It's how it looks on the outside, but on the inside I'm "I need to withdraw because I'm paranoid and need to sort some things out, and my room is messy because other things are more important right now". I experience the "social withdrawal" and "unkept" and "messy living space" symptoms of schizophrenia, but it happens when I'm psychotic, and not without it. "Flat affect" as a symptom of schizophrenia is more so because that the expression a person who is disconnected from reality might have, but you don't report those symptoms. Judging from the fact that you've had this from grade school, I would lean more on just you being autistic. ![]() Do any of you struggle with any of these things as well? I have bipolar II and I’ve read that this can be a symptom of schizophrenia, but I was wondering maybe being bipolar also affects it. I don’t have trouble understanding other people’s emotions or even articulating my own feelings, but I have to consider more how I am being perceived in certain social situations. It has definitely caused me to show emotions more outwardly to comfort other people. I constantly get told I’m very intimidating until people get to know me and I think it’s beyond just having a resting bitch face lol. My coworkers sometimes have trouble understanding if I’m joking or if I’m “really” excited about something because my voice would not express it. I never really noticed it causing issues until I became an adult and new people I’d meet would have the impression that I didn’t like them or I’d always get the feedback that I’m “hard to read”. Since I was in grade school I’ve always had an expressionless face and was very monotone.
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