Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD). What is it?
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Date: 2023-08-20
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kira
ive had ocpd for as long as i can remember, after i got diagnosed and researched more into it, i realised that it was the first mental illness i ever presented. I was always controlling of how i wanted things to be and got extremely emotional when they didnt go the way i wanted them too, even as young as 5 years old. I would start planning things months before they would happen just so i would have time to go over every possible way they could go wrong and ways i could counter it. It was never really destructive to my everyday life until i got into primary school and started doings things like group assignments, where other people would constantly let me down so i would often just volunteer to do the whole thing myself so that it would be up to my standard. I slowly developed different obsessions and compulsions over the years, the way the dishwasher was stacked, the order in which i put my school uniform on, and other everyday activities. I would become irrationally upset when my compulsion was interrupted or wasnt done the correct way, i was so obsessed that i would start the whole thing over, no matter how long it took me. I was known to completely unstack the dishwasher before it was put on to wash if the dishes werent rinsed and stacked properly, or throw out a piece of toast and make a new one if the bread went into the toaster the wrong way. When i was 16 it became completely life ruining and would take up hours of my day, each day. I would spend 30 minutes doing my hair, a total of an hour doing compulsions with my hands, etc. My mum finally took me to see a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with anxiety and ocpd with ocd tendencies, and put me on antidepressants. It immediately helped and seeing her regularly to work on making my obsessions and compulsions less severe really helped. Its not been the easiest on my relationships with other people though, my ocpd has always put a serious strain on my relationships with my mum and my older sister, because they never understood why i was like this, and still sometimes says its irrational and i should just ignore it, but i cant. Its very hard for people surrounding someone with ocpd, as well as the person suffering from ocpd
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ive had ocpd for as long as i can remember, after i got diagnosed and researched more into it, i realised that it was the first mental illness i ever presented. I was always controlling of how i wanted things to be and got extremely emotional when they didnt go the way i wanted them too, even as young as 5 years old. I would start planning things months before they would happen just so i would have time to go over every possible way they could go wrong and ways i could counter it. It was never really destructive to my everyday life until i got into primary school and started doings things like group assignments, where other people would constantly let me down so i would often just volunteer to do the whole thing myself so that it would be up to my standard. I slowly developed different obsessions and compulsions over the years, the way the dishwasher was stacked, the order in which i put my school uniform on, and other everyday activities. I would become irrationally upset when my compulsion was interrupted or wasnt done the correct way, i was so obsessed that i would start the whole thing over, no matter how long it took me. I was known to completely unstack the dishwasher before it was put on to wash if the dishes werent rinsed and stacked properly, or throw out a piece of toast and make a new one if the bread went into the toaster the wrong way. When i was 16 it became completely life ruining and would take up hours of my day, each day. I would spend 30 minutes doing my hair, a total of an hour doing compulsions with my hands, etc. My mum finally took me to see a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with anxiety and ocpd with ocd tendencies, and put me on antidepressants. It immediately helped and seeing her regularly to work on making my obsessions and compulsions less severe really helped. Its not been the easiest on my relationships with other people though, my ocpd has always put a serious strain on my relationships with my mum and my older sister, because they never understood why i was like this, and still sometimes says its irrational and i should just ignore it, but i cant. Its very hard for people surrounding someone with ocpd, as well as the person suffering from ocpd
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DosBear
Everything is not a disorder. These are all just traits of being a human being and very normal. Some people just have a natural need to be in control and others want nothing to do with it. Opposites often attract for this reason, much like a magnet. The mistake is when you attempt to make others conform to the way you are as opposed to just accepting one anothers strengths and weakness's, whatever they may be. I certainly have no interest in being changed to suit what another person thinks so why would I impose that on them? If something annoys you, then simply inform that person in a polite and respectful way, otherwise, do it yourself and stop with the expectation that they are responsible to fill your needs. Healthy relationships are not supposed to be work. You either enjoy one another's company or you don't. If you don't, then stop wasting your time and theirs and move on. People don't change to accommodate others and as a matter of fact it is you that must adjust if you want to be happy. If something is a disorder then you were very aware of it going in and have no right to expect change regardless. You can't fix broken, nor should you try. Love a person for who they are & not what you expect them to be.
