What is Schizotypal Personality Disorder? | Symptoms and Criteria EXPLAINED

Schizotypal personality disorder is a condition that is not only a personality disorder, but also a disorder on the schizophrenia spectrum. So what exactly is it? Join me today to find out!
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PAPERS AND BOOKS:
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). doi.org/10.117...
Chemerinski, E., Triebwasser, J., Roussos, P., & Siever, L. J. (2013). Schizotypal personality disorder. Journal of personality disorders, 27(5), 652-679. doi.org/10.152...
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Kirchner, S. K., Roeh, A., Nolden, J., & Hasan, A. (2018). Diagnosis and treatment of schizotypal personality disorder: evidence from a systematic review. NPJ schizophrenia, 4(1), 20. doi.org/10.103...
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Rosell, D. R., Futterman, S. E., McMaster, A., & Siever, L. J. (2014). Schizotypal personality disorder: a current review. Current psychiatry reports, 16(7), 452. doi.org/10.100...
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Kirchner, S. K., Roeh, A., Nolden, J., & Hasan, A. (2018). Diagnosis and treatment of schizotypal personality disorder: evidence from a systematic review. NPJ schizophrenia, 4(1), 20. doi.org/10.103...
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[@shanmay2787]

I just recently got diagnosed with schizotypal so I am so excited to watch this

[@SchizoKitzo]

Oh snap I hope it helps!!!!

[@slightlynative]

You’ll quickly learn it’s nothing to be excited about

[@Djin171]

What kind of thoughts you have?

[@Edgar-S]

Same. I was excited until the point when she said that I could develop schizophrenia.

[@papasmamas1]

Me too, diagnosed last year, there is a Reddit communuty that is fairly active.

[@GeordyLHeron]

I have a Schizotypal friend who never goes to funerals... because he is afraid he will laugh out loud there. I understand it better now, after watching your video. Thank you!

[@Decomposing_Corpse]

The same literally, Id laugh

[@Itsgonnabeok4]

Me too I’m afraid I’ll make other loved ones uncomfortable somehow and they are grieving so that would be the worst thing to do also I most likely wasn’t very close that person very well just a casual friend but to me they meant a lot idk I regret it later but I have my reasons

[@Decomposing_Corpse]

I work in vet clinic and yes, I try really hard not to laugh at euthanasia. My brain thinks its comic situation I dont know why

[@idkanymoreman8186]

Me too! I have a tendency to laugh at things that aren't funny or are even sad and it causes a lot of social issues I don't want to cause for others. No one really believes that I am sad if I laugh and I know it's distressing for others so I just don't show up

[@SarahJRivera]

Thank you so much for explaining Schizotypal Personality Disorder in a way that just feels so much more grounded, clear, and relatable compared to what I typically hear when this disorder is talked about. Your bold and informative videos are so very much appreciated! 😁

[@collinr811]

I was recently diagnosed with this. I relate to the isolation and feeling different. Thanks for the video

[@SchizoKitzo]

hang in there! You’re strong enough to handle this 💪

[@ansjeliek]

I’m 19 and I already had the symptoms when I was 4. over the past 15 years I’ve been to therapists and psychiatrists all over my country, but no one could help me. I hope one day I’ll be happy, I didn’t choose for this life.💔

[@skeetskeet4123]

Youve made the first and biggest step already man... Youve become AWARE of your unique perception of the world. This is not all doom and gloom... this is simply just a variation of ways in how we think, it DOESNT have to depict how we BEHAVE. The second step is ACCEPTANCE brother. Accept who you currently are and still UNDERSTAND that youre capable of ANYTHING you want... No cliche shit. If youre having crazy delusions alllll the time then okay, maybe medication is needed, but honestly... Just accept it and learn to be the BEST YOU that you can (becoming aware of your negative traits to suppress them and harnessing your strengths to potentiate them), you will eventually learn to not give a fuck, because you cant CHANGE it, and life is for LIVING, not for dwelling/sadness. You're allowed to be sad, but if you cant do anything about it directly then... Why are you wasting your time? Go live life and FEEL the experience! You may be unique or have your own problems but.... EVERYONE IS AND DOES!! Everyone, and i mean EVERYONE is unique with their own neurochemistry/psychology etc... We just learn to be us, the BEST us that we can be, and we fucking live our lives the way WE want to !! I had no clue about ANYTHING about why i am how i am back when I was 19... Youre truly blessed to have attained awareness so early. You can now start embracing the real you and be proud of who you are, every single negative part of it too... We must be proud, because we are alive and weve been given this gift of the moment for FREE... God/Nature is truly beautiful, embrace being a part of God/Nature and you do you brother. As long as you hold the right, pure intentions in life... You have nothing to worry about. Your awareness will allow you to be a lot more skeptical of your thoughts/subconscious assumptions (meditation can help with this) and thus you will be okay, growing into the man you want to become. Exposure therapy helped rid majority of my social anxiety and now im quite happy to have STPD... As it makes me a vibrant, unique person. Learn to love yourself, self love and gratitude are SO crucial for contentment... And contentment is the real "happiness" (happiness comes and goes, contentment can stay). Live long n prossy mate, you'll be fine, especially with your enthusiastic energy to "fix" yourself. Youre not broken, youre you. Everyone has their flaws in their personality, dont deep it so much. Big love

