. I didn't mean to disrespect them but, I'm just comfortable being alone. I always stay on my room, sometimes I eat inside my room because I feel more comfortable. I rarely talk to someone else, but If I'm asked something. I just react to it then I'll be back in my own business, using earphones and music all the time. (I prefer listening to music rather than spending talking with someone) I was researching about feeling 'detached' or 'apathetic' and Schizoid Personality disorder pops out. I look all the symptoms and it surprised me how I, in my opinion, passed the criteria. But I wanted to make sure If I really am so I searched here on youtube. When that woman started to talk and she sounded like a robot, I thought, I don't act or sound like that. I thought maybe...I was wrong But after reading all the comments here and figuring out that the woman may be an actress or an extreme case...i dont know how to express it

[@lupression4457]

Haaaa me too. This isnt right. Trash interview. You not alone though bro

[@damnitimp8269]

@@lupression4457 not a bro but thanks. i dont know how to express it properly. glad to know that im not the only one

[@lupression4457]

@@damnitimp8269 yeah i completely get it. But ah sorry. Me too then sweetheart. :/

[@lupression4457]

@@damnitimp8269 perhaps I shouldnt say trash interview. Maybe its accurate for some. Anyways. Hang in there. Perhaps we are just in a phase of life of being a little detached. The lack of sex is the killer tho tbh lol.

[@isabelbelem9062]

This is exactly my situation

[@abbyvera44]

I always always detach my emotion but I do feel happy when people with my vibe talk/ engage with me (when I am in the mood) then I slowly withdraw myself and be alone.

[@stare3106]

I do this too

[@luzhumo9121]

En su mirada hay algo sabio y lejano, como mirar a un pozo muy profundo. También la forma en que no disfruta de la conversación, sin impulso para responder, es muy patente; eso me hace sentir identificado.

[@trinityjones1513]

Why don,t we just call it what it is. The 'People irritate the hell out of me 'disorder.

[@rowanhollingsworth5231]

Because that's not what it is. Schizoid PD patients aren't irritated by people, they're incapable of connecting with them and envy average people.

[@deusvult5738]

not necessarily envy. yet, feel distant, I think. "I couldn't give two shits about what society thinks of me disorder" might be more accurate.

[@rowanhollingsworth5231]

Salman Akhtar listed schizoid envy (particularly of spontaneity) as a covert feature in the 2013 Akhtar schizoid phenomenological profile. But yeah schizoid patients don't care about social convention.

[@wordivore]

Not really. I live with a man who has SPD. He gets less irritated by people than I do and I'm the social one. I envy his calm demeanor...not much bothers him. But the lack of connection can be lonely. He tries though.

[@marlonbrandoseyes1443]

Envying people would be avoidant personality disorder. Spd people are simply indifferent.

[@hojuniverse]

She's most likely medicated! But I have experienced the delayed response when working with people with this disorder

[@82NeXus]

I'm wondering if I have SPD. This is another thing I experience. I often think my parents interrupt me because I sometimes have gaps in my speech. It's because I know I want to say more but I'm working out how to say it or how best to construct the sentence to express my thoughts or ideas. I think it has to do with the weight / importance people attach to the consideration of what they say. Some people don't attach enough, some too much. The positive, healthy way is in the middle.

[@dalinplaisier6791]

i think this could have to do with dissociation, i have this thing where half of the conversation plays in my head

[@houseofblues9016]

​@@dalinplaisier6791haha me too lol

[@AndrewKozley]

I can tell how I avoid useless small talks and people trying to communicate with me in general. It’s just an absence of an emotional response. A human sends emotional impulse and desperately waiting for a response. But there’s no response. They can’t figure out are you being friendly or want to kill them. So they’re beginning to drown in their own overwhelming snowballing flow of thoughts and emotions. And then they finally stop.

[@davidwilson6577]

The nameless professor.

