What if social withdrawal isn’t caused by a lack of empathy - but by too much? This article explores the lesser-known side of schizoid personality: hyperawareness of social cues, emotional burnout, and the struggle to stay connected in a noisy world.

Before you try and figure out what you really want out of life, you need to clean the space from things that don't even matter to you. Only after you get some sort of congruence within yourself will you be able to develop congruence with others.

The schizoid character structure is fundamentally built around responses to deep-seated terror and fear.

Covert schizoids, often described as "secret schizoids," possess a remarkable ability to blend into social settings. They excel at concealing their true feelings and present a facade that masks their internal turmoil.