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Everything is not a disorder. These are all just traits of being a human being and very normal. Some people just have a natural need to be in control and others want nothing to do with it. Opposites often attract for this reason, much like a magnet. The mistake is when you attempt to make others conform to the way you are as opposed to just accepting one anothers strengths and weakness's, whatever they may be. I certainly have no interest in being changed to suit what another person thinks so why would I impose that on them? If something annoys you, then simply inform that person in a polite and respectful way, otherwise, do it yourself and stop with the expectation that they are responsible to fill your needs. Healthy relationships are not supposed to be work. You either enjoy one another's company or you don't. If you don't, then stop wasting your time and theirs and move on. People don't change to accommodate others and as a matter of fact it is you that must adjust if you want to be happy. If something is a disorder then you were very aware of it going in and have no right to expect change regardless. You can't fix broken, nor should you try. Love a person for who they are & not what you expect them to be.
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Gracie
Ive always known I dont have OCD, as I have no little routines I have to get just right to continue one my day. But OCPD does interest me, as I feel that the fact that it grows from environmental factors intrigues me because of things I have noticed from a certain point. Entering 8th grade, I noticed many changes, the main one in school. I had to get a 4. 0, otherwise I would absolutely spiral and beat myself up. I obsess about it to this day. This all started when my dads health was declining, so I think I clung on to the perfection of school as a coping mechanism. But from that, I have to do everything perfect or I will be angry and isolate myself from others. When my dad died a year after this started up, everything stopped for a bit and then it picked back up. I have been told and criticized that I need to relax more, and that my personality can be isolating. I dont know what this is exactly defined as, unless its just extreme perfectionism, but it definitely not easy to deal with.
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Ive always known I dont have OCD, as I have no little routines I have to get just right to continue one my day. But OCPD does interest me, as I feel that the fact that it grows from environmental factors intrigues me because of things I have noticed from a certain point. Entering 8th grade, I noticed many changes, the main one in school. I had to get a 4. 0, otherwise I would absolutely spiral and beat myself up. I obsess about it to this day. This all started when my dads health was declining, so I think I clung on to the perfection of school as a coping mechanism. But from that, I have to do everything perfect or I will be angry and isolate myself from others. When my dad died a year after this started up, everything stopped for a bit and then it picked back up. I have been told and criticized that I need to relax more, and that my personality can be isolating. I dont know what this is exactly defined as, unless its just extreme perfectionism, but it definitely not easy to deal with.
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goo.
I feel like I have minor narcolepsy. I'm always tired during the day, but I can't take naps. It's impossible for me. I can't sleep when it's too bright, there's too many sounds, and. I don't know. My body just says no. But my eyes always feel tired, and I yawn a lot. And when I'm tired, I get headaches. When my headaches are bad enough, it hurts my stomach (almost everything hurts my stomach, and when my stomach hurts, I don't eat out of fear of vomiting. Then I get all scared for no reason, sometimes I start making up these things in my head. Like in school, I was bored and suddenly this clip of my drowning in an ocean, trying to reach the shore and screaming. I held back tears while hearing my screams, and struggled to push the clip aside. My mind is weird, and it causes me to do weird things. Sometimes I'd be typing like how I am right now, and I'd just fall asleep with my eyes open, but my body can still do things like type, eat, walk, etc. Now that is something I need help with.
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I feel like I have minor narcolepsy. I'm always tired during the day, but I can't take naps. It's impossible for me. I can't sleep when it's too bright, there's too many sounds, and. I don't know. My body just says no. But my eyes always feel tired, and I yawn a lot. And when I'm tired, I get headaches. When my headaches are bad enough, it hurts my stomach (almost everything hurts my stomach, and when my stomach hurts, I don't eat out of fear of vomiting. Then I get all scared for no reason, sometimes I start making up these things in my head. Like in school, I was bored and suddenly this clip of my drowning in an ocean, trying to reach the shore and screaming. I held back tears while hearing my screams, and struggled to push the clip aside. My mind is weird, and it causes me to do weird things. Sometimes I'd be typing like how I am right now, and I'd just fall asleep with my eyes open, but my body can still do things like type, eat, walk, etc. Now that is something I need help with.