[@fabrizio483]

Fascinating to read all the comments attempting to argue with the DOCTOR.

[@JustAnotherPandaBear]

People are saying this isn't a schizoid, but this is Theodore Millon. He's run into many different types of personalities and arguably knows (knew) more about personality disorders than anyone else in his field. He's done case studies on Avoidants and schizoids and knows the difference between a schizophrenic and a schizoid. Just because you've done internet research, you're not an expert. This guy is, however. I think that spd has become intertwined with AVPD to the point where we mistake the two for each other. Schizoids at pathological level like this, lack emotional depth and in most cases (from reading millons work), are completely unable to fake any sort of emotion. They don't notice their own social deficit and in turn cannot fake what they don't perceive. Avoidants on the other hand can become blunted and cold as a coping mechanism to deal with anxiety (which schizoids are for the most part immune to, as it requires introspection and emotional depth), but they are still able to act normally in a social setting, because they have felt and therefore, understand the concept of emotion and the need to fit in. I think a secret schizoid is truly just an avoidant with a mask on. Forget the useless internet articles and read into this guy's work. I was diagnosed with SPD, but after reading into his stuff I'm thinking it's a misdiagnosis and I'm just an avoidant with Schizoid traits. For all I know this could be exactly what a schizoid is, but culture has distorted its image.

[@LintuLumessa]

I dont know where you live, that people really believe what you just said. I am diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder and I am not like the woman in the Video. But I have seen some like her when I had to stay at the hospital for a while. Their diagnose was schizophrenia. So maybe diagnoses are diffrent in diffrent countrys....

[@wordivore]

@@LintuLumessa Psychiatry is also not an exact science. One shrink may see schizoid where another sees avoidant. In addition there's such a thing as co-morbidity. And then there's a spectrum for every PD.

[@82NeXus]

@@wordivore Also PDs perhaps have multiple stages, or continuous progressions, of development.

[@gabrielaburcea5734]

@@LintuLumessa people!!!! Personality disorders are on a spectrum. You can have 5 traits, she might have all 9! Also, schizofrenics in hospitals are definitelly heavily medicated so of course they looked like this. Also for schizoid the treatement is many times the same meds. We can't diagnose her only from 5 minutes on the internet having no idea if she was medicated for example. I have a narcissistic boyfriend mother and brother and if you read the criteria and then meet them, they seem nothing like it but when you know them well...

[@wilmer89]

Remote schizoids are more avoidant

[@carinamurillo4419]

Thank you this video really helps

[@user-js5tk2xz6v]

I don't know if she is actress or not, but if it is authentic, I think I used to be blocked and tense like her *only* in the worst periods of my live. Under extreme stress, when freeze response was pernament. It's hard to tell what is going on without the knowladge about the actual background of that video - e.x. how she was persuaded to that interview. Some people in comments say she is medicated and I think it's might be true, with sedative drugs which additionally inhibit her thinking. At one moment she has like a "break down" and all her sadness comes out...when I was in that state I have been looking after to not show my fragile emotions to anyone.

[@___Robin___]

Schizoid personality disorder is a development disorder. Just like schizophrenia is. Once you have it you won't ever get rid of it you can only live through it. What you describes as having is just a natural response to adversity were your body freezes up and becomes rigid. SPD isn't anything like that you could more compare it to a dementor sucking all the happiness out of your body and leaving your body behind as an empty container that observes the world rather than partaking it. You feel an ocean of emptiness, you feel so empty you can't perceive feelings like sadness, happiness and loneliness anymore. But you do feel there is this big gap in your heart and your brain constantly reminds you how it used to be when it was filled with love, warmth and happyness. I suffer from SPD and it just sucks. I don't even know why I bother replying on this because you probably won't read or care about it nor should it matter since you're just one human in a large world. You get the idea.

