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Schizoid

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schizoid
1. Psychol denoting a personality disorder characterized by extreme shyness and oversensitivity to others
2. a person who has a schizoid personality

Schizoid 

a constitutionally and genetically determined type of personality characterized by autism (that is, preoccupation with the self and alienation from the external world), emotional coldness combined with marked vulnerability, and the predominance of abstract thinking. It is often associated with an asthenic body build.



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At this point in the Manny image rehabilitation process, do you consider his biggest struggle with 'roids having to do with being a bit too schizoid or simply just chock full 'o steroids?
He worked with Mr McGoohan again in 1967 when he appeared in the TV series The Prisoner as the Supervisor in the episode The Schizoid Man.
They then turn to a variety of personality disorders and their treatments, including the schizoid personality and impaired bonding, the hysteroid-borderline personality and separation/individualization, the narcissistic personality and the formation of an authentic self, the masochistic personality and secure attachment, the obsessive-compulsive and improvement of impaired autonomy, and the multiple approaches necessary for the hysterical personality.
 
 
 
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