[@ansjeliek]

@@skeetskeet4123 thank you so much brother! I’m gonna save your comment to read it again whenever I’m in need of hope, this means the world to me. I’ve sent a lot of these kinds of messages to people on the internet myself, and now I finally feel like I’m getting that love back. bless your heart, you’re amazing. much love!

[@skeetskeet4123]

@@ansjeliek Really happy to hear that man 😁 Absolutely my pleasure. Also btw, very.. irrelevant, but at the same time i feel i HAVE to say it hahaha, I have my own mix of things but I find holding down 9-5 jobs absolutely exhausting. Whatever income streams you curate for yourself, when you go to save that money, ensure you SECURE that wealth within FIXED SUPPLY COMMODITIES (things with real value and utility of which cannot be printed unlimited times out of thin air), such as bullion (gold, silver etc). However, i will go a step up from that and state how silver is 10x more suppressed in $ price than gold is (silver:gold out the ground is 8:1, yet their prices are 80:1 right now). So... When the inevitable hyperinflation occurs in the next few years (possibly purposeful, they want the banks to collapse to usher in their CBDC/digital currencies)... Your savings wont go down like everyone else who is holding their money in the banks via $/£/€!!! And if anything... The value of your wealth/silver will go UP because the banks (JPmorgan and GoldmanSachs) wont be able to suppress the price anymore (they suppress the price via selling loadsss of fake online ETF "paper silver" to buy it for cheaper and to help out their allies such as elon musk with his electric vehicle etc) !! I would purchase assets such as property and land when this massive hyperinflation/"collapse" occurs... As people will be quickselling for CHEAP, imo. Its quite fitting for me to suddenly go on about an imminent banking collapse and where im putting my money because... Well, this COULD be a paranoid delusional-esque rant of mine, but i do hope you do your own research nonetheless, i dont just believe it, i think i "know" it 😂😅. I recommend stacking 1Oz coins, thats the sweet spot. One 1 ounce coin right now is about 30$ but the real price with inflation taken into account is atleast 600$, but i believe its possibly worth 3000$/Oz. Gold... 2000$ ish right now but i believe its worth 20,000$/Oz. Make sure the silver is real too, PHYSICALLY in your own possession, and then dispersed, hidden, disguised... You dont want anyone taking it. The US government even made the possession of gold... ILLEGAL, not too long ago... Smh. Our types of personalities are quite prone to homelessness, you see a lottt of homeless whom are similar to us. I dont want this happening to you. Secure your wealth, become your own bank... Become self governable! To ensure our abilities to provide and protect our loved ones as men... We need to ensure self governance on our OWN lives, imo. Money is power and makes the world go round in this current paradigm... So we may aswell ensure our power over our... POWER (money). Feel free to ask more info and also feel free to ignore/brush off all of what i said! You have enough things on your mind at the moment, I just want to spread the wisdom/data because this is part of my journey of being content, i have been saying it for a few years before the economy got wayy worse and things are still correlating massively with my hypothesis'. Sorry for rambling hahaha, take care my man!

[@ansjeliek]

@@skeetskeet4123 thanks for the information and for your concern! luckily I got people around me who I can rely on that arrange my finances. I really don’t know much about economy, but they help me with it. so yeah, if you got this way of keeping your money and the values, that’s clever and I totally agree with the 9-to-5 job thing. It’s my goal to work part time somewhere in the future :)

[@skeetskeet4123]

@@ansjeliek No problem! Love that, thats great to hear, make sure you show your appreciation for their help! Money can be a very difficult, stressful and anti-nature-esque thing... But it has to exist... For now 😅 Im going for part time too! I think for happiness its extremely important we do what we enjoy ofcourse, and i feel like creating of some sort, and/or being around nature is a huge proponent for happiness/fulfillment. Im unsure about yourself but im SUPER creative! Absolutely adore that i can naturally free-flow and articulate my hard-to-put-into-words mind/thoughts/ideas. Best of luck with your employment/self-employment and even moreso best of luck with acceptance, self-love, gratitude and prosperity!! 😁 We all in this together bro