[@gregofthedump]

I have come to suspect that I have this disorder. I also believe that this video is a reasonably accurate representation of schizoid behaviour in a therapy session. Twenty-five years ago, I had a series of meetings with a counsellor. After about half an hour of my terse and unexpressive responses, she said, with some exasperation, "What is your problem?" I told her I didn't know. She also commented that I frequently paused after she asked a question, as if I was censoring myself. My response was that I knew what I was going to say when answering questions, but that like everybody else, I needed to translate from the symbolic, conceptual representation of ideas in my head, into spoken language. She seemed baffled by this. In this video, the client also sometimes ends a sentence with "or". I would also say such a thing, as I wanted to give the impression that there was something else to add, when in fact there was nothing. The same when she takes a breath, as if about to say something, then stops. I too would do that, to show that my mind hadn't gone blank, when in fact it had. Of course, I can't be certain that this is what is being represented here, but the similarity between her behaviour and my own with my counsellor, is striking.

[@thzzzt]

Heck, some people just aren't articulate, and you may be thinking so far ahead or so far back that you lose your train of thought. This, and your counsellor saying "What is your problem?" seems be red flag --against the counsellor, not you.

[@kakroom3407]

> She also commented that I frequently paused after she asked a question, as if I was censoring myself. > but that like everybody else, I needed to translate from the symbolic, conceptual representation of ideas in my head, into spoken language. > The same when she takes a breath, as if about to say something, then stops. Yes, this is my experience to the letter.

[@gregofthedump]

@@kakroom3407 Since leaving that comment, I've been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder because I have other traits and symptoms that aren't present in SPD. But then, I have practically all the traits of SPD as well. Aaagghhhh!

[@kakroom3407]

@@gregofthedump I had had also been diagnosed with autism, specifically with Aspergers (which is no longer really a distinct diagnosis but w/e) which (according to wikipedia) has a relatively high comorbidity with Schizoid behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe we're just self-diagnosing too hard

[@existentialchaos8]

As someone on the Autism Spectrum, I relate so much to the translating from the symbolic, conceptual representation of ideas in my head into spoken language. I think the fact that people are confused by this part of why it's so hard for people to understand me. I think they just assume that everyone can just turn their thoughts into language without such a barrier.

[@mattd6200]

Which one has the SPD?

[@lolnik1]

Please put whole video. I Love her, she is my soulmate.

[@Raz337]

someone should give her a hug.

[@lawndogmoon2]

She probably wouldn't like that hug, she's schizoid.

[@Raz337]

thats the schizoid part talking. deep down she needs affection.

[@lawndogmoon2]

Could you change her? Make her normal?

[@Raz337]

Me specifically? what's your point

[@Grey_7]

I need help I'm 17. And I battle with anxiety and I often withdraw my self. My dad when he was 16 was never diagnosed with any disorders but he started hallucinating and hearing voices and he couldn't be around people, he locked himself in his room untill he was 19 years old. Now I wonder if my anxiety is genetic, but I went through abuse and trauma . So I don't know

[@82NeXus]

If you want help you could start by going to your doctor. Or talk (as honestly as possible) to a friend or trusted family member (if you have one). You could also look for a good Internet forum. The more honest you can manage to be, the better. Good luck.

[@Lord_of_The_World]

I think it's just the first time this woman is being interviewed by this man. Once in her comfort zone, she would open up.

[@SatanenPerkele]

Keep on dreaming.

[@DonatoG4]

Does anyone know who the man at the start of the video is?