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syazy
i dont know when it started, but im sure its been a few years since i started developing ocpd symptoms. ive always done everything in a perfect order, i hoard a lot of possessions (coins, containers, plastic bags, yeah u name it, and because im too worried about details i always end up not completing my works/assignments on time and end up procrastinating too: ( i also follow some sort of routines and rules whenever i have a chore to do, and my family members have been saying that i have ocd because of this. its only recently that i started researching on ocd & ocpd, and i want to get an official diagnosis on it. but it seems like my parents would probably not allow me to: ( and in my country here, if u have some sort of a mental health problem, its really difficult for u to get into college or get a job i just felt like writing all of this here, because im too scared to talk about this with people that i know personally irl
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i dont know when it started, but im sure its been a few years since i started developing ocpd symptoms. ive always done everything in a perfect order, i hoard a lot of possessions (coins, containers, plastic bags, yeah u name it, and because im too worried about details i always end up not completing my works/assignments on time and end up procrastinating too: ( i also follow some sort of routines and rules whenever i have a chore to do, and my family members have been saying that i have ocd because of this. its only recently that i started researching on ocd & ocpd, and i want to get an official diagnosis on it. but it seems like my parents would probably not allow me to: ( and in my country here, if u have some sort of a mental health problem, its really difficult for u to get into college or get a job i just felt like writing all of this here, because im too scared to talk about this with people that i know personally irl
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bubble_gum_witch
I always had this huge need to be the best at everything I do. Doesn't matter if it's a new thing or something I'm good at. I always had and wanted to be the number one. And if I wasn't I would feel awful, completely miserable, Id literally hate myself and It would affect and bother me. It's really unhealthy and it's bothering me every day. Constantly comparing myself to everyone, It got to a point where I couldn't hang out with my best friend cause I thought she was prettier than me. I quit singing cause I thought people were better than me. I kinda toned it down a bit now but still. I feel really disgusting about it, and i hate it but Id do anything to fix it, and work on myself. Idk what caused this but my family and my childhood were pretty toxic and not healthy either, I was diagnosed with OCD and I was always a perfectionist. I acknowledge my problem, I know I have to stop it, but I just can't.
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I always had this huge need to be the best at everything I do. Doesn't matter if it's a new thing or something I'm good at. I always had and wanted to be the number one. And if I wasn't I would feel awful, completely miserable, Id literally hate myself and It would affect and bother me. It's really unhealthy and it's bothering me every day. Constantly comparing myself to everyone, It got to a point where I couldn't hang out with my best friend cause I thought she was prettier than me. I quit singing cause I thought people were better than me. I kinda toned it down a bit now but still. I feel really disgusting about it, and i hate it but Id do anything to fix it, and work on myself. Idk what caused this but my family and my childhood were pretty toxic and not healthy either, I was diagnosed with OCD and I was always a perfectionist. I acknowledge my problem, I know I have to stop it, but I just can't.
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Lyn
My father and his siblings got ocpd but they dont know, they think they are normal like that, and we, their children, got it from them, none of them has diagnosed with ocpd cuz they dont believe in therapy, but I felt that there is something wrong with and went to therapy without anyone knowing and got diagnosed with ocpd, after learning and reading about it, I realized that most of us had it, and all of us thought its normal! Like thats a disaster, knowing nothing about ourselves and our situations
And the problem is that that my father and his siblings are raising and teaching their children in their way of thinking, but their thinking is troubled by ocpd, and thats why a lot of my young cousins are going through a lot of stress and anxiety, they are starting to get ocpd, and I cant do anything about it and it hurts
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My father and his siblings got ocpd but they dont know, they think they are normal like that, and we, their children, got it from them, none of them has diagnosed with ocpd cuz they dont believe in therapy, but I felt that there is something wrong with and went to therapy without anyone knowing and got diagnosed with ocpd, after learning and reading about it, I realized that most of us had it, and all of us thought its normal! Like thats a disaster, knowing nothing about ourselves and our situations
And the problem is that that my father and his siblings are raising and teaching their children in their way of thinking, but their thinking is troubled by ocpd, and thats why a lot of my young cousins are going through a lot of stress and anxiety, they are starting to get ocpd, and I cant do anything about it and it hurts
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Athens
Another very important trait of the OCPD people is STINGYNESS.