[@bonitogeneration]

schizotypal here! it's so hard to find representation for it

[@TheExNonGrata]

Travis Bickle

[@KaylaMarie-ox8le]

I was diagnosed with traits/features. It’s unfortunate many don't even test for it, and wasn't diagnosed till I was nearly 30. I don't think it’s on most radars

[@kinzhe83]

Thanks for this video, I recognized certain traits of mine when I was off meds that somewhat fit in this disorder. Even today I happen to "see" certain "signs" that I would definitely act upon without meds but thanks to Zyprexa I now have the ability to not act upon them or just ignore them. And may I say, you seem so knowledgeable about psychiatry Kit, I honestly think you'd make an excellent psychiatrist, and even perhaps if you throw some chemistry in it, make some advances in pharmacology, why not? It's really fascinating to me how one small tablet of Zyprexa I take every day has completely changed my life and who I am in the last 15 years, and I don't even know who's the "brains" behind it. Thanks again Kit, best of health to you and everyone here :)

[@SchizoKitzo]

If I didn’t have this disorder I would 100% be some kind of doctor. I’ve always loved medicine but alas…. Thanks tho :) and OMG DRUG HISTORY is 100% something I’m working on! Not for zyprexa….. but another pretty powerful psych drug! Stay tuned ^_^

[@gckinsey]

It's mind-boggling to me that schizotypal personality disorder is four times more common than schizophrenia, but so many people have never heard of it. (I had never heard of it until I watched this video!) I wonder if it's because of what you said about how there's a lot about it that we still don't know. I'd also be willing to bet that it's because so many of the symptoms have overlap with other diagnoses, so maybe it's harder to pinpoint it. Plus some people probably don't even think it's worth getting diagnosed (or think they have anything diagnose-able), since the symptoms don't meet the full criteria for schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders. It was interesting to hear you break down the different symptoms. I like how you pointed out that culture plays such a big role in what's considered usual or not, and I wonder how that might affect diagnosis for people who have spent significant time living in more than one culture during their lifetime. I'm also really curious about where the lines are between ideas of reference and religion (and within that, normalized or typical religious beliefs vs. religious delusions)... I've heard some religious people in my life talk extensively about destiny, so when you mentioned that when talking about ideas of reference, that made me wonder. I also like how you explained where schizotypal personality disorder fits along the spectrum of schizophrenic disorders. I can definitely understand how it would be difficult to diagnose and treat it, especially if it's unclear whether someone is schizophrenic or schizotypal, or schizotypal but later goes on to develop schizophrenia. Thank you so much for making this video! I learned a lot!

[@SchizoKitzo]

What’s really interesting about the schizophrenia spectrum is that so many symptoms overlap, and some illnesses turn into others etc… and schizotypal is just one of them. I thought it was interesting that not all schizotypals go on to develop schizophrenia. But I expect in the future editions of the DSM that the schizophrenia spectrum will be messed with yet again. At least they got rid of the five subtypes! And yes culture plays a massive role in all of mental health. And i think the medical community needs to be more sensitive to it (the new DSM addresses it in every entry though, which is a good start) and I’m all about a holistic approach to mental health in general. Thanks, GC!

[@lisatomihiro3488]

Thank you for running through the list. I appreciate you keeping saying Context is important. I also appreciate you trying to differentiate they types of schizophrenia.

[@SchizoKitzo]

Thanks so much Lisa! I appreciate your support always :)

[@barjamlin7962]

Great video; very informative and well presented.

[@gigahorse1475]

This is fascinating to me. I have been wondering what “mild schizophrenia” would look like, since schizophrenia is so extreme, and it seems likely there would be an in-between state between “normal” and schizophrenia. There’s also a controversial diagnosis we hardly ever hear about called “Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome,” which is where there are clinically insignificant psychotic symptoms. It’s controversial because some psychiatrists think it should be treated with antipsychotics in case it’s early schizophrenia. But others think antipsychotics should not be used unless absolutely needed.

