‘Schizophrenia’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 10

Q: I have a few unanswered questions, hope you can help clarify them for me. What are the main differences between Schizotypal and Schizoid Personality Disorder? And what are the main differences between high functioning Autism and Asperger’s?
How do you decipher if the person is encountering strong intrusive thoughts that they have succumbed to believing [...]

Q: My name is David, and I’m 16 years old. I’m sending this e-mail to know what kind of mental illness or disorder(s) I have. These are my symptoms:

I’m disconnected from my emotions; I don’t feel many, but I’m bored by everything around me;
I feel like I’m somehow better than the others, especially by my [...]

Q: Although I do not find fact in the opinion that one must have a personality disorder if they experience some of the beliefs listed in the symptoms of Schizotypal Peronality Disorder (“superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or “sixth sense”; in children and adolescents, “bizarre” fantasies or preoccupations”), or have a lack of close friends [...]

Q: Um… I don’t quite know how to put this… I’ve been a pretty messed up person throughout my life. I’ve been in and out of hospitals and been through more therapists than I can remember. I want to know. I hear things sometimes, when it’s really quiet… I see things as well…and not really [...]

Q: My mom has had depression, with psychotic symptoms for 11 years or so. She becomes delusional and thinks that our relatives are doing things to her that lead her to start thinking constantly. She seems to only confide in me about her thoughts but only on my persistent questioning of what kind of thoughts [...]