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Originally Posted by missatomicbomb
@copperstar i relate with a few symptoms of SPD, yes. not all of them though. i do have this need for close relationships but that just doesn't happen with anyone. i wasn't familiarized with SPD before, i'll look up for more information about it.
@tiger8 i'm 21. i don't know what may have triggered this, i mean i've always been a reserved kind of person with only few friends, but looks like it's getting worse with age.
@mk10022 wow, i can relate to everything you said. i noticed there must be something wrong with me when i started going on dates and while the other person seemed interested, i felt nothing at all. it's like you said, it's like we've built a fortress around us and can't let anyone in, and that kills me because on the inside i don't wanna be alone. hope things get better for you!
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Oh you're just 21? I'm sure you can fix this then, I was much less aware at that age of my issues. I did notice something was wrong but I certainly did not seek help, did not try to fix it at all, I just didn't pay attention...
Which symptoms of schizoid pd do you relate to?
It's normal to not automatically be interested in the person who's interested in you. Just because someone's into you it doesn't mean you have to reciprocate their feelings, lol. What would be not so normal is if you are always incapable of interest.
I recall I had crushes just fine until age 18. Then something happened that I still don't really understand and as I said, I became like the schizoid pd stuff. Then returning to baseline... sexual interest was easily there for me but feelings not really until about age 24. It may have also been luck because I did meet someone at that age who I did get interested in for some reason... that didn't work out for other reasons. Now I'm still like at 24, still have a hard time feeling anything in a romantic setting etc, except that there is that weird confusing crap I mentioned that started coming up at age 28. Now I'm 32.