#sspds

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Hi!! Can I ask why PPD wasnt added in your comic on schizospec?

I found paranoid mentioned in your post here: https://www.tumblr.com/grub-muncher/809847500721766400/psychotic-disorders-and-schizophrenia-spectrum?source=share

But as someone with PPD, it was kinda upsetting to not see it mentioned in the comic even though the other cluster a personality disorders were... my PPD involves such intense delusional beliefs that feel very close to schizospec experiences for me, so I was just wondering why it wasn't added.

Hi, PPD wasn’t added since it isn’t technically included in the schizospec under the DSM-5 or the ICD-11, though people with PPD can very much experience psychotic symptoms, psychotic symptoms are not inherent to the disorder, it’s similar to how BPD (borderline personality disorder) can have psychotic features, however BPD itself isn’t considered a psychotic disorder.

I actually think including schizoid in the comic was a bad choice since it’s technically a schizophrenia spectrum personality disorder and not a schizospec disorder (though people with SSPDs should still 100% be apart of the community, it’s just the official classification is slightly different), and including it may have been confusing, so I’m going to create a comic in the future specifically for SSPDs to hopefully clarify the difference between the 2 spectrums

Schizotypal is kind of in a weird place since the 2 main manuals that I reference (DSM and ICD) have differing opinions on whether or not it’s a schizospec disorder but overall I slightly favor ICD since it’s the manual used by the NHS in the uk where I live

Also just to make it very clear, I believe all psychotic experiences and disorders should be included in and accepted by the community, whether or not they are classified as specifically schizospec by mental health manuals, since psychotic experiences can have a variety of causes and community is so important.