They hate to spend on anything which is not a necessity,
Luxury is a big no no.
Comfort often takes the back seat.
Taking money out oftheir purse is like taking out their heart from their rib cage.
They dont express their feelings, or emotions even with their partners and kids. It is very frustrating to be in an emotionless relationship.
They dont verbally appreciate anything done by their partners or children.
That becomes highly de motivating for kids, who expect some kind of appriciation for their achievements, however small the achievement may be.
It is very difficult to make them understand thier personality disorder because, they always think they are perfect, everyone else isn't.
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Another very important trait of the OCPD people is STINGYNESS.
They hate to spend on anything which is not a necessity,
Luxury is a big no no.
Comfort often takes the back seat.
Taking money out oftheir purse is like taking out their heart from their rib cage.
They dont express their feelings, or emotions even with their partners and kids. It is very frustrating to be in an emotionless relationship.
They dont verbally appreciate anything done by their partners or children.
That becomes highly de motivating for kids, who expect some kind of appriciation for their achievements, however small the achievement may be.
It is very difficult to make them understand thier personality disorder because, they always think they are perfect, everyone else isn't.
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WeirdosAreNormal
Hello! Psych2Go! Sorry if I spelled that wrong- but can you maybe do a video about OTS (obsessive twiddling syndrome) or OTD (obsessive twiddling disorder)? If you try to look it up, most of the time it will show up as OCD, but I dont think its OCD- Ill explain what OTD and OTS is, its quite similar. Take your thumb and your pointer finger, rub them together. I do this a lot, but I normally run it in between satin, and other fabrics. Ive been doing it maybe since I was born! It could possibly go throughout my whole life. I do it with almost any type of string that is the correct (type) of fabric.
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Hello! Psych2Go! Sorry if I spelled that wrong- but can you maybe do a video about OTS (obsessive twiddling syndrome) or OTD (obsessive twiddling disorder)? If you try to look it up, most of the time it will show up as OCD, but I dont think its OCD- Ill explain what OTD and OTS is, its quite similar. Take your thumb and your pointer finger, rub them together. I do this a lot, but I normally run it in between satin, and other fabrics. Ive been doing it maybe since I was born! It could possibly go throughout my whole life. I do it with almost any type of string that is the correct (type) of fabric.
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education
I had this all my life and never knew it transparently affected huge decisions. I finally got treated for it with basic anti depressants and also much better being conscious of it. It is absolutely a curse and a blessing but I would be careful with that thought, any hard work and obsess of perfection in achieving is done in utmost pain, through compulsive decisions (quitting school getting a job to accomplish xyz project for example, like I did. But you get there, we get it done. I am willing to bet that many famous extremely hard working artists have this as well.
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I had this all my life and never knew it transparently affected huge decisions. I finally got treated for it with basic anti depressants and also much better being conscious of it. It is absolutely a curse and a blessing but I would be careful with that thought, any hard work and obsess of perfection in achieving is done in utmost pain, through compulsive decisions (quitting school getting a job to accomplish xyz project for example, like I did. But you get there, we get it done. I am willing to bet that many famous extremely hard working artists have this as well.
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psych2go
As someone who is pretty sure they have O. C. P. D, Im a bit disappointed from this video. Of course, its great to get some coverage on this seemingly unknown mental illness, but I feel this video doesnt focus on the right parts of the disorder. I feel it shouldve covered O. C. P. D. from the person with the disorders perspective, instead of how it affects their possible partner. It also doesnt seem to be filled with a lot of information on the different types of symptoms. But, however, you guys tried your best, so, I guess, thank you for the video, anyway.
