Schizoid Personality Disorder and a life of challenge

Blair Sorrel shares her journey of living with Schizoid Personality Disorder and learning to accept and love herself. She undercovers further elements of her life growing up in a family of origin where she experienced ridicule leading to low self-worth, social anxiety and a debilitating fear of authority figures.



She explores a home life with “poor parenting” which undermined her academic and career disappointments. She reflects on the importance of nurturing caregivers to allow the flourishing of Intelligence and genetics toward success. In her book, “A Schizoid at Smith: How Over Parenting Leads to Underachieving” Blair Sorrel takes us through the combined impact of poor parenting along with a diagnosis of Schizoid Personality Disorder.



Listen to our conversation with author Blair Sorrel as we navigate her struggles to succeed within a context of Schizoid Personality Disorder and a home life that left her feelings unsupported and not accepted.



Blair Sorrel is an author, creator, and animal enthusiast. She served as the “Dollarwise Dilettante” columnist for Free Time, the matchmaker for Together Dating Service, and the apheresis recruiter for New York Blood Services. She established StreetZaps to safeguard dogs and humans from stray voltage, becoming the initial community representative invited by Con Edison to their annual Jodie S. Lane Stray Voltage Detection, Mitigation, and Prevention National Conference.



Blair Sorrel’s memoir raises awareness of the mysterious ailment that is Schizoid Personality Disorder. The majority of the book takes place in the 1960s taking a comedic and hopeful perspective.

Listen to our conversation with Blair Sorrel to learn how she shaped her own life and defined success on her own terms.

If you are interested in learning about Blair Sorrel’s unique life, this podcast is for you.


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