Mental health quizzes say I have schizoid PD

Yeah, guess that's my first stop, before actual therapy. I'm now 99% sure I actually have all of the Cluster C PDs (avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive). I fulfill all 7 of the DSM criteria for avoidant, and most of the dependent as well.
Would make sense too, I was diagnosed with OCPD when I was 17, so I suppose the psych I was seeing then wrote off my other symptoms as teenage angst.

But hey, I do love taking tests. If the ones on this site are anything like the official ones (and many of them do seem to be based on DSM criteria), then I'm pretty confident about what the diagnosis will be. Finally.

Dementia != schizophrenia, it could be Alzheimer etc.

Yes in that theory those four factors make up the schizotypy trait.

Whatever you describe here doesn't sound very serious - how old are you?

I don't know what you mean by "odd beliefs" though, and how real the "cognitive disorganization" is.

But sure, if you want to get checked out for whatever concrete issues you actually have, I do encourage you to go.

Yes be wary of diagnosing yourself. It's one of the first things they warn students who are taking abnormal psych classes. It's easy to see yourself (or others) in many different disorders. But it's really not as simple as ticking boxes. A student may see a lot of traits they have in OCD for example, while being otherwise healthy.

On forums we just can't know enough to diagnose anything. Not even a proficient psychiatrist would do that. And we can't anyways because most of us have no training.

Be open to the possibility that when you get an official diagnosis, it might not be what you expected.

I'm glad you said that you are going to get some help with these things. That's a big step to getting some relief in the things that you've been struggling with.

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