Got my diagnoses for the second time…

I forgot it and everybody around me knew…

Is somebody still here?

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    1 day ago

    I’m just a lurker without schizophrenia SzPD, but I’m here. I have an anxiety disorder which impacts my memory so I also forget important things more often than I’d like. I just try to accept it for what it is and move on because shit happens and I know I’m more capable than my brain likes to admit. Don’t be too rough on yourself.

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      2 days ago

      schizophrenia

      Not the same thing. Schizoid personality disorder (a.k.a. SzPD) is very different from schizophrenia.

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        1 day ago

        Oh, sorry, only joined today. I’ll have to look into that.

        Edit: welp, I looked it up and took a couple tests and now I’m pretty sure I have SzPD too.

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          17 hours ago

          Yeah, SzPD has a reputation for being super rare, but my theory is that it’s not as rare as people think.

          I think SzPD’s reputation for being rare among those seeking therapy is well deserved, but I think it’s probably more prevalent in the general population than is estimated.

          Definitely not trying to influence your self-diagnoses or anything, but yeah.

          (Also, I suppose I should mention that SzPD and autism present very similarly and if SzPD seems to fit you, it might be worth checking whether autism fits you better or worse. That said, I do think I’m much better described by SzPD than autism and SzPD is probably much more often misdiagnosed as autism than the other way around.)