How would all schizoids know that? Psychic ability?
I would differ on the subject of depression. I can treat depression, I can't treat psychic ability. The condition of being psychic should for all intents have a way of being proven. Schizoidal tendencies appear with recognizable symptoms yet psychic ability is devoid on all accounts of any. An individual may possess this remarkable skill but can't prove it to a soul. Just one correct psychic claim should be enough to warrant that claim being called a symptom at least. IOW a symptom of psychic ability would be making indisputable claims of a paranormal nature. Nothing of this sort has ever been recorded. IMO they have the skill the same way an psychosomatic individual has phantom pain.
Possibly it is worth exploring the issue of instinctive self defense that occurs when someone feels their inner sanctuary [ private mind space] is being exploited or invaded.
Psychic telepathy, mindreading etc all look good on television and movies but in real life it inspires an immediate and rather ruthless instinctive mental and sometimes physical response from the person being read with out their conscious consent.
So a guy or gal who has the gift is walking down the street thinking nothing about what he is sensing but the victims are all firing away like crazy to stop him/her gaining any useful information and will automatically discredit him if he does.
In a controlled environment the normal psych entanglement is broken because deliberate attempts at telepathy generate a desire to impart change or influence beyond that which is normally accepted by the parties involved [ we all accept a degree of psychic influence] which causes the innate entanglement to break down. [not unlike quantum entanglement in physics.] So most cases of telepathic experiences only occur instinctively or intuitively and rarely deliberately with volition.
So at present telepathy can not be proven in any useful manner as it involves the persons innate instinctive defenses against being deliberately influenced or controlled in a psychic manner.
In the conscious world it is akin to an act of war and in the psychic world it is no different.
I have recently discovered just how intense the body reacts to invasion of sanctuary by finding that death by asthmatic convulsion can be the bodies reaction to such serious forms of invasions. The body will instinctively attempt to kill itself before surrendering it's self-determination to any one. So strong is this reaction against a persons innate free will. [ a study is currently under way on a possible therapy that may aid in remedying the asthmatic condition with the above in mind]
One of the reasons I have posted is to test that therapy because the last time I ventured onto this forum it nearly killed me. [ and I haven't splatted blood all over my monitor yet on this occassion]
just my take on it ....
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