schizoid personality disorder theory ganggg (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
idk why ppl think he's autistic.. definitely appears more like schizoid personality disorder to me
I doubt he'd go to therapy or get a diagnosis. From what I've heard going to therapy is looked down on in Korea.
I was going with autism cause people in the comments that are autistic stated they identified with him, idk
i think he has alexithymia
He has really strong emotions though, people with shizoid typically won't experience jealousy as intensely as Dojae does, nor those other emotions he does feel and express throughout the story.
But I will say because there's so little research on SPD and even less diagnoses because of how rare it is, there's no way we can know for certain. Maybe he is and we just don't know it yet
Everyone’s saying Dojae is autistic but I don’t think he is? He doesn’t have many traits of autism other than being unaware of social cues and lacking in emotional exchanges with other people, but also it’s a really wide spectrum and everyone I’ve met with autism expresses it differently. Another possibility is Schizoid Personality Disorder since he shows little to no interest or ability in forming relationships with others and he rarely expresses strong emotions. He could just be autistic and I’m overthinking it, however, it would help a lot if the author actually stated his diagnosis and showed him going to therapy or like talking to his mum about it in depth, but whatever it’s a manhwa so I shouldn’t expect it to be realistic. If y’all have any other ideas lmk I’m curious to see what other people think.