Form: Multidimensional Schizotypy Scale, MSS-B

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Yes
No
1
Throughout my life I have noticed that I rarely feel strong positive or negative emotions.
2
I have sometimes felt that strangers were reading my mind.
3
My thoughts and behaviors are almost always disorganized.
4
In general, it is important for me to have close relationships with other people.
5
I often think that I hear people talking only to discover that there was no one there.
6
Most of the time I find it is very difficult to get my thoughts in order.
7
I have always preferred to be disconnected from the world.
8
I have felt that there were messages for me in the way things were arranged, like furniture in a room.
9
I often have difficulty following what someone is saying to me.
10
If given the choice, I would much rather be with another person than alone.
11
I believe that dreams have magical properties.
12
I often feel so mixed up that I have difficulty functioning.
13
Throughout my life, very few things have been exciting or interesting to me.
14
I sometimes wonder if there is a small group of people who can control everyone else's behavior.
15
My thoughts are so hazy and unclear that I wish that I could just reach up and put them into place.
16
Having close friends is not as important as people say.
17
I have had the momentary feeling that someone's place has been taken by a look-alike.
18
My thoughts and behaviors feel random and unfocused.
19
Generally I do not have many thoughts or emotions.
20
There are times when it feels like someone is touching me when no one is actually there.
21
No matter how hard I try, I can't organize my thoughts.
22
Throughout my life, I have had little interest in dating or being in a romantic relationship.
23
I have had experiences with seeing the future, ESP or a sixth sense.
24
I find that I am very often confused about what is going on around me.
25
Most of the time I feel a desire to be connected with other people.
26
I often worry that other people are out to get me.
27
People find my conversations to be confusing or hard to follow.
28
There are just not many things that I have ever really enjoyed doing.
29
Some people can make me aware of them just by thinking about me.
30
My thoughts are almost always hard to follow.
31
I generally am not interested in being emotionally close with others.
32
I believe that there are secret signs in the world if you just know how to look for them.
33
I often have difficulty organizing what I am supposed to be doing.
34
My emotions have almost always seemed flat regardless of what is going on around me.
35
I often worry that someone or something is controlling my behavior.
36
I have trouble following conversations with others.
37
Spending time with close friends and family is important to me.
38
At times I have wondered if my body was really my own.

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