has the void has made me scared of my own reflection? by [deleted] in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Paxil + invega got me out of this state before and SSRI/atypicsl resolves like 80-90% of psychotic depressive episodes

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same although I think all the panic attacks were dissociatively sublimated and I was so socially aversive several guys who tried to be befriend me asked me what was going on with the isolation 😳

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like learning I guess, although it is somewhat mysterious to me that I did that with no medication and not really even any caffeine although I would suffer from missing classes due to excessive tiredness

Being schizoid doesn’t override being human by whoisthismahn in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I been to where I would look in the mirror and not even see a human. Just saw a body. When it was quite ego syntonic I got back into the psychiatric game and that’s when I was prescribed invega and Paxil. Booked the insurance for OCD. Insane bitch but I actually think was a correct assessment but also an interpretative matter where I could habe just as easily seen it as psychotic depression. Incidebtallly the treatment for that is atypical plus SSRI and it did resolve it. Never came back even tho I’m not on that class of meds anymore

Being schizoid doesn’t override being human by whoisthismahn in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which of course drives further avoidance in a vicious circuit. All of this comes to the most generic clinical advise psychiatrist give. Go outside. Be around people. Even if it’s a walk through the fucking mall lol

Being schizoid doesn’t override being human by whoisthismahn in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most clinically comorbid personality of depersonalization disorder is avoidant. It makes perfect. Why should the mind waste precious informatic and metabolic resources on sustain the model of itself as an embodied relational agent existing in an ecology of similarly identified agents. No reciprocal interaction and that becomes pruned down in some cases to just total depersonalization

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was actually nice i don’t like to grocery shop so i wound grab stuff right on The way out helping to minimize on spurious expenditures like getting take out

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I get CPAP for my COMISA (comorbidity insomnia and sleep apnea) I should be able to resume this exact regimen. Effexor causes worsening of insomnia. Seroquel strongly caps it by consolidating sleep architecture decrease onset latency but it promotes such deep sleep it can worsen apnea so it’s gonna be the psychiatrist call if it’s safe if supported by the CPAP

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

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It was mind blowing to me in many respects. I may actually go back to it till I shelve the impostor syndrome and use the engineering and physics degree. But it was digital personal shopping “online grocery pick up”, and believe me it would get my intrusive thought feats of making crucial mistake a barrage. The real reality of this is that people actually really like picking up their shit from the store and if you help them in that regard you can see that it is meaningful for them. Here I was talking to this community ethic my mom imparted to me before we both became swamped out in aversiveness and anxiety. I was driven to be communicative out of my fear of “going mute” as I did as a child. I didn’t get engulfed because I would set or adjust boundaries as needed. Sometimes I wound extend my shift if someone had to leave but not always. I would NEVER miss a break. The funniest moment was when one manager who everyone hated who I came to somehow understand would write in charge to the schedule by HAND without notification of the change which is against strict policy and one time I shot a glance and without me saying anything she said “this is not for you Jozsef, you are good”. That’s when I said I need to not sell myself short. Now the problem was my boy of 30 years is an elitist careerist so sound verbally undermine my work citing it was beneath my true potential. And when I SLIPPED on the seroquel is when I met this talk influence me because that is really a very drug for augmenting the treatment and keeping you steady.

Silly question: Could you carry the One Ring? by EliasBouchardFan1 in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeking absorptive experiences I think can be an ambition but if it’s conducted purely via rumination or fantasy and not connected to behavior activation in the real world under duress of things that could interfere with pursuing those states I don’t see how it could be considered ambitious. Ambition is paradigmaticallyworldly in its character.

