Schizotypal personality disorder is characterized by people who have discomfort with, and a reduced capacity for, close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior.

Some of the common signs of schizotypal personality disorder include the following:

Discomfort in social situations, extreme social anxiety

Odd beliefs, fantasies, or preoccupations that don't agree with    subcultural norms (i.e. belief in clairvoyance)

Odd behavior or appearance

Odd speech patterns

A lack of close friends other than immediate family

Inappropriate displays of feelings

Strange perceptual experiences

Suspicious or paranoid ideas

Inappropriate or constricted affect

Person has ideas of reference

Schizotypal personality disorder should not be confused with schizophrenia. People with schizotypal personality disorder tend to have odd beliefs and behaviors, but they are not profoundly disconnected from reality and usually do not hallucinate.

People with schizotypal personality disorder may be severely disturbed, and their odd behavior may resemble that of people with schizophrenia. They may have unusual preoccupations and fears, such as fears of being monitored by government agencies, which are also common in schizophrenia.

More commonly, however, people with schizotypal personality disorder simply behave oddly and have unusual beliefs (aliens, witchcraft, etc.) that they cling to so strongly that it isolates them from normal relationships. Full-blown hallucinations are unusual.

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