Schizoid Personality Disorder (Symptoms)

• Takes pleasure in few, if any, activities
• Does not desire or enjoy close relationships, including family
• Almost always chooses solitary activities
• Little or no interest in sexual experiences with another person
• Lacks close relationships other than with immediate relatives
• Indifferent to praise or criticism
• Shows emotional coldness, detachment or flattened affect
• Exhibits little observable change in mood

People with schizoid personality disorder maintain contact with reality. Also, men may be more likely to have this disorder than women.