I'm beginning to feel this may be part of what's 'wrong' with me, and question if it actually is a disorder at all, or simply a personality type, a deeper version of being introverted. I just haven't really had the time to seek out a psychiatrist to talk it over with them... I'm also wondering, as I think about my behavior as a child & some of my habits as an adult, if maybe I don't have a mild case of Asperger's syndrome, which is a type of autism that shares many traits of a schizoid personality.

I'm thinking after the semester ends & I have a couple of weeks' break, I may seek a psychiatrist for a true diagnosis. I always just assumed my desire to be left alone & living in my head & the over-analysis of everything was symptomatic of depression & alcoholism... but when I'm brutally honest with myself, I have to admit that I don't really care about the fact that I'm happier to be alone w/myself & my thoughts than with other people.