Hi, great that youre interested, because I find it all deeply fascinating.
Ok, this is what I have been reading: Ralph Klein, who is part of the Masterson organisation, Masterson wrote 'The Search for the Real Self'', someone else here mentioned that book ?? Winter Rose, I'm not sure, who, I read so much when I first found this place. Here's a quote that illustrates a bit what these guys say:
Re schizoids:
"they long to be attached , to be in relationships with others and to recieve the affirmation, acknowledgement, and approval of which they were deprived. However, this longing evokes an intense anxiety about being in danger of being appropriated, used, and discarded as they were by thier original caretakers. The only way to control their anxiety, to feel safe is to withdraw internally as well as externally" qoute from 'Disorders of the Self, New therapuetic Horizons' by Klein and Masterson.

Even all that isnt exactly accurate to me, at least not in a simplistic way, but, in a round about way, the basic issues do indeed apply to me.

See what you think so far. Its after midnight here, so I'm off to bed, should have gone earlier, but this cyber world takes me out of my world and realistic sensible behaviour, (have to watch that).

Warm wishes, River.