[@SchizoKitzo]

Oh huh, I had never heard of the attenuated psychosis syndrome before I’ll look into it! And to add to what i mentioned in the video how sometimes schizotypal goes on to be schizophrenia…some sources I found had the disorder grouped into two sub categories: the one where it goes on to schizophrenia and those that it doesn’t and if I recall correctly they had slight differences in symptoms but nothing that could make up a reliable diagnostic criteria. It was in a research paper not the DSM, so less supporting evidence. And the two sub categories had names, but I cannot remember them off the top of my head. There wasn’t really a way to know which category someone truly fell into except well, see what happens! But there seemed to be plenty of cases that schizotypal was all they got. So again, a lot that we don’t know. It’s nice to hear you found it fascinating! Thanks for this comment! ^_^

[@gigahorse1475]

@@SchizoKitzo Wow that’s really interesting! Do you happen to remember the paper that talked about the two categories of schizotypal personality disorder? I’d like to look into that as well.

[@SchizoKitzo]

@@gigahorse1475 in the description of my video where I list papers it’s mentioned in the introduction of a paper titled “Diagnosis and treatment of schizotypal PD: evidence from a systematic review”. I figure you can check out the source that the paper references for more information on the differences. The mention of schizotypy starts in the first paragraph of the introduction! Happy researching! (Also I want to say I did not understand everything in that paper, so you might find a lot that I missed!)

[@gigahorse1475]

@@SchizoKitzo Cool, thank you! I checked the sources you listed but didn’t realize that was the one! 👍🏻

[@informitas0117]

I'm a schizophrenic, it's always nice to hear people use my condition as "the worst case scenario".

[@samanthamullin5585]

*waves* Thank you for the video! I believe informing others is great. Your videos were indeed, very entertaining. I would like to add: the suspicious and beliefs CAN be challenged whereas those with schizophrenia will wear the same blue shirt every monday because they believe it will never rain.

[@SchizoKitzo]

Oh interesting! Thanks for sharing this!

[@goshish666]

I love how positive you are about this kind of stuff, haha! :) Superb attitude. I feel a mostly gravitate towards schizotypal personality, although used to be dangerously close to going full schizo at some point)

[@charlesjdickerson1010]

thank you for the great vid. i was diagnosed yeats ago, and look at these from time to time. found yours today and the name impressed me. so i had to watch. its the best vid i've seen yet on the topic. 😎

[@SchizoKitzo]

Thanks so much! I appreciate this!

[@DonDadaDano]

Important information. *It is curable! It's hard and most people won't be able to make it through. BUT it is POSSIBLE!* First step is becomming aware of when you're being schizotypal and mapping it out. You also need to (and this is the hard part) to be able to look at yourself objectively without feelings attached. I belive in you all! You can do it! 🙏

[@DonDadaDano]

Also I've had it since I was atleast 3 years old. I wasn't diagnosed til age 22, I'm 28 today. And people didn't see that I was different because I developed this charming defense mechanism.

[@bread3599]

@@DonDadaDano I have it too, very difficult, sometimes I think I don’t have it due to the fact that i’m as outwardly sociable as I am, but all the symptoms are there for the most part

[@bonitogeneration]

it is not but i fw you for trying ❤

[@katzea.a7880]

One does not acquire a cure for a personality disorder, one develops a form of control like you did, you're still like us if your instincts are still inmediately directed to believing false things about what you experience

[@GnosticMindTrain]

I was misdiagnosed with schizoaffective for some reason but I think my hyper mood was just my ADHD and my depression is just due to life issues, I saw your schizoaffective video and didn't relate to it, I said for years my moods aren't "random" like yours, I DO have a history of visual hallucinations and YES they are COMMON and I have NO voices! People online keep saying I have "schizotypal" but I WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED and before people tell me to "find another doctor", I HAVE for YEARS and NO ONE BRUNG UP "schizotypal", I'm starting to make conspiracies that people in my state know of the disorder but don't want to label me it for some reason, but the logical reasons could be either therapists/psychologists/psychiatrists don't know about it, forgot about it, or don't think I have it. The only "weird beliefs" I have are ghosts and aliens, but Google says those are common beliefs, my new therapist thinks my beliefs are "possible" and "probable", however I'm kinda convinced in the "reincarnation soul trap" conspiracy theory which he doesn't know about and I used to believe I was in a TV show or video game simulation, he hasn't diagnosed me yet with anything and is EVEN against labels sadly but the only clue he gave me was "maybe you do have some undifferentiated schizophrenia", however, he said it's possible that I'm just open minded about stuff, excluding the TV show or simulation or other super weird thoughts I had in the past.

[@ArtistUnknownOfficial]

I totally believe you. The reincarnation soul trap, and life being a simulation. Absolutely true. A family I used to babysit for all died in a plane crash a few months ago, during the same week I happened to be moving out of my parents for the first time. Every person I have tried to make a friend with ended up blocking me, but I swear I never said anything mean. I try to be a good friend and people have told me I was "too good" for them and left me. Now I have 12 deaths, and no friend at all. I'm all alone. This place cannot be real.