[@cestlavie7222]

Theodore Millon

[@jennync1989]

I feel like ive just learned to be more express in my facial expressions, its all fake, but i adapted it over time out of necessity

[@jamessveck2576]

Sembra sotto effetto di stupefacenti, questo interrogatorio è spaventoso e tratta la persona come un animale da osservare attraverso le sbarre. Niente di più distante dalla realtà

[@LucidEyes17]

Noticed some comments suggesting autism, autism is a pretty straightforward diagnosis. If you're on the spectrum it will show, and in this setting that's not the diagnosis. Schizophrenia requires hallucinations/delusions or disorganized speech and behavior, if those aren't present you cant be diagnosed. No one said SPD is the only issue here, she could have other issues. Lastly, a schizoid will not have impaired cognitive/occupational functioning like a schizophrenic and their social dysfunction comes from a lack of caring about relationships, not necessarily a complete lack of understanding of social interaction as in autism. SPD is a slightly exotic diagnosis but if the symptoms warrant it and they don't fit the criteria for schizophrenia then its appropriate. Doctors stake their reputations on each decision they make with a patient, I don't think the almost paranoid regard for the science of psychology you see in comment sections like this one is appropriate.

[@PieterJanNotebaart]

My type of person.

[@DayneSmith1]

IT TAKES A WHILE FOR HER TO ANSER QUESTIONS. VERY STRANGE INDEED.

[@zanziboi]

yeah...

[@woodstockenvy4666]

Exactly, like the other commenters said .. people are inherently boring, untrustworthy, relationships don't last, .. I've been a wedding usher twice and best man once and all those relationships-marriages failed, those couples had it all going for them and it ended .. what's the point of socializing? I'd rather read a book or watch some great sci-fi. A person who wants to get out would be far ahead buying a used forty foot sailboat, fixing it up and exploring the world, visit the Caribbean rather than wasting time on people in bars who have nothing to offer.

[@Kyavata]

IRL, it's more like, "So it was just you and your mother?" Yeah. "You have brothers and sisters, right?" Yeah, I do. "And a father, you were close growing up?" Yeah. "And he's a meth addict now, right? Yes, it would seem so. "And your mother became the first female astronaut to travel to Venus, is that right?" That's what they say. "So your brother, he's rather famous for rescuing that band of paraplegic guitar players who were touring for AIDS awareness, is he not?" Yeah. "Do you feel any interest in any of these events?" No. "What about that fantasy novel you're begun writing?" Which volume? Also, no. Just no.

[@jerbyp.lumbang8601]

Oh my God.

[@MrVortem]

Did this doctor even assess the 13 steps of mental status? This is NOT a typical schizoid

[@HeavyProfessor]

MrVortem Yea, he did. By asking questions and listening to the responses. That’s an MSE is performed.

[@samsonlovesyou]

Bordering into psychosis here with the slow processing.

[@aeris2001]

Quite a few people don't understand that personality disorders are spectrum's in the comments

[@BalHatase]

not squizoid looks stoned instead

[@karlashmeedavlasta6365]

Compared to my kindaspouse she's eloquent and entertaining.

[@lizzychrome7630]

So is this interview real, or is she just an actress?

[@WWETheDeadManDTF]

I dont think this is typical schizoid behaviour. She seems totaly zoned out and sedated.

[@lolitaalmostgrown]

Um, this is not Schizoid PD, this woman is borderline catatonic. I am nothing like this.

[@user-gu7wy3qj9x]

happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing in the world.

[@765lbsquat]

this is like talking to the typical woman on dating apps like tinder, bumble, hitch, etc.

[@aleisterlavey9716]

I dated only 2 Girls from Tinder. Jup both had some similarities.... no thanks...

[@oooodaxteroooo]

:D

[@kill1spream2]

best comment. yea.

[@emmalouie1663]

I don't get this at all. Appears to be a person acting NOT a real example.

[@archy2frank2]

Jesus. Help that woman.

