Posted by Dinah on May 15, 2004, at 15:59:00
In reply to Re: Obsessive Compulsive Personality » Dinah, posted by Questionmark on May 15, 2004, at 15:26:10
My husband has never been diagnosed, but he was reading my book on OCD once and shouted "Hey, This is me!!!" I took the book and saw that he was reading the chapter on OCPD, not OCD. And I strongly suspect he was right. :)
But the difference is that he doesn't see anything wrong with being that way. He suffers anxiety, I guess. But overall he thinks that *everyone* should have OCPD and the world would be a better place. He'll admit this himself, so I'm not talking behind his back.
This is why I congratulated you on wanting to change.
My information about CBT and OCPD came from one of the last grand rounds presentations (I think, maybe an earlier one) on CBT and outcome studies. It might have been the guest expert speaker for this board who never actually answered any questions. I remember it because it seemed intuitively logical.
I know that helpless feeling. Personality characteristics are hard to change. I find my own hard to change, no matter what good intentions I have. I think it takes time. A fair amount of time. I don't know how encouraging that is. :) But I still say recognizing that change is desirable is the biggest obstacle to overcome, and you've done that.
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