u/donteatworms

so I've been on my mental health journey for a long time. I've always sort of suspected I may have schizoypal personality disorder. I'm seeing a psychiatrist and therapist currently to talk about things, I really don't want to say I have this without professional advice.

anyways I was talking about my suspicion with my friend, and they said if I really had it, I wouldn't know. I think they meant I wouldn't be aware of it until a professional told me. maybe akin to someone who doesn't know they're hallucinating until someone else tells them something isn't really there?

did anyone suspect they may have spd and ended up being right about it? it feels silly to assume someone (everyone?) with spd doesn't have the ability to be aware of it until a professional brings it up

if you suspected you had it and were right, what made you suspect it?

Does anyone else experience several parasomnias?

I experience hypnagogia, sleep paralysis, confusional arousals, exploding head syndrome, nightmares, false awakenings.

I experience these very often, not all in the same sleep period but sometimes multiple during one period. They get scarier when I am stressed. Sometimes they are neutral or even pleasant. Sometimes when they're more consistently bad, I dread going to sleep.

I used to sleepwalk as a child, but but really anymore. I do sleep talk sometimes during confusional arousals.

I have extremely vivid and lucid dreams in general, which I write down and sometimes draw pictures for.