Personality is composed of thoughts, feelings and behaviour. The particular ways in which a person with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) thinks, feels and behaves interferes with their daily life. Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) involves exceptional perfectionism and a preoccupation with control and order. OCPD is found more in young adults than older adults. Only a quarter of people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) also have OCPD.

 

Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

The symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) are perfectionism and a preoccupation with details, lists and rules, which distract from the point or completion of a task. A person with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is rigid, stubborn and reluctant to delegate tasks. Personality Disorders (PD), including Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), are either seen as a mental health problem, or a label for behaviour that is not considered ‘normal’.

Causes of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

The causes of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) can be related to caution, childhood abuse, indecisiveness, miserliness, panic disorder, pedantry, physical abuse, and parenting that involved psychological manipulation and control, emotional coldness, punishment and guilt inducement. Risk factors for developing Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) include being a young adult, a low socioeconomic status, and being divorced, never married, separated, or widowed.

 

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