Schizoid Personality Disorder and a life of challenge

About this episode

Blair Sorrel discusses her experiences with Schizoid Personality Disorder and the impact of her upbringing on her self-worth and success.

Blair Sorrel shares her journey of living with Schizoid Personality Disorder and learning to accept and love herself. She undercovers further elements of her life growing up in a family of origin where she experienced ridicule leading to low self-worth, social anxiety and a debilitating fear of authority figures. She explores a home life with "poor parenting" which undermined her academic and career disappointments. She reflects on the importance of nurturing caregivers to allow the flourishing of Intelligence and genetics toward success. In her book, " A Schizoid at Smith: How Over Parenting Leads to Underachieving " Blair Sorrel takes us through the combined impact of poor parenting along with a diagnosis of Schizoid Personality Disorder. Listen to our conversation with author Blair Sorrel as we navigate her struggles to succeed within a context of Schizoid Personality Disorder and a home life that left her feelings unsupported and not accepted. Blair Sorrel is an author, creator, and animal enthusiast. She served as the "Dollarwise Dilettante" columnist for Free Time, the matchmaker for Together Dating Service, and the apheresis recruiter for New York Blood Services. She…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Anna Baranowsky

Guest: Blair Sorrel

Topics covered

• Schizoid Personality Disorder
• self-acceptance
• parenting
• mental health
• personal journey

Keywords

• Schizoid Personality Disorder
• self-love
• social anxiety
• poor parenting
• mental health awareness

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Schizoid at Smith: How Over Parenting Leads to Underachieving

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