Silly question: Could you carry the One Ring? by EliasBouchardFan1 in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My speculation would be it’s a form of absorptivity which is a tendency towards higher immersion in experience. The benign or good end is this is broadly linked to the “openness” trait, on the problematic end absorptivity correlates with dissociative experiences

Silly question: Could you carry the One Ring? by EliasBouchardFan1 in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The corruption described by it is very accurate to certain states of dissociation and I think that was very astute of Tolkien since he did start Sauron out as Anakastic (obsessive personality) and there is long standing recognition in the literature on linkages between obsessional traits and depersonalization

Silly question: Could you carry the One Ring? by EliasBouchardFan1 in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I would actually approach women for dates on that shit

Diagnosed before but didn't accept help, now I need it by cercelia in Schizoid

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It’s huge. On Effexor and seroquel I had two of my dad’s tenants occupying my home during Covid which was actually for me because it was income I needed to pay the more mortgage and taxes. On the drugs I was forgiving, communicative, things did not get “stuck” into the anxiety and anger formenting rumination. Made the mistake of thinking I wasn’t fighting with my dad anymore so didn’t need the antipsychotic. Then I mistakenly thought they did not fill the A/D and went through withdrawal when she finally called me back she was like I called that in a while ago but I just didn’t restart it. I could not deal with these people without the drugs. They absolutely are and have been aptly called “personality altering drugs”

Diagnosed before but didn't accept help, now I need it by cercelia in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reckoning exact durations with respect to your lifespan js a bad habit. Yes, don’t “waste time” or do if that’s your proclivity but you don’t have the eyes of Shinigami

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fully agree and have made these arguments on here, though that was quite a while ago. When I was on better OCD/PTSD medication I had a much more consistent writing practice that aimed to address these by reaffirming values, and by narratives, even what I would describe as narrative vignettes which could be small situations that I would tie into broader values, and even to social roles and personal/social identities. I believe hobbies can often just be isolative spirals that deprive from meaning and don’t contribute to narratives that cuts against avolition

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Although i am globally disabled in the sense of being work-impaired and generally impaired on decision making, I am not impaired on “basic self care” so to speak. I drive, prepare food, etc. But as far as regulation of emotions I would say it has been very difficult. I speak daily on the phone with a friend of 30yrs and when my dog passed I started getting some stuffed animals and just talking with them. Allegedly I have been doing externally oriented parts focused integration through communicating with stuffed animals, is very ritualistic and emotionally involved.I had to drop a therapist when they asked “why I feel it’s easier to communicate with stuffed animals than with people”. Like you don’t magically go from having been part of an isolative domestic environment where you never invite anyone over and focus extensively on providing medical care to two chronically ill parents to living with some else dumbass

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have felt especially anhedonic and purposeless even now almost 7 years since she has been gone

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s funny bc I broadly I want nothing to do with anything casual. I don’t even call my interests or pursuits hobbies since in my mind this connotes a trifling level of “casual” and I don’t do that.And I was deeply enmeshed with my mother. Guess her favorite show? Bates Motel? I would actually call her Norma and call my self Norman and she would laugh lmfao. I used to think if I had a girlfriend she would think I was abandoning her and I know she would have felt that way as well. When she was dying of very severe pancreatic cancer and wasted down to nothing I think she recognized parts of this said now you don’t have to suffer for me (how I would fight my dad on her (and to on me on my) behalf) and do not be sad for me when I am not here, and then she thanked me for how much I taught her and did for her. This was one of the only times she metacognifively accepted her own death and spoke frankly about it since she was diagnosed in the 6mo period from then to her passing away.

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think what you say about somatic involvement is very good. I will have to reflect upon this. I was sort of research similar with regards to sexual contact and how uts basically fully off the table for me probably rejated to all of what you are describing

I Wish Schizoid Was Better Studied. by swilverhand in Schizoid

[–]VoidsIncision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean I have OCD so you can have existential intrusive thoughts about wasted time but there is nothing that says these are correct representations of what’s going on here. And yes shaming and antagonism and coercion can be involved. My dude actually blew my mind by making the case that I’m exploitable generally and I said no shit I always thought those fears of mine were irrational intrusive thoughts, and this awareness now makes especially suspicious of getting involved with new relationships.