Several Silly Sealions Stuffed Seaweed Southward Swiftly (Or, Random Banter #143)

[Thajocoth]

Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Moderate
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: Low
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

I have no idea what "Schizoid", "Schizotypal" or "Histrionic" mean. Also, isn't "Borderline" an adverb? People are nouns. How can an adverb possibly describe a noun?

[Rutskarn]

People are nouns.

Says you, racist.

[Player_Zero]

I am quite adjective, personally.

[Rawhide]

I have no idea what "Schizoid", "Schizotypal" or "Histrionic" mean. Also, isn't "Borderline" an adverb? People are nouns. How can an adverb possibly describe a noun?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderl...ality_disorder

[Etcetera]

Meh. Nothing I didn't really suspect already. I'm not that narcissistic though. Self-deprecation is very much my thing.

[Dallas-Dakota]

You should've been less Avoidant at the meet-up!

[Etcetera]

You should've been less Avoidant at the meet-up!

Quiet, you.
It typically takes me a while to get my confidence up around people, but when I do I'm loud and obnoxious with the best.

But yes, at the meetup I was an avoidant among avoidants.

[Player_Zero]

You attended a meet up in the first place! You are small time.

[Rutskarn]

You attended a meet up in the first place! You are small time.

I recently organized a meet-up of odd internet-dwelling quasiwriters living in Newbury Park who have my name and have lived exactly as many minutes as I have.

Another one climbed out of my closet and I hit it with a boxed set. It was a trap, you see.

He should have seen it coming.

[Phaedra]

Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: Low
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: Moderate
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low


I am hopelessly normal. It's almost dull.

[Player_Zero]

Would you rather be as disordered as I?

The correct answer is yes.

Who wouldn't want to be a festival of conviviality such as myself!

Hey ho ho, it's one for all for one! We share and share alike with you and love you like a son! We're gentlemen of fortune and that's what we're proud to be!

You'd be honest brave and free, the soul of decency! You'd be loyal and fair and on the square and most importantly... When you're a disordered introvert you're always in the best of com-pa-nyyyyyy!

[Teddy]

I got 10 out of 10 lows, although there were some questions where I found myself somewhere in the middle between yes and no, but slightly closer to no. But since that shouldn't change anything, I'll settle with this:

"Wheeee, I'm normal!"
Note: I kind of dislike the use of "normal" to describe persons. It's condescending towards those who stick out from the mass.

[Player_Zero]

I got 10 out of 10 lows.

What's wrong with you.

And the only 'normal' I want to hear about is Nami Hito.

I don't care that you don't get the reference. It is for my own amusement. Heh... "Don't say normal!"

[Tiger Duck]

Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Moderate
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: High
Dependent: Low
Obsessive: High
-Compulsive

About what I expected, except I didn't knew about the existence of Schizotypal but 5 minutes of research made it clear to me that I do kind of suffer from it ^^

[Teddy]

What's wrong with you.

Everything, I guess. I like the fact that I could probably have been a quite intimidating person if I had one of those antisocial disorders, but I'm not because I'm a nice guy.

And the only 'normal' I want to hear about is Nami Hito.

I don't care that you don't get the reference. It is for my own amusement. Heh... "Don't say normal!"

Yeah, I don't get anything. Especially since I haven't got any idea at all about what they're saying.

[Player_Zero]

Yeah, I don't get anything. Especially since I haven't got any idea at all about what they're saying.

Ringo Mogire Beam. Apple Picking Beam.

[Jack Squat]

Paranoid: High
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: Very High
Antisocial: High
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Low
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

This seems about right, save for the antisocial bit. I used to be really antisocial, but that changed during the later part of high school. I didn't answer that I'd rather be alone, nor that I'm uncomfortable in social situations, so it might be deciding that I'm antisocial because I don't really care what people think about me.

I'm also not really obsessive-compulsive, I can just be a perfectionist at times.

[Cobalt]

Paranoid: Moderate
Schizoid: Low
Schizotypal: Low
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Hostrionic: Moderate
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: Low
Dependant: Moderate
Obsessive-Complusive: Moderate

I'd be more willing to brag if I knew what half of these mean.

Also, I'm a a little suprised at my low narcissistic rating. But I choose to ignore it, for the sake of furthuring personal in-jokes.

