Is it normal that I don't enjoy physical contact?

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  • Research Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD). See a counselor.

    EDIT: For the ease of future readers, this is from the Wiki.

    DSM IV describes SPD as

    A. A pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings, beginning by early adulthood (age eighteen or older) and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:
    -Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, including being part of a family
    -Almost always chooses solitary activities
    -Has little, if any, interest in having sexual experiences with another person
    -Takes pleasure in few, if any, activities
    -Lacks close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives
    -Appears indifferent to the praise or criticism of others
    -Shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affect

    B. Does not occur exclusively during the course of schizophrenia, a mood disorder with psychotic features, another psychotic disorder, or a pervasive developmental disorder and is not due to the direct physiological effects of a general medical condition.

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