Anyway, I most likely have schizoid personality disorder, but after a series of introspection sessions I now have a suspicion that I may have schizotypal PD. My avoidance of people is due mostly because I don't really see a point in talking to anybody unless I really have nothing else to do and that I have a lot of social anxiety. It's not due to shyness or that I feel inferior (I actually feel superior to others) but rather because I feel as though I cannot trust anybody. I also have other symptoms, but I don't feel like typing that much at the moment. One symptom that I don't have that is (to my knowledge) common with schizotypal is an odd appearance. I'm just completely indifferent about everything and everyone around me so I usually just pick out some generic clothes that are just a solid color. My hairstyle is just the way it naturally grows and I see no reason to get an actual hairstyle, despite the dozens of criticisms I have received over the years. And that's where the schizoid traits come in. But that's another story for another time.
Generally, my symptoms cause no distress since my emotions are practically flat and I am content the way I am. I can't really say that I'm ever happy for more than a few minutes at a time, but I'm content and that's good enough for me. The only real problems that I ever encounter are my paranoid fears that cause me to actually alter my behavior (such as the computer thing mentioned earlier) and that I have illusions/mild hallucinations. I rarely ever have actual hallucinations, but they do happen occasionally. I seem to have illusions almost constantly throughout the day, though.
I'm terrible at closings so I'll just stop here.