[@iss2075]

This HAS to be an actress. I have SPD and nobody in the real world has any idea there's something different about me. Infact, I've learnt to completely fake my personalities. I can walk with my shoulders back, head high, smile on my face, deep voice, hands on waist, feet apart, making more eye contact, etc. when I want to be confident and attract girls. When I want to pretend I'm upset I look at the ground, hunch my shoulders, remove my smile, speak slowly, take small steps, make my head movements rigid, etc. Nobody has ever suspected anything, they think this is the "real" me. Even when I've told people that everything I'm doing around them is fake and calculated they refuse to believe me. I don't sit around with a worried look on my face all the time spending 5 seconds to process each question asked of me and speaking in a soft timid voice (I know SOME SPD people will do some of those things, but it's not solely down to the "disorder" imo). I actually do incredibly well in interview settings. I've never failed a job interview before, and there was one interview I did last year, where the guy told me he'd interviewed over 500 people, and said that I was one of the best interviews he'd ever done. But I always put on my "confident" persona for an interview, make good eye contact, have my legs open, my arms by my side, shoulders back, ask millions of questions, crack a few jokes, whilst I think a "normal" person would usually be quite nervous in an interview setting, especially if it's a job or education interview. So this actress is doing a terrible job imo. But to be fair she probably wasn't given much information. But I don't see any reason why an SPD person would behave like this in an interview setting. If anything I think SPD people would do better in this setting. If it's not an actress, this could be someone who has SPD + another disorder.

[@millicentbystander5206]

How do you know you have SPD? How do you know there's even such a THING as SPD? How do you know it's not just something psychiatrists made up? Why do you want/need a label? Does it make you feel better about yourself? Does it give you an excuse for your bad behaviour? Does it make people feel sorry for you? Does it free you from all responsibility for your behaviour? Why do you just accept whatever the psychiatrists tell you? Why don't you think for yourself?

[@millicentbystander5206]

You sound incredibly arrogant. Maybe you have Antisocial Personality Disorder? Or Narcissistic Personality Disorder? Or maybe the whole personality disorder thing is just a lot of baloney that psychiatrists made up.

[@HDSpectrums]

Millicent Bystander ok bitch wtf are you even saying.

[@cosmokisses]

She also believe the earth is flat.

[@Oyuki-Mayonesa]

OMG guy I do really well with public speaking too 0.0, but I can't form a relationship to save my life.

[@tertommy]

That chick is thinking "what's up with Trotsky look-alike?"

[@peaceangel-rl2hf]

So why isn't this considered depression or dissociative disorder

[@alicegabriela266]

It s more of a personality disorder caused by a dissociative disorder that went without treatment for too long. Nothing to do with depression we are happy on our own and happier without a lot of social interaction.

[@dannyzee4]

She just looks depressed and tense asf

[@Mxsmanic]

Whatever this woman has or is simulating, it's not SPD.

[@orangeziggy348]

Yep that reminds me of me.

[@ratsy444]

Why is loving peace and quiet necessarily a disorder? In past centuries people would have been alone a lot.

[@elijah4430]

There are plenty of neurotypical people that enjoy peace and quiet. It becomes a disorder once an individuals desire to avoid interaction significantly impacts their ability to function in daily activities.

[@SatanenPerkele]

Many serial killers has Schizoid personality disorder. That tells you all you need to know about these people. Schizoids aren't as innocent and harmless as they try to portray themselves and their reputation. I once knew a schizoid, and this person calmly told me how he randomly decided to strangle someones pet until it wasn't breathing anymore!! 😢his argument was "Cause he just felt like doing it!!!"

[@wallp1191]

I could literally predict all her answers before she gave them... even shopping and going to the movies because those are pretty much the only things I do.

[@DonPascquale]

everyone talking here about that they have learned to fake emotions and be charimsatic etc. are you even diagnosed with SPD, seriously??? because for me it is impossible to put on a mask, and act like iam "normal" well i can try to act and try to fake emotions in my face etc. but it will look anything but real, and people around me will think iam a psychopath even more this way. iam pretty much like the woman portrayed here in the conversation with my eye contact. i stare into one eye left or right and talk pretty much without any emotion. i have to really force myself to look around while talking, like "normal" people do and if i do it, again it will look fake so i just keep staring...if i have a mirror infront of me i can fake it alot better, but without a mirror i will look like a psychopath

