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STPD summarized

StPD, or Schizotypal Personality Disorder, is a Cluster-A personality disorder.

The symptoms of STPD are as follows:

-Ideas of reference -Odd beliefs or magical thinking (In children and adolescents, bizarre preoccupations or fantasies) -Unusual perceptual experiences -Odd thinking and Speech -Suspiciousness or Paranoia -Inappropriate/Constricted Affect -Behavior/Appearance that is odd, peculiar, or eccentric -Few or no close friends/confidants -Excessive Social Anxiety that does not go away with familiarity

I’ll go over these symptoms in more detail later, but there they are!

Basically, STPD is like a very mild form of Schizophrenia. Those who have it are very detached from their peers, but not by choice–their separation is generally very painful for them, because they WANT to have close friends, but they don’t trust people enough to get very close.

They may also have mild psychotic symptoms–their ideas of reference and magical thinking resembling delusions, and odd perceptual experiences resembling (very mild) hallucinations. The difference, however, is that they can tell the difference between reality and fantasy. They will usually be able to tell that, realistically, no one is watching them and that the things they hear are just illusions. It’s still terrifying, though, and they’ll still feel very anxious and paranoid about it!

There are two subsets of STPD, which are timorous and insipid. Timorous schizotypals are more passive and fearful, and share some characteristics with AvPD. Insipid schizotypals are more withdrawn and indifferent, and share characteristics with SzPD. I’ll go over these more later, but that’s the gist of it.

Around 1-3% of the population has StPD, (which is the same statistic for people with red hair.) Very few people with StPD receive proper treatment, both because of the bias surrounding personality disorders and the disconnect between Schizotypals and themselves. People with STPD can’t often tell that they have a strange way of thinking until they consciously compare themselves with others. However, that doesn’t mean they will NEVER see their thinking as strange! Some schizotypals are aware of their own disorder, and some psychologists theorize that this is because their disorder stems from cognitive deficiencies rather than their environment or predisposition.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Thanks for reading :)

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@yellowtreeelectricityfeminist replied to your post “Why are you celebrating woman scientists? How is that not…”

well i mean, non-able-bodied men are still men and still seen as capable of being scientists. and able-bodied men can still have been bullied or picked on or gone to the hospital as much as those who arent able-bodied.. i find sexism and ableism to be very very different issues and shouldnt have to be mentioned in the same post like this. not to mention that racism and sexism are different too since black men can still be sexist even if they face racism every day

Yes, that is true.  But we’re not playing Oppression Olympics here.  “Different” doesn’t mean “worse” or “less bad.”  I didn’t want to oversimplify by saying “all men” (I know I’m sorry lol), because intersectional feminism is so very important now.  But yes, intersectional bigotry is also a thing: brown men can be sexist and homophobic, gay men can be racist and misogynistic, and white women can be EXTREMELY RACIST.  (I’m not yelling at you personally, I’m yelling at my fellow white women who didn’t disavow a very bigoted presidential candidate.)  That is something that now, more than ever, I never want this blog to lose sight of.

This has become really important in my life lately. I've basically combined bullet journaling, doodling, washi tape, and calligraphy into an art therapy book. The beauty of the book itself, knowing that even my art isn't perfect, and the catharsis I get is all priceless. I may dissociate while doing it, but it's helped keep my mind calm, while also reminding me about appointments, and to take my medications. I highly recommend art therapy.

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My birthday had a pretty sky! Even though I had a really bad birthday, at least now I know there was beauty somewhere that day.

the most beautiful sky I ever did see 17.01.16