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As someone who is pretty sure they have O. C. P. D, Im a bit disappointed from this video. Of course, its great to get some coverage on this seemingly unknown mental illness, but I feel this video doesnt focus on the right parts of the disorder. I feel it shouldve covered O. C. P. D. from the person with the disorders perspective, instead of how it affects their possible partner. It also doesnt seem to be filled with a lot of information on the different types of symptoms. But, however, you guys tried your best, so, I guess, thank you for the video, anyway.
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Kass
My mom has all four of these and she was born in the time when they didn't know what the disorder was and she's gotten so sick and toxic that it's become impossible for all of us she's been to numerous of therapists and psychiatrist and she doesn't cooperate with them so she remains to get worse and worse over time we've tried everything she won't even take medicine so I think she's a domineering part and the procrastinator part and the hoarder part and she does try to please as well it's been stressful for all of us we still love her though
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My mom has all four of these and she was born in the time when they didn't know what the disorder was and she's gotten so sick and toxic that it's become impossible for all of us she's been to numerous of therapists and psychiatrist and she doesn't cooperate with them so she remains to get worse and worse over time we've tried everything she won't even take medicine so I think she's a domineering part and the procrastinator part and the hoarder part and she does try to please as well it's been stressful for all of us we still love her though
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education
I'm suffering from some kind of weird excessive compulsion. One example is that whenever I'm putting on my earphones I rotate them until the extension to the wire touches my earlobe and then push it back 4 times. Then I push the earphones inside my ear 12 times. If the earphones doesn't feel simmetrical or both ears doesn't feel the same pressure, I'll repeat those steps over and over.
I don't know if this classifies as OCD or if it's just an overly excessive perfectionism, but it is so annoying and time wasting.
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I'm suffering from some kind of weird excessive compulsion. One example is that whenever I'm putting on my earphones I rotate them until the extension to the wire touches my earlobe and then push it back 4 times. Then I push the earphones inside my ear 12 times. If the earphones doesn't feel simmetrical or both ears doesn't feel the same pressure, I'll repeat those steps over and over.
I don't know if this classifies as OCD or if it's just an overly excessive perfectionism, but it is so annoying and time wasting.
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Monipulator3216
I'm not one who ever self-diagnoses himself. However, my whole family says I very much likely have it, and sent me this. I suck with being there for people around me. Lost many relationships due to being demanding at work. All I ask is for people to clean up after themselves. I stay quiet and never sit down when I'm working. I get nervous. To the point where I am always looking at a camera thinking my bosses are looking at me not doing anything.
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I'm not one who ever self-diagnoses himself. However, my whole family says I very much likely have it, and sent me this. I suck with being there for people around me. Lost many relationships due to being demanding at work. All I ask is for people to clean up after themselves. I stay quiet and never sit down when I'm working. I get nervous. To the point where I am always looking at a camera thinking my bosses are looking at me not doing anything.
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Teresanya00
I was diagnosed with OCPD this week. Learning more about it and reassessing my life makes me think why did I not notice it? But at the same time, I have always just been trying to do my best. Any mistake could affect other people is some sort of way. how can I not do it? I know I can a whole day in a 1 hour task but at least it is done properly.
It is hard trying to wrap my head around what is right and what may be a symptom of OCPD
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I was diagnosed with OCPD this week. Learning more about it and reassessing my life makes me think why did I not notice it? But at the same time, I have always just been trying to do my best. Any mistake could affect other people is some sort of way. how can I not do it? I know I can a whole day in a 1 hour task but at least it is done properly.
It is hard trying to wrap my head around what is right and what may be a symptom of OCPD
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DEAD
I was told I had an athletes mind. I would go over the technique to win over and over. Led me to insomnia. I v been told my behavior was always an issue. I could never see it because I felt They are ignorant or mislead in my beliefs I want them to actually succeed with my foot in their ass leading they way. Crazy how this disorder has led me to a physical phenomenon but my brain wont let me do shit.
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I was told I had an athletes mind. I would go over the technique to win over and over. Led me to insomnia. I v been told my behavior was always an issue. I could never see it because I felt They are ignorant or mislead in my beliefs I want them to actually succeed with my foot in their ass leading they way. Crazy how this disorder has led me to a physical phenomenon but my brain wont let me do shit.
