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What Is Schizoid Personality Disorder And How Does It Affect Mental Health?

The term schizoid is used colloquially and often facetiously to mean something like “being of two minds about something” or “appearing to have more than one personality.”

In psychiatry, however, the term is quite specific, and it definitely does not apply to your sister, who can’t make up her mind about where to go for lunch. The term is short for a condition known as “schizoid personality disorder.” But forget how we use schizoid; in some cases, disorder may not even be the right word.

People with schizoid personality disorder typically have few, if any, close friends and show little interest in intimate relationships of any kind, often including sexual relationships.…

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