[@oooodaxteroooo]

Histrionic additions, maybe. Its not too far fetched, because youre just in your mind and lets face it, there is so much material to go by... movies etc I think its quite possible to create "a script" of different situations and follow that without any good capitalist every catching the drift that youre not authentic. -if they follow a rule-book, too, you might even seem "perfect" :D

[@davidwilson6577]

I'm sure practicing faces in the mirror also makes you look pretty crazy, don't worry. I'm sorry, I couldn't not. It was just hanging there like a year old, ripe, unmade joke. Hope you have a great year. Y'know. Reality permitting.

[@martineldritch]

She sounds like 1970s Lou Reed when being interrogated by journalists about his supposed drug use or "drug songs".

[@ManilMopas]

Im diagnosed schizoid, this disorder is no fun

[@mrblackalchemist]

noobnoob I doubt you are like this person though

[@ManilMopas]

@@mrblackalchemist i was close to that, but i was trained not to be like that by my mom, she didnt like how i looked

[@wecanlovelarevolutiondelam4806]

@@ManilMopas lol

[@nachtgeist1736]

I believe it, mind you. Yet the vulgate says that it is a pseudo disorder because it is ego-syntonic: all the clinical schizoids I know say they are fine this way.

[@oooodaxteroooo]

@@nachtgeist1736 ego-syntonic is not self-syntonic, though.

[@sj205]

I think we are seeing a heavily medicated person so it is throwing things off

[@grengeg7373]

or she could be just shy

[@shadrach6299]

Grenge g It’s more that shy. She’s flat.

[@azahraauliaramadani9624]

I start hating most of my friends

[@Gr8tgadspy]

Oh I bet she is a hoot to hangout with.

[@mayhemltd]

As someone diagnosed with SPD at 15, I think it's kind of ironic we often learn to interact with other humans successfully, but when they have to do the same we get something like what we see in this performance. So, really, who's the one who is missing something?

[@elel.4634]

Yes, they are really unable to understand us, but they are the majority.

[@ellesals]

@@elel.4634 they are the ones that aren’t disordered

[@victoriavass9945]

Is this the best you got? Lol. This doesn't represent someone with SPD. Generally, people with SPD are highly intelligent and completely capable of having a complex conversation let alone something as general as this.

[@lisakay1006]

My son has this awful disorder!! I personally think he has aspbergers, but I feel people who are extremely shy have a hard time communicating w/ people, especially the ones w/ big mouths that make you feel like a nobody.

[@kinocchio]

My dream girl

[@wordivore]

Believe me it gets frustrating trying to pull the communication out of someone.

[@wecanlovelarevolutiondelam4806]

why ?

[@fuckugplus]

The least you can do is own it

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems that SPD might overlap with introversion so much to the point of not being a disorder at all. And then it's a question for that person in choosing whether they want the 'disorder' label at all, given that labels can be both a shield and a stigma. Even though I have problems myself, I've always avoided any labels for the reason of being treated differently, even though SPD is so close to the border of 'normal'

[@xaviermuller5490]

SPD refers to emotional detachment, introversion does not refer to emotional detachment

[@code941music]

There’s more to it than just being a loner. Lack of empathy, not loving family members, living in a fantasy world, and not seeking meaningful relationships.

[@johna6291]

And who knows what kind of meds she’s on

[@odysseyraven5930]

I was clinically diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder and I find this representation completely wrong and actually very misleading if anyone is watching this video to better understand the disorder. I have no idea how they thought this was an accurate portrayal by any stretch. She’s talking like she just came out of a coma.

[@oooodaxteroooo]

Maybe she did, but i doubt your inside back then felt any different. There would be no use to PORTRAY the disorder, if you couldnt SEE it ;) Its more like how people drive a car in the movies. Yeah, thats not how it looks, but thats how it FEELS.