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hapihaze
i wish pages would stop just associating OCD with absolute cleaning wich is man-made. What about hair pulling? and the other types of OCD related things, switches on and off and all that >___< everyone thinks they have OCD due to being able to want to clean stuff. wich is brilliant id love to swap for that. like its not that bad inless its severeee. or 'neat' arghhhh.
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i wish pages would stop just associating OCD with absolute cleaning wich is man-made. What about hair pulling? and the other types of OCD related things, switches on and off and all that >___< everyone thinks they have OCD due to being able to want to clean stuff. wich is brilliant id love to swap for that. like its not that bad inless its severeee. or 'neat' arghhhh.
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Elizabeth
Lots of good info, just hard to understand which things pertained to me. My mom & I have OCDP not sure if is hereditary or I just learned it from birth. It has definitely made my relationships hard. Although I learned about this problem at 50 and have done excessive therapy I sadly believe it all came to late in my life to do much good.
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Lots of good info, just hard to understand which things pertained to me. My mom & I have OCDP not sure if is hereditary or I just learned it from birth. It has definitely made my relationships hard. Although I learned about this problem at 50 and have done excessive therapy I sadly believe it all came to late in my life to do much good.
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Jade
Hi, I'm definitely a little late for this but could you guys please do a video on the difference between OCPD and rigidity as a symptom of Generalized Anxiety Disorder? I've been diagnosed with the latter, but always felt like I display a lot of OCPD traits. (For reference, I also have inattentive ADHD, and undiagnosed/untreated trauma)
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Hi, I'm definitely a little late for this but could you guys please do a video on the difference between OCPD and rigidity as a symptom of Generalized Anxiety Disorder? I've been diagnosed with the latter, but always felt like I display a lot of OCPD traits. (For reference, I also have inattentive ADHD, and undiagnosed/untreated trauma)
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Maya
As someone who was just diagnosed with OCPD this video was super unhelpful. I was expecting ways to manage the need for control, the rigidness, the guilt behind all of this. The title suggests you are going to describe it, but the video is basically about how destructive it is in relationships.
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As someone who was just diagnosed with OCPD this video was super unhelpful. I was expecting ways to manage the need for control, the rigidness, the guilt behind all of this. The title suggests you are going to describe it, but the video is basically about how destructive it is in relationships.
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Loki
Why is it focusing on people with ocpd that are in relationships like its clearly meaning romantic relationships what about the people that are single and have toxic people around them cuz they can't escape then or. Just the single people liek we all aren't in relationships
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Why is it focusing on people with ocpd that are in relationships like its clearly meaning romantic relationships what about the people that are single and have toxic people around them cuz they can't escape then or. Just the single people liek we all aren't in relationships
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Aida
I had no idea this was a thing. and I've joked all my life that I was OCD, but looking into it, i see myself having some OCPD traits instead. It's crazy to think that I obsses about things because I believe the way I do it is better. and to me that was completely normal.
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I had no idea this was a thing. and I've joked all my life that I was OCD, but looking into it, i see myself having some OCPD traits instead. It's crazy to think that I obsses about things because I believe the way I do it is better. and to me that was completely normal.
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Grace
I would really love to see a video about OCPD that doesn't have a comment section taken over by people with OCD who don't realise that this video is not about them. OCPD is not OCD. Let people with OCPD have a space of their own without making it all about you.
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I would really love to see a video about OCPD that doesn't have a comment section taken over by people with OCD who don't realise that this video is not about them. OCPD is not OCD. Let people with OCPD have a space of their own without making it all about you.
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self diagnose
PERSONALITY disorders
theyre the hardest to diagnose as its the PERSONALITY and normally need a consistent therapist for 8+ months to diagnose
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dont
use
these
videos
to
self diagnose
PERSONALITY disorders
theyre the hardest to diagnose as its the PERSONALITY and normally need a consistent therapist for 8+ months to diagnose
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BinleyFeech267
I have a sort of memory OCD where I have to remember things and retain lots of info so I know a lot of useless info but it is also like the lights on and off and constantly checking things.
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I have a sort of memory OCD where I have to remember things and retain lots of info so I know a lot of useless info but it is also like the lights on and off and constantly checking things.
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