Recent Diagnosis
So, my psychologist has recently diagnosed me with PPD and she's also considering Schizoid or Schizotypal. It made me a little confused, seeing as I thought most of my symptoms belonged to a different cluster of PDs, although she made the point of saying that my testing was 'all over the place'.
I'm really just curious from other people who have this disorder, or a different one in the same cluster, is comorbidity really normal and frequent? What sort of coping mechanisms and skills should I be working on with my psychologist to improve? Also, what are some hot tips from you all about this disorder because I am very new to it so I'd like to know more about it, if possible.
@ROBBER I don't have this type of disorder myself, and I'm not an expert, but I can tell you that the guideline for diagnosis (in the US), known as DSM-5, mentions this issue:
"…the typical patient meeting criteria for a specific personality disorder frequently also meets criteria for other personality disorders. Similarly, other specified or unspecified personality disorder is often the correct (but mostly uninformative) diagnosis, in the sense that patients do not tend to present with patterns of symptoms that correspond with one and only one personality disorder."
Therefore I suppose that the coping mechanisms and skills you might need will be particular to you. I've also read that there has been some success with treatments that go beyond coping mechanisms and skills, using psychotherapy such as CBT to help in a deeper way.
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