No worries. I dont know your dx , and you might not even wish to be defined by it, which is fair enough but diagnostic criteria for sz , means , at least should mean , there are specific sympthoms associated with the dx. And it is these sympthoms that are predictors for many things and intimacy , close relationships is one of them. I take your point that people sit on a scale of severity but all I would say is that a sz dx in itself should also predict severity interms of sympthoms.