timorous schizotypal

timorous schizotypal (not comparable)

1. (psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the two subtypes of schizotypal personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes avoidant and passive-aggressive features

• Warily apprehensive, watchful, suspicious, guarded, shrinking, deadens excess sensitivity; alienated from self and others; intentionally blocks, reverses, or disqualifies own thoughts.

• These subtypes are not recognized by the DSM-5 or ICD-11.
• Any individual with schizotypal personality disorder may exhibit either none or one of the different subtypes (Millon believes pure personality variants to be rare; instead, personalities typically manifest as a blend of a primary type with a secondary subtype)

• insipid schizotypal