I'm a 22 year old guy who was recently diagnosed with Schizoid. For the first eight years of my life I had a perfect childhood where I was almost always happy despite my limited emotions due to how amazing my life was. However, my family ran into financial struggles, my quality of life got worse, and my happiness greatly diminished as nothing that happened in my much more normal life could bring me the happiness the first eight years of my life had.

It wasn't until earlier this year I was diagnosed with Schizoid, and until then I was always confused with how everyone around me could be happy in similar situations to mine, yet I couldn't. I blamed myself, and developed such poor coping habits that I ended up becoming very miserable due to constantly blowing things out of proportion.

I began a journey of self-improvement a year and a half ago and my life is now very different. I've let go of the bitterness I had because I couldn't be like others. I'm actually happy that I have Schizoid now, as despite my life being very difficult, I'm never miserable no matter what happens due to a combination of my limited emotions and vastly improved coping skills. I might not experience the happiness that those around me do, but I'm free from much of the sadness as well.

And despite the fact that that very few things bring me happiness, and when they do it's limited, I currently love my life because I've found that constantly challenging myself and working towards goals is very rewarding. Even though I recently found out I have a cognitive disability that makes my future rather uncertain, all that means is more things to work towards and overcome.

I'm very thankful that my life turned out the way it did. I'm thankful for the people in my life who were able to help me understand myself better, and I've been blessed in many ways. I hope my story can give some hope to people with Schizoid who are struggling, and I'd love to hear stories from other people here about how your life is like having Schizoid.