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1. preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the

extent that the major point of the activity is lost

a) They give too much attention to trivial things, which makes their normal

routines difficult to follow.

b) For example, some people affected by OCPD feel the need to be

obsessively clean and organized.

c) While many are indeed clean and orderly; even those who aren’t feel

the need to set up systems to maintain cleanliness, whether they

actually follow through with it or not.

2. perfectionism that interferes with task completion

a) According to Dr. Steven Phillipson, getting things right and avoiding any

possibility of a mistakeis very important to them.

b) Due to this, they are often indecisive and procrastinate.

c) Since making the right choice is so important, making even simple

choices become a nightmare.

d) Their indecision often holds them back in life, for example, if they

needed to find a job, if given too many choices, they can’t choose any,

because none are just perfect.

e) And since always making the right choice is impossible, it becomes

regular source of discontent.

f) They hold themselves to very high standards which they can’t possibly

live up to. When they fail, they hate themselves, and become

depressed.

g) According to professors at the Department of Psychiatry at Brown

University, they are generally pessimistic and depressed, sometimes to

the point of suicide.

3. overly stubborn and inflexible about matters of morality, ethics, or values, and

about having things done exactly their way

a) People with OCPD view all actions as either wrong or right, there is no in

between. Of course, the person with OCPD is always right.

b) People with OCPD also always feel the need to be “right,” which affects

their personal relationships.

c) They need to be in control; when they aren’t, they withdraw

emotionally.

d) According to the cognitive model of personality disorders, they think of

themselves as responsible and hardworking.

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