Episode 356 - Growing up with Schizoid Personality Disorder with Blair Sorrel

January 30, 2026
The Jōrni Podcast
Episode 356 - Growing up with Schizoid Personality Disorder with Blair Sorrel

This episode contains adult subject matter and some listeners may be triggered by this content. Listener discretion is advised.

What does it feel like to know something is profoundly wrong but have no language for the pain, to spend decades being told to just try harder when the very act of trying pushes you further into isolation? Some of us carry defenses formed so early in childhood that we mistake them for who we are, and those protective patterns become the walls that keep out everything we think we want.

The belief that the right job or relationship will finally fix us falls apart when the condition itself blocks our ability to get close enough to anyone or anything that might help. Some wounds stay invisible until they are why we cannot keep a job, cannot leave home, or cannot care for our own needs, and recognition is what turns decades of confusion into something we can finally work with.

BLAIR SORREL

Blair Sorrel is an author, innovator, and animal lover. She was Free Time’s “Dollarwise Dilettante” columnist, Together Dating Service’s matchmaker, and New York Blood Services’ apheresis recruiter. She founded StreetZaps to protect dogs and people from stray voltage, and was the first community representative invited by Con Edison to their annual Jodie S. Lane Stray Voltage Detection, Mitigation, and Prevention National Conference. Her memoir is A Schizoid at Smith: How Overparenting Leads to Underachieving.

RESOURCES
https://www.rockingtributes.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/blair-sorrel-808a5034/

A Schizoid at Smith - Book
https://www.amazon.com/Schizoid-Smith-Overparenting-Leads-Underachieving/dp/1639889272/

THE JORNI RESOURCES
https://thejornipodcast.com for show notes
https://thejorniblog.com for more holistic healing and mental health resources
https://thejorni.com

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