Posted by Dinah on September 20, 2007, at 20:22:13
In reply to Re: Does Anyone Else Have a Disordered Personality, posted by Dinah on September 20, 2007, at 20:11:38
I guess I should add though that my therapist and the pdoc from H*ll are positive I am schizotypal. Dr. Just the Facts Ma'am was equally positive I wasn't schizotypal, although I may be a touch schizoid. And I'm positive I'm borderline, although all my healthcare providers have ruled it out.
I think it's got something to do with spectrums and where on the spectrum you enter into disorder, and also the fact that some of these "disorders" have more than one dimension, and one dimension may fit very well while others may not.
Like I'm extraordinarily sensitive to interpersonal rejection and abandonment and go to enormous lengths to avoid it, once having given my trust and affection (which seems borderline) while my life and relationships are almost pathologically stable (which doesn't seem borderline) and I give my trust and affectionate very reluctantly, avoiding rejection and abandonment by choosing not to care (which would fit with schizoid/schizotypal although the motivation is the same as borderline).
I don't like the entire personality disorder idea.
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