schizotypal

i recently was dx with schizotypal pd . do you have to believe in UFOs and aliens, witchcraft and all that to have this pd? because i have deep seated non-bizarre delusions about certain areas of life but i'm not a wiccan.

The diagnostic criteria require at least five of the following

1. ideas of reference (excluding delusions of reference)
2. odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subcultural norms (e.g., superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or "sixth sense"; in children and adolescents, bizarre fantasies or preoccupations)
3. unusual perceptual experiences, including bodily illusions
4. odd thinking and speech (e.g., vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or stereotyped)
5. suspiciousness or paranoid ideation
6. inappropriate or constricted affect
7. behavior or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar
8. lack of close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives
9. excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative judgments about self

so you don't necessarily have to believe in UFO/telepathy and such like to be schizotypal.

According to http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retri...20996401003498 schizotypals outside the so called 'schizophrenia spectrum' score higher for such things as ideas of reference, suspiciousness, paranoia, social anxiety, self-damaging acts, chronic anger, free-floating anxiety and sensitivity to rejection.