[@19MadMatt72]

I have schizotypal as well as autism. Couple shots of espresso, and Leroy Jenkins, no telling how the night may end. Or where.

[@jameslewis5131]

Seems like a lot of people who have autism spectrum disorder also get diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder I guess there's an overlap of symptoms and traits maybe.

[@gigahorse1475]

There is a lot of overlap and if you have one you are technically not supposed to be diagnosed with the other.

[@brianmeen2158]

There is overlap between many different disorders - autism, schizotypal, avoidant pd, schizoid pd, general anxiety, social anxiety etc etc

[@trolloftheyear7963]

As a person with mild Autism since childhood I have quite a few of these symptoms, but not enough to qualify for this disorder.

[@Melancholian]

​@@gigahorse1475i have all the symptoms, only 2 can be explained by autism, I am sure I have this

[@charlesjdickerson1010]

my son has autism and i see a lot of my life in his experiences. but I don't see him being schizotypal like me.

[@janiceg8120]

Whenever someone says they are an “empath” and it’s a huge part of their identify - I immediately think they have this disorder.

[@sierra6haskay]

Why does weirdness gotta be pathologized, yeah I dont fit it but I would never want to either and I def prefer hanging out with similarly weird people who get my weird sense of humor and are likely to laugh along with me at something rather than give me weird looks. People I can actually be myself around cuz a fat chunk of my social anxiety stems from trying to gauge what percentage of my personality I'll need to repress for a given social function and not knowing how to act instead so I sorta just turn into normal SpongeBob where hes a nicely rounded out oval rather than a square sitting at his computer at his corporate job wearing business casual apparel speaking exactly the same to everyone he encounters like " hi how are ya, lovely weather we're having"

[@katzea.a7880]

Being schizotypal like me is a little bit much more than just being weird, specially by the prescence of the delusions

[@cereal4768]

I have that schizotypal swag

[@AnnaGwendolyn]

Schizotypal Swag, Love that Term 😂🤝

[@ryanedwards4758]

I've watched pretty much all the KZbin psychologist videos on Schizotypal and the fact that someone without a degree in the field and only a hobby interest in mental health can come in and completely blow like 98% of these "working professionals" clean out of the water with information and clear explanation really shows what a sad state psychology is in. Gone are the days where some of the brightest scientific minds worked the field. Nowadays mental health is full of bare bones, just good enough mediocrity and the psychology degree is one that is often taken on as the path of least resistance. Psychology really needs to become respectable again. Anyway good video on a topic that most people (including most working psychologists) have almost no insight on.

[@SchizoKitzo]

Thanks!

[@katzea.a7880]

She's reading through the DSM-5, the work was already done for her I guess you wanted a vent to shit on the people that take care of us for some reason

[@SarahJRivera]

@@katzea.a7880 Actually, I do have to make one point. She is doing more than -just- reading out of the DSM-5. I have seen another video where someone is doing something more akin to just reading out of the DSM-5. By contrasting, she is rephrasing what is in the DSM in a what that makes it (to me personally) more clear and honestly more relatable to what I am actually dealing with. Not to mention, you can see in the description of her video that she is indeed pulling from multiple sources, even though she directly references the DSM-5.

[@potentnyquil]

I totally meet the symptom of not many long term relationships. They start great for me but then I feel that once they get to really know me, theyll hate me and all theur kind words were lies

[@wisteria1739]

Currently under careful investigation by a psychiatrist and two therapists. I am currently treated for my OC symptoms(OC as in OCPD which they suspected) . And one of my therapists suspected ADHD and my doctor told me that I meet all the criteria for Schizotypal PD and Autism as well.

[@Alxndr57834]

Hi, can you do a video about delusions... If we know they are delusions why is it so hard to disregard them as false? Thanks for being awesome.

[@SchizoKitzo]

Great suggestion! I’ll add it to the list ^_^

[@sr2291]

How does a therapist know that a belief is a delusion?

