Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)
It is easy to spot an Obsessive-Compulsive. They are constantly drawing up and dreaming up lists, rules, orders, rituals, and organizational schemes.
| Comments on article "Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)" |
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Views and Comments | Date |
| Rose Irmersh |
My own experience of OCPD is based on my work as a psychotherapist (retired now) and doctoral researcher, as well as my study of message boards and support forums. The profile suggested most commonly omits 'disinhibition' - the tendency to violence within a close relationship where thwarted, a tendency to depression (suicidal sometimes), logorrhoeia, wackiness, refusal to listen, and often quite a fiery nature, rather than that of being cold and aloof. Certainly they are emotionally unavailable. The most significant characteristic is shared with Asperger's syndrome - they have no idea how the minds of other people work. There is a book out for downloading by Dr Daniel, called Tightrope Walking All You Need to Know About Perfectionism. |
8/9/2008 |
| elle |
i think you nailed it. I live with one ... |
1/31/2008 |
| Robert |
one more comment: there is a sliding-scale of OCPD. I for one tend to be one, but am open enough to give others a chance... |
12/11/2007 |
| Robert |
There is a difference between 'tendencies' and 'outcomes'. These types of essays fail to distinguish that many persons with OCPD realize there is a problem and make attempts at a solution. Worse are persons like Mallinger, whose mass-marketed books appear aimed at the 'alpha male' and make far too many presumptions: that one is male, married, white-collar, with children, with money, etc. For shame! |
12/11/2007 |
| McNicholas Mari |
What do you think of a person who throws away objects that don't belong to her, and deny it, and this on a regular basis? Ex books, cassettes belonging to her husband, a jacket belonging to me. She hates disorder and picks up anything lying around in the living room. What sort of disorder isthis? |
10/2/2007 |
| Bree |
I read this article and a frightening chill ran down my spine. OCPD characteristics fit my mother to a "T". For years family friends have jokingly called her "anal" and for years I have felt the misery of her wrath. I always knew something wasn't quite "right", but I dare never say anything. It has gotten so bad that recently I have cosidered cutting off all ties with my mother, I almost feel like I need a support group to deal with her after a simple phone conversation. What should I do???????? |
8/2/2007 |
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