Schizoid Personality Disorder

Schizoid Trait Characteristics

Schizoid Disorder belongs to Cluster A: rarity and eccentricity stand out.

Little emotional expressiveness
Introversion
Solitary, tendency to withdraw
Cold and distant
Detachment in social relations without special subjective suffering
Absorbed by their thoughts and sensations
Fear of friendship and intimacy, not because of exaggerated shyness, but because of a deficit in their affectivity
More speculative than practical

* It is thought to be a form of defense against a conflict marked by the desire to come into contact with others, and the fear that this relationship may cause harm.

* Among the causes are children who suffered rejection and lack of attention from their mother at an early age.

* It leads to an important lack of identity, because it makes one unable to know for sure who one is.

*It can be present in 4.9% of the general population, and is more frequent in men than in women.

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Source (in Spanish): Wenceslao Vial, Madurez psicológica y espiritual, Palabra.

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