Altruism under stress: cortisol negatively predicts charitable giving

Re:Altruism under stress: cortisol negatively predicts chari... by mountainriver on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @09:27AM (#30842251)

Feel the same way as you, and I had to withdrawal as a child and now have mental disorders in the spectrum of schizophrenia. So anecdotally, I imagine that’s correct.

The loss of boundaries thing is very real, I know there are some upsides to it but most days it’s hard to not feel like a curse

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Re:Altruism under stress: cortisol negatively predicts chari... by catchclose8919 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @10:34AM (#30843047)

Just FYI "schizoid personality +/- disorder" has absolutely nothing to do with (the spectrum of) schizophrenia, they're about different things on different systems on different axes etc.

And yeah, psychologist REALLY suck at naming things!

And one of the reason to avoid ever discussing about "schizoid personality" with people who aren't trained psychologists since they're 90% likely to think you're talking about the wrong thing :|

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Re:Altruism under stress: cortisol negatively predicts chari... by krageon on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @10:42AM (#30843177)

There is a schizoid spectrum, which what people call "Schizophrenia" falls on. They do suck at naming things, that's a pretty fair point.

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Re:Altruism under stress: cortisol negatively predicts chari... by Der_Einzige on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @12:13PM (#30844479)

"schizoid" is just another word for "person with avoidant personality disorder"

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Re:Altruism under stress: cortisol negatively predicts chari... by Trasmatta on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @12:23PM (#30844623)

APD and SPD are not the same thing.

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Re:Altruism under stress: cortisol negatively predicts chari... by datavirtue on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:53PM (#30846064)

Cool. Now I know the name of my personality disorder. This whole time I thought I was normal.

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