Thank you for your thoughts and insights. I'm wondering, do you feel love for your children? Do you want to retreat from them when they are around? And finally... how is that you wish you could have relationships but are happy alone (isn't that a contradiction)?

I think the guy I dated may have Schizoid PD or at least a lot of the same traits. I have read that some people with Schizoid PD do get into relationships or marriages sometimes, so I'm trying to understand this condition better.