[@riyazahmed2997]

You did not mention about FEAR most schizotyple pd start to fear at night and in some cases they have so much fear that it affects their organ namely testicles which out of fear shrink only in night from 1 am to 4 am and this situation is the peak of schizotyple pd But a durg called RISPERIDONE if consumed before sleep can give a normal sleep without extreme fear or no fear at all but sometimes 2 mg has to be increases to 4 mg

[@itsnotme8182]

I highly suspect I have this. The only symptom that doesn't really fit is magical thinking. I have always struggled to look someone in the eye in fear that if they look at mine, they'll see who I am and they'll hurt me. This lead me a lifetime of guessing what people want and what is the right thing to do, even with my own parents. I stifle my own emotions, trying to nitpick how I should feel in situation and ignore everything else. This lead me acting odd and awkward. My parents always told me I'm too stiff. I'm way way too aware that my gestures are in a sense a language, and if I don't keep that in check, people would see through me, so I over control even my own body language. I never had real friends. I do, but I feel a huge disconnect in emotions with my peers. I don't think they really understand me while I understand them a lot. Its probably my fault for controlling so much of me that I barely connect to people emotionally due to that. The only exception to this was my ex, who graciously listened to me no matter how odd I am, and pointed to me the direction to common sense. I have odd "abilities" that I don't think people understand. I can turn off my presence and tune my pain tolerance. I've turn off my presence and when I turn it on the person near me would turn their head to me. My dad would playfully pinch my arm and I wont wince or yelp in pain. It would hurt but I can teach myself to be more sensitive or insensitive to pain. I can gaslight myself into messing up my own memory, which I wont do again because that doesn't sound healthy. But bless my mother, she has done a great job at growing me up. I may not have a normal mindset, mood or common sense most of the time. However, the core of my being is driven towards doing the right thing no matter the circumstances. It has confused my friends and peer why I do what I do but to me, personally, its something that "has to be done". Its a calming thing to do, because I could disregard all the social norm I've been trying to maintain, because at that point its like x to y, key to hole. (Like bish what does being normal or logical matters if it meant making someone feel better or happier?) There are many things I'm still struggling to figure out. The biggest thing being how to be normal. I know I wear clothes like a dumbass, messy and odd (people have pointed it out). I have odd gestures that I can't quite understand how to normalize. I have odd ideas on how to live life that I can't quite relate to others, like.... what do all of you see that I don't?? I feel like another being borrowing a human body to live, I merely adjust myself to what my body needs because that's a good thing to do. So far however it doesn't really hinder my daily life fortunately. I am occasionally blessed with people who genuinely wants to befriend and know me, and people that cares. I believe if I try my best to return these blessings to them I'm gonna live just fine.

[@__.silence.__]

i feel it

[@Lipolimtown]

I don’t associate this with having been “weird all my life” a “loner” all my life in my case it was just a first episode psychosis situation that ended up in Latent or light schizophrenia vrs full on schizophrenia

[@PutinGas]

I've been to psych wards few times. None of diagnosed with schizophrenia actally had it, it actually is no difference between this and that, psychosis suppesedly is hallucinations, delusions or I don't know what else but I would totally consider these patients just the other person in the 100%. There were few alcoholics though that experienced withdrawal and these people actually made some noise/were somehow noticeable.

[@mjlove6574]

What a very very interesting video! ❤

[@SchizoKitzo]

Thanks MJ!

[@1kayo]

your outfit is cool I love it+ enjoyed watching the video ... Thank you

[@Altahax]

Videos like these does voilence to this amazing gift of being able to percieve the world in a different way than most others, and the true knowledge and insights of altered states of conciousness shouldnt be ignored or treated as illnesses, rather embraced and guided - we lost track of mysticsm/real religion a while ago here in the west, just don’t let anyone stamp a label on you when they have absoletely no clue as to how deep the experiences you have are.

[@astridddddddddd]

i agree with you

[@curiositycloset2359]

Yep. We know.

[@curiositycloset2359]

They don't.

[@hinterwelter]

Thank God for the Jesus Lizard!

[@NoidoDev]

We moved beyond magical thinking.

[@SouledOutToChrist]

I have schizotypal and schizoid personality disorders, if I could keep one and lose the other id keep schizotypal. Schizoid is twice as bad as schizotypal for me.

[@SchizoKitzo]

Oh good to know! I don’t know much about schizoid (yet, it’s on my list of disorders to explore) but from what little I know, it’s hard. Thank you for sharing this!

[@brianmeen2158]

Interesting video. Do you have issues socializing with others? Is it strained or forced or skewed/anxious? Are you a social person in general? From what I’ve read most schizotypals are quite isolated due to their issues which is understandable

[@SchizoKitzo]

So I’m not schizotypal I’m schizoaffective, and I don’t have any issues socializing other than general anxieties. I have many friends that are a great help to me!

