So much overlapping symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizotypal Personality Disorder

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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