Does anyone else here have Schizotypal Personality Disorder?

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I was professionally diagnosed a few months ago, and when I read the symptoms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizotypa ... y_disorder

...it really does seem to fit me.

I have these very weird categorized, stereotyped thoughts that drive me crazy like:

-"People with British accents are usually smarter."
-"People with liberal political views tend to be under the care of other people (e.g teenagers living with their parents)."
-"Learning Latin is a smarter decision than learning Spanish (even though it's less practical) because of reasons like: 'Latin is connected to every Romance language, while Spanish isn't."
-"To be very good at programming requires autism."
-"Teachers are often liberal, because they don't want to play by the rules in the corporate world."

I also often worry about things that may happen to me, like:

-"Becoming homeless for getting less than perfect marks at school."
-"I will have to lie more often in the future to make my real reputation less known to others."

Sometimes I wish I was normal, but sometimes I recognize that these "disorders" I have tend to have benefits by usually driving me away from harmful things, or making me able to predict the future to a degree.

I've never been diagnosed with any schizophrenic spectrum disorder, though I can relate to quite a few of the symptoms.

If it makes you feel any better, nearly everybody has strange and stereotyped thoughts. We live in a very stereotyping society and thus are more inclined to produce stereotypes.

For example, I tend to stereotype corporations with having alternative motives, even though I logically know that this is not always the case.

I hope that you can find peace and comfort with your condition. As you said, every neurological arrangement has the potential to produce greatness.

Schizotypal PD has nothing to do with stereotyping things. Stereotyped speech I believe means odd speech. Schizotypal symptoms are basically symptoms of mild psychosis such as unusual perceptions and beliefs, and trouble thinking clearly. Stereotyping is unrealated and can be a very bad habit because they are often incorrect beliefs such as "all autistic people are savants and can't speak." Theres exceptions to everything.