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.
With Schizotypal Personality Disorder being part of the schizophrenia spectrum there has been some interesting diagrams produced for just this:
It's kind of blurry, because I had delusions and hallucinations in the past.
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.
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.