[@BurstOfApes]

This person doesn't seem to have SPD at all. This catatonic, unaware naive blah state is not typical.

[@212kammie]

What’s the point of putting examples when these patients are clearly drugged up with antipsychotic?🤦🏻‍♀️

[@chickedeedee292]

She has a job, how did she get past the interview. Her work must involve no customer service or rely on colleague communication at all. Maybe packing things. Definitely not a radio DJ, a children’s entertainer.

[@g.quagmire7583]

no, schizoids can most definitely hold jobs and pass interviews. other narratives are false.

[@lndingalle9605]

This is way off base lmao

[@thecalling1452]

Perhaps I'm not schizoid XD. I like having conversations with people, but not continuous ones. I like doing my own thing for the most part, but I'm not averse like what's purported here. I might just have a developmental deficiency.

[@stephaniebatchelor6082]

She is clearly also depressed

[@agnosticevolutionist3567]

I would like to meet you she’s got a lovely nature

[@sophiebunnyrae]

why is this even considered a disorder? why can't people just be who they are. she's not hurting anyone, not even herself

[@ellesals]

So because people aren’t hurting others it shouldn’t be considered a disorder ? Thanks god you aren’t a scientist / paychiatrist

[@somber087]

It's a disorder when it impact's a person's life. If you act like this in a public setting or job you will struggle.

[@EntZeroEsc]

Somone with schizoid personality, is passively avoidant. Avoidant personality is somone who is actively avoidant. I can keep a conversation going and maybe even debate you.this is not an accurate description of schizoid personality. Actually I have no idea what she resembles; perhaps as someone said in the comments, resembles more like a stroke than anything personality related.

[@AT-dx9pf]

From what I understand people seem to think schizoid means you have low self esteem but perhaps it is that you have little faith in other peoples capacity for relating openly and unjudgingly. Probably largely related to being different (not a robot) and more sensitive. A lady compared this to the psychopath in that it is kindof the opposite as they are not sensitive at all about what others think but comparing the two makes them sound equal and in my opinion the schizoid is more conscious and the psychopath is unconscious of feeling which means that one is in fact less evolved and one simply a misfit in the modern superficial world. I know there is a bit more to it than that but the issue with all these types of psychologies is that they are pathologizing. Listen to the names of the types of people in bioenergetics. Psychopath... ? Does psychology ever offer a view of wellness or go around in its high chair criticizing other types it fails to understand?

[@cerascott3270]

this condition isnt that bad, its basically just isolated shyness

[@thegreatkuzumi5502]

Not shyness but indifference.

[@SatanenPerkele]

Many serial killers has Schizoid personality disorder. That tells you all you need to know about these people. Schizoids aren't as innocent and harmless as they try to portray themselves and their reputation. I once knew a schizoid, and this person calmly told me how he randomly decided to strangle someones pet until it wasn't breathing anymore!! 😢his argument was "Cause he just felt like doing it!!!"

[@Angel-jp3vx]

I'm one. It's the best "mental disorder" to have 😂😂 I can't stand people who talk too much n r wannabes... Most of population have Missing out Sydrome. Its pathetic.

[@oooodaxteroooo]

Its fine, just connect with the rest. ;)

[@NoPrivateProperty]

capitalism alienation. true friendship next to impossible

[@oooodaxteroooo]

Here is a question to the schizoids watching this: if it is NOT a disorder, that would imply that non-schizoids have a disorder. If so, how would you describe that disorder and why is it one from your point of view?

[@Kyavata]

Anything that keeps you from adhering to societal and social norms is a disorder it seems. Also your logical argument is flawed: if drinking coffee is not an addiction, it doesn't imply NOT drinking coffee IS an addiction. The two aren't related.

[@dominicksebastien2254]

Although I am only suspected to have it and not diagnosed, I can offer my point of view at least. The problem is that it's difficult to follow and get invested in what others are doing which is not good for a job. It's not easy to get invested because what goes in inside, the fantasies, the daydreaming seems more real than reality. The other thing that bugs me is that I do have feelings, even strong feeling but there is such a difference from what's inside to what is being shown. I deeply love my family (mom and brother) and care about them but I only call rarely and when I visit them, I am happy but I sit and talk little, they don't think I was happy to come over. So, for me, the biggest problem is that sense of wall between internal and external. I come of as always being on sedatives and I never took them in my life. Believe me, in this comment I wrote more than I said verbally in an entire day.

[@SatanenPerkele]

Many serial killers has Schizoid personality disorder. That tells you all you need to know about these people. Schizoids aren't as innocent and harmless as they try to portray themselves and their reputation. I once knew a schizoid, and this person calmly told me how he randomly decided to strangle someones pet until it wasn't breathing anymore!! 😢his argument was "Cause he just felt like doing it!!!" 😱

[@Melancholian]

Ok

[@KeeperOfSecrets-42069]

Lmao

[@oooodaxteroooo]

There is something about her relationship to her father, hm? Sad. What is striking about her, is the coldness in her eyes. Its almost icy. Freaks me out. An icy, dead glare.

[@grantellis8464]

She has something else going on with her. Not just spd. Seems like a learning deficiency or something. Not all schizoids can't answer simple questions. I went to a university and graduated. I just don't need friends or family, I like working by myself, I do activities either with my wife or by myself, I don't have a large emotional range of expression, etc. I'm fine living as I live. She seems like she's not all there mentally.

[@zanziboi]

She made me fall asleep..

[@komatsu8169]

What's the difference between a schizoid and psychopath?

[@svetaahmetova5508]

She doesn't look like a schizoid at all, more like she is on heavy medicaments....

[@LintuLumessa]

This is wrong on so many levels.... I myself have schizoid personality disorder and I don't act like that at all! She seems like she is mentaly disabled, not schizoid.

[@LintuLumessa]

@No Name You cant diagnose yourself. Mental health is not such a simple topic. Especially personality disorders. If you did not get the diagnose from a doctor, you are not schizoid. I hate it when people do this. Google is not a doctor. Get a real diagnose!

[@davedogge2280]

there's low level schzoids who just cannot hide it a it manifests itself with poor communication skills which successfully avoid people and then there's high functioning schzoids that can force themselves to seem socially normal but in reality just would rather not be around people, she is the former.

[@Qstandsforred]

@@LintuLumessa Dr. Elinor Greenberg says that patients coming to her with a self diagnosis of schizoid are usually/always right, whereas those coming in with other self diagnoses are usually wrong. Moreover, it is believed that most schizoids never come forward for diagnosis, either cause they don't see it as a problem or because there's not much in the way of treatment anyway. Thus, a self diagnosis seems reasonable in many instances.

[@Gini-hl9rr]

I want a woman like her as wife! It would be heaven

[@eden552]

Gabriel Iorgu this is sketchy af. no one's gonna call you out for being sketchy af??

[@wecanlovelarevolutiondelam4806]

why ?

[@jerbyp.lumbang8601]

She wouldn't want that.

[@drma-tech]

this can only be an actress, because the acting is horrible, it's looking like a demented. a realistic representation of the extreme schizoid is in the film `The Remains of the Day` with Anthony Hopkins.

[@drma-tech]

@Matthew Penfold I just saw. You can see that it's acting.

[@jamesdimmett2855]

She just seems over medicated

[@nazikiller0164]

This video is as phony as a three dollar bill- both the so-called patient and doctor are bad actors.

[@rpcarnell]

She must be fun at parties.

[@rpcarnell]

@@serengeti8886 I am schizotypal. I am a wallflower at parties

[@quidnick]

I can actually be very social at parties but it feels performative, like a high school play. There's a sense of 'unrealness' that comes with group socialization.

[@limpnjen]

The woman seems developmentally slow.