Here Khan remarks „...in the course of the treatment it became gradually clear that behind a façade of excessive sociability and venturesomeness as well as random and frequent sexual episodes these patients had lived all their life... in a secretive and adamantly rejective state of withdrawal from all objects as well as from their environment.” p. 70., Jeffreya SeinfeldaJ. Seinfeld ‘The Empty Core’. Seinfeld writes: „The schizoid may also seem to be sociable and involved in relationships. However, he is frequently playing a role and not ‘fully’ involved, unconsciously disowning this role...”. i Philipa ManfieldaPhilip Manfield 'Split Self, Split Object’. Manfield writes: „Not all schizoids keep away from people. It is not people that schizoids avoid, but emotional intimacy, self disclosure, and emotions both positive and negative.” p.207., którzy opisali przykłady osób charakteryzujących się osobowością schizoidalną, czerpiących satysfakcję z regularnych publicznych wystąpień, wykazujących jednak poważne problemy, gdy osoby z publiczności próbowały odnieść się do ich emocjonalnościPhilip Manfield 'Split Self, Split Object’. p.