[Dogmantra]

{table=head]Disorder|Rating
Paranoid|Low
Schizoid|High
Schizotypal|Very High
Antisocial|Low
Borderline|Low
Histrionic|High
Narcissistic|High
Avoidant|Moderate
Dependent|Low
Obsessive-Compulsive|High[/table]

High narcissism? Seriously? Try again, test. Though apparently I'm very highly Schizotypal. Sounds like fun.

[Player_Zero]

Narcissism isn't limited to perception of physical appearance. Conceit, selfishness, egotism, elitism and aloofness are also included.

Particularly, people often act narcissistic if they are ashamed of themselves, as much of an oxymoron as that seems.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: Very High
Antisocial: Moderate
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: High
Dependent: Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

Eh, it kind of fits.
But checking out that site's definition of these disorders is . . . weird. They define schizotypal as

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"characterized by odd forms of thinking and perceiving, and individuals with this disorder often seek isolation from others. They sometimes believe to have extra sensory ability or that unrelated events relate to them in some important way. They generally engage in eccentric behavior and have difficulty concentrating for long periods of time. Their speech is often over elaborate and difficult to follow."
And symptoms include "Odd or eccentric mannerisms or appearance
Superstitious or preoccupied with paranormal phenomena
Difficult to follow speech patterns
Feelings of anxiety in social situations
Suspiciousness and paranoia
Odd beliefs or magical thinking
Appears shy, aloof, or withdrawn to others"

While the vast majority of that is true, I am told that I act eccentric, I don't think that what I do is eccentric. In addition, I know that my speech is often elaborate, and can be a little tricky to follow, but I find that most of my friends and family can understand me.
I will concede that I'm a bit finicky and perfectionist.

In the lines of online internet tests, I took the Dante's Inferno Test in the same site and I'm proud to say that I'm in the SIxth Level: The City of Dis.
'Course, that test is based on thirteenth century morals, so I'd hardly call it an 'accurate' test, but it's funny.

ION:
Ha!
Just checked out the summary for Avoidant on the Personality DIsorder test. One of the symptoms is that "[o]ften, they will create fantasy worlds to substitute for the real one" and they are prone to "creat[ing . . . ] elaborate fantasy lives".
So . . . what's a forum persona again? Or a writer?

[Marillion]

Paranoid: High
Schizoid: High
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: High
Borderline: Very High
Histrionic: High
Narcissistic: High
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: Very High
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

Apparently I'm just one big ball of neuroses.

[Cobalt]

Marillion was not like other sheep.

[Marillion]

Just remember, Cobalt, "Baa" means "no".

[Player_Zero]

Rewatching Watership Down.

Freaking out.

This is... My... Mind...

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[Drascin]

Heh. Fun test.

Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: High
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

Most of it is nothing I didn't already know, except the histrionic thing. "High" need to be the center of attention? Me? What? I like getting a little praise ("thanks" usually does, really) when I don't mess up, like everyone else, but wouldn't quite say I'm exactly a glory-hog. Ah well. Less neuroses than expected - we're making progress!

[CurlyKitGirl]

Rewatching Watership Down.

Freaking out.

This is... My... Mind...

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And now you know the truth.
Watership Down is most emphatically not 'for kids'. Plus if you pay enough attention you can learn to swear in Lapine.
That's the language of the rabbits.
(What can I say, I read the book.)
"Silflay hraka, embleer rah." Classic.

[Player_Zero]

It's scarier than any horror movie I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkU1lyvPn_A

I watched this when I was, what, eight?

[Thufir]

And now you know the truth.
Watership Down is most emphatically not 'for kids'. Plus if you pay enough attention you can learn to swear in Lapine.
That's the language of the rabbits.
(What can I say, I read the book.)
"Silflay hraka, embleer rah." Classic.

Hey, I loved Watership Down as a child. The film, that is. I didn't read the book until I was a teenager.
It remains one of my favourite books, and one of the best book-to-film adaptations I can think of.

[CurlyKitGirl]

It's scarier than any horror movie I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkU1lyvPn_A

I watched this when I was, what, eight?

WIthout even looking, I'm guessing that it's probably Fiver's bloody field hallucination, the creepy flashback about the gassing of the warren.

Hey, I loved Watership Down as a child. The film, that is. I didn't read the book until I was a teenager.
It remains one of my favourite books, and one of the best book-to-film adaptations I can think of.

Still creepy. And I did put 'for kids' in quotation marks. Frankly, I think if a kid can handle it, the kid can handle it.
Don't think it should've gotten a U rating though. The seagull swore! And the dog was quite terrifying. ANd rabbits got run over by a train.