Published on 12, July, 2020
I did an online test on Schizotypal Personality Disorder to see so much overlapping symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder and I meet some diagnostic criteria for Schizotypal Personality Disorder. There is so many overlapping symptoms.
Oh yeah, that's true.
NAS73676 said:The line is a bit blurry, there are some people with Autism Spectrum Disorder that have developed social skills as well.
Social skills can be learned though - I studied and applied them for a few years to be able to move into management. I'm far from "fluent" but can hide in plain sight 95% of the time now,
Most autistic traits can be modified with effort ,assistance and/or training.
I think it is the predisposition to not developing these naturally that the diagram refers to.
The line is a bit blurry, there are some people with Autism Spectrum Disorder that have developed social skills as well.
Iain said:The same is true for ADHD - these 3 conditions share lots of symptoms and co-exist in quite a few cases.
Found one for Autism and ADHD from the same site:
That makes sense.
NAS73676 said:It's kind of blurry, because I had delusions and hallucinations in the past.
It is quite possible to be autistic and schizoid - there are some people on here who have this mix of conditions.
The same is true for ADHD - these 3 conditions share lots of symptoms and co-exist in quite a few cases.
I haven't found a diagram that shows the symptons of all 3 in a nice diagram like the above.
It's kind of blurry, because I had delusions and hallucinations in the past.
With Schizotypal Personality Disorder being part of the schizophrenia spectrum there has been some interesting diagrams produced for just this: