Do I Have Schizotypal Personality Disorder?

I have difficulty knowing the boundaries between myself and others.

How I express myself often doesn’t match what I’m really feeling or what’s going on.

I set unrealistic goals for myself.

I have difficulty understanding the impression and impact I make on others.

I frequently misinterpret other people’s motivations and behaviors.

I have difficulty forming close relationships with others, as I am often too anxious and cannot trust others.

I have cognition problems (difficulty perceiving myself, other people, and events; difficulty remembering; difficulty retaining information, etc.)

I have affectivity problems (difficulty controlling the range and intensity of my emotional responses; obsessive thoughts; restless thoughts; difficulty concentrating, etc.)

I have problems with interpersonal functioning (difficulty being aware of my own actions and feelings and how they affect others; self-awareness; social cues, etc.)

I have difficulty controlling my impulses.

I have odd or unusual thought processes and speech, which can be vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or stereotyped.

People see my thoughts and views of reality as bizarre. I have unusual experiences with reality.

I may be described as eccentric, and/or I am often out of place.

I have little reaction to situations which should be emotionally stimulated. I may be indifferent or cold.

I prefer to be alone than with other people. I avoid social contact and activity, and/or I rarely am the one to initiate contact.

I am hypersensitive to how people treat me, and I am constantly looking for signs of ill intent in a person. I have doubts about others’ loyalty to me.

I often feel like coincidences are more than just coincidence, and they have a stronger, deeper meaning. (excluding delusions)

I often feel like I have a sixth sense or some other form of “magic.” (excluding actual religious practices)

I have an unusual perception of reality.

My manner of thinking and speaking is often vague or metaphorical or over-elaborate.

I am often suspicious of others or paranoid.

I constrict my own reactions and avoid eye contact and/or try not to express myself too openly to others.

People may describe me as odd or eccentric.

I don’t have close friends or confidants.

I have excessive social anxiety which doesn’t go away even when I become familiar with someone, and it tends to be associated with my paranoid and negative judgments about myself.