[@sollondi111]

Hi, stpd diagnosed here. Yeah, unfortunately socializing is extrememly difficult. Part of it could be social anxiety but the main thing is that many ppl with stpd, including me, struggle with paranoia or persecutory delusions. So, that can make it very hard to trust and bond with someone else. Most, if not all, delusions severely interfere with our ability to connect, talk, or communicate in general. Hope that helps

[@sollondi111]

...but this is explained in the video👍

[@MarcusAnthonyCornwallWilliams]

My therapist gave me their old DSM-4 when he got his 5th edition. I think alot of people diagnosed schizoaffective are more appropriately schizotypal.. But thats just my opinion. Ive often thought of it for myself.

[@cattime2044]

You say schizotypal and bipolar can’t be dx together if the mood disorder has psychotic features, well I was. What does this mean? Should I render the assessment I underwent as moot?

[@dellenga]

I was diagnosed with this recently, do you think there is any hope for me or should I just accept being socially disabled for life and just never walk out of my house?

[@teresalynnhasan-kerr9373]

Cool background music

[@KevinChristensen-h8x]

Good to know, kit!

[@teresalynnhasan-kerr9373]

Walking under a latter is a cultural thing. It's more schizotypal to think ladders lead to heaven or a heavenly state of mind when you're at the top lol

[@DReivenn55]

Pretty sure I have this, waiting to get insurance back to get assessed properly by a GP and psychiatrist... hopefully adjacent to my therapist or at least one of them, cause I am getting tired of just trying to go to a random doctor in town only to struggle to advocate for what I need at all and eventually ghost...

[@anita2053-r1f]

what sort of depression is this: im feeling like i wanted to express share everything that may hurt others and im loosing that sense of cautious ,earlier i was very cautions i used to keep everything in myself. recently since 4 yrs ive gone through major depression i still get fears chills may be due to that

[@BillCipher1995]

Have you heard of EMDR?

[@todddavis9412]

9:24 But, wait. I just bought a bunch of big clothes for the summer! Do STPDs wear wrong sized clothes and deny the clothes are wrong size? I just wanted to be breezy instead of tight and sweaty and hot... Yeah I was diagnosed with this, but I think it's cuz I pissed off the shrink that hung it on me. And, I don't want to say there is something wrong with STPDs, I was diagnosed with this, but, I still think I got the wrong diagnosis. Can you have this condition when you never really experienced a lot of trauma in your life? I think someone I know has this, and I regretfully had them fill out the "someone who knows you" questionnaire before my diagnosis, and they have had a ton of trauma. And, by the by, you are wonderful and I am so sorry if you have suffered in way to become the first person I would ever want to learn about schizo anything from, or refer anyone I know with it to a KZbin channel about it. You are a great blessing.

[@Anne-alyzer]

I'd love to see a video if anyone has ever seen a combinations of Schizotypal and Narcissistic personality disorder's. I believe that is my dad and he would likely disown me if he ever heard me suggest that.

[@SchizoKitzo]

Oh man that would be a wicked combo. I don’t know of any content but I hope you can find some!

[@Anne-alyzer]

@SchizoKitzo thanks! Essentially, he sees himself as a prophet with message direct from God and can heal/feel people. Very grandiose, extroverted, and never wrong. Delusions include people's eyes warping into shapes. His mom was schizophrenic.

[@addictionfree-n8w]

Suspicions and paranoia are what it gets me

[@LifeBeyondLA]

I have this + borderline personality disorder....

[@seastark]

Where did you get the 4 times higher number from? There is the one linked study linked on Wikipedia but it's a single poor study and it seems to be the only reference to 4%. I've been looking for better references to our population

[@SchizoKitzo]

All my sources are linked in the description

[@professorJorge11]

I have been called " quixotic "

[@charlesjdickerson1010]

awesome 👍

[@lobby4545]

I have this and autism and aspd traits..atleast that’s wut my psychiatrist told me.. anyways I’ve always been alone sometimes ppl think I’m weird so that’s y or I willingly stay in my own company cuz I don’t very much like the company of most ppl I think a lot of ppl r bizzare and they don’t make sense they’re also quite boring in my opinion and I haven’t found anybody that can keep up with me yet. I did once but he was a drug addict which game him this weird hyper personality I liked a lot.. anyways that’s all. 💀

[@itzhexen0]

I have STPD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety. It's not doing me any favors.

[@LeaEspinoza12345]

I was just diagnosed with this combo today, but in addition to schizoid personality disorder too. So I’m doing some research on it. What are some of the frustrating areas for you and how do you cope?

