Personality refers to the ways in which a person thinks, feels and behaves. How a person with Schizoid Personality Disorder thinks, feels and behaves can cause problems for others and themself. They have restricted expression of emotions when with others, and neither desire or enjoy close relationships. Schizoid Personality Disorder is more common in young adults than in older adults. A person with Schizoid Personality Disorder may have symptoms of another type of Personality Disorder (PD).

 

Symptoms of Schizoid Personality Disorder

Schizoid Personality Disorder is emotional coldness and a lack of interest in others. A person with Schizoid Personality Disorder is given to excessive introspection and fantasy, chooses solitary activities, is emotionally detached from others, has little interest in sex with others, and has few close relationships. Schizoid Personality Disorder, like all Personality Disorders (PD), is considered either a definable and treatable mental health problem or a label for socially unacceptable behaviour.

Causes of Schizoid Personality Disorder

The causes of Schizoid Personality Disorder can be related to adolescence, alcoholic parents, childhood abuse, childhood autism, childhood behavioural problems, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, or violent parents. A lack of love from abusive and rejecting parents can result in a person being unable to give or receive love. Triggers for Schizoid Personality Disorder include alcohol abuse, anxiety, debt, depression, drug abuse, family problems, mental health problems and personal relationships.

 

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