[@antonydanks]

my doctor beleves i am schizotypal, any research i try to do paints those aflicted as fantastical wierdos. Going through the criterea i apier to hit 7/9, im trying to fine ways to mitigate symtoms but the general conceses seems to be 'get theropy you mystical waco'

[@Viv8ldi]

Memo: schizotypical personality dissorder 4 times more often than schizophrenie

[@cynthiapereira8403]

Many times, biological drivers like environmental illness (metal toxicity, mold illness, even an enzyme deficiency) can be the cause of this.

[@antonydanks]

any time i specificly search for help all google shows me is info on schizophrinia or case studys on schizotypal killers

[@austin5690]

Interesting, schizotypal personality disorder sounds very similar to schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.

[@SchizoKitzo]

Yes! This is why it’s part of the schizophrenia spectrum!

[@LazerKrohn-w4q]

And Asperger/autism spectrum

[@germainedenon311]

I wonder how can u taper off so many meds...u seem so happy about being on so many meds ..I wonder have you heard of the horrors of these meds..? Gd luck

[@mauhu]

self diagnosis is valid if you do enough research btw

[@baiaiaamjaajka]

if you do enough then yes but it’s still better to speak to a professional but I’ve heard that it costs money in america to speak with a therapist and it’s not like that here so I can understand why some people there might want to self diagnose instead of getting a real diagnosis

[@ZazaWizard]

It’s valid as a step 1 of many steps

[@horizonblack]

Algorithm appreciation post! Woohooo!

[@SchizoKitzo]

Heck yeah thanks!

[@denniseijs]

The problem is, that some movies do have hidden messages in them, or references. So that would make it kinda difficult. 🤣

[@garmtvandalfsen]

A person can have "multiple personalities" For me, to myself, I handle situation in ways that others taught me. Like, in this situation I handle it like grandpa, in that situation like my brother, in that situation as my mother, in that situation like Obama, in that situation as I don't know, Bob Marley? So my personality or way of thinking, Iam kinda a copycat. I do not completely become them, Just copy their way and choose to handle it that way.

[@alexandermatthewsmusic]

That does sound hard to treat... No psychosis or delusions to a point just whack thinking ha... Where do the meds go? Interesting thanks Kat... I have a lot of those but psychosis that lasts months to a year or so and delusions/illusions up the wazu ha thanks again!

[@SchizoKitzo]

Yup we are both in the lasting psychosis category how fun! 😂 Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@hegemeretemoller...]

Read about sleep paralyzis: the body sleep but the brain are aktive = two people arguing inside about what to say and do! It's only room for one...

[@amdonut8091]

Schizotypal advantage

[@arelettia5670]

I'm pretty sure my ex boyfriend has it. It is really sad.

[@laitarianplayz8080]

What was it like?

[@christopherstorm6781]

Okay so maybe it IS time I reach back out to my therapist

[@curiositycloset2359]

The children of the gods, basically

[@_mATTYcruder]

i have it

[@dvillalva21]

lol sounds like scorpio but that might be my schizotypal 'disorder'

[@papasmamas1]

Im 31yo diagnosed with Schizotypal last year, AskMeAnything:

[@CletusTRutherfordHCFla]

I think my best friend is Schizotypal. He keeps proselytizing to me, trying to get me to buy into these weird UFO religions.

[@Pilkingmangleton]

This is just referred to as Schizoaffective in psychiatry basically. There are minor differences in my opinion maybe revolving around the Aspbergers part of this. People can aparently have this their whole lives going back to childhood but for others it can be caused by marijuana use, amphetamine use, alcohol use disorder, abuse and trauma. Repeated traumatic “hits” to the body and brain generate this rare disorder that destroys lives.

[@SchizoKitzo]

As someone who is formally diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, schizotypal is very different. While they are on the same spectrum (schizophrenia) they are different illnesses even if there is some overlap in symptoms.

[@Pilkingmangleton]

@@SchizoKitzo maybe with Schitzotypal there is a “dearth” of personality or a dearth of functioning much like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Negative symptoms are really an issue and it’s also involved in aspbergers or autism. That’s my opinion at least, everyone gets territorial over which debitating disorder they do or do not have, which one means what when they’re really all on a spectrum and all life ruining

[@williamjohnson1668]

Personalities? I'm an Aquarius

[@SchizoKitzo]

Leo here! 😂

[@Viv8ldi]

Memo: non existing affect

[@steliosavatar9342]

T.w.a.t

[@denniseijs]

Ah, using many words not usually used. You.mean politicians? 🤣

[@forsakenjones4695]

They lie all the time...

[@poliquevedo1461]

I was diagnosed, one of my "eccentric behaviors" is that I make really extreme facial expressions out of nowhere and I twist my arms out of nowhere too. Sometimes I have the impulse to straight up bite tables, is this like...common? 🫡