This blog addresses the topic of OCPD frequently and often with anecdotes to highlight the lived experience of the disorder. The thing about OCPD though, like many mental illnesses, is that the straightforward diagnostic criteria can make the disorder seem more monolithic than it is. Quickly, the current diagnostic criteria for OCPD are as follows… Continue reading One Man’s OCPD: An Atheist’s* Faith
Tag: Mental Health
An Escapist’s Tale of OCPD (or What Makes a Good Man?)
I have memories of walking around my college campus before evening class in the autumn. I was still using a portable CD player, and my regulars at the time were Alicia Keys' new As I Am album and Norah Jones' Not Too Late. I strolled and sat in the crisp air, listening to the music,… Continue reading An Escapist’s Tale of OCPD (or What Makes a Good Man?)
Tara Reade: A Window Into OCPD
By now you should be aware of the broad details: former aide Tara Reade credibly accused former Vice President and current Democratic nominee Joe Biden of sexual harassment. The details of the allegation are not important to this story beyond that they exist - the media contains so much nonsense that I hardly know which… Continue reading Tara Reade: A Window Into OCPD
Anxiety or COVID? Advice from Someone with Medical Anxiety
One cannot downplay the seriousness of the situation. We have a novel virus spreading like wildfire among our communities right now in addition to all of the normal and other decidedly not normal stress in our lives lately. Along with the risk of the illness itself, we have a public that at least partially refuses… Continue reading Anxiety or COVID? Advice from Someone with Medical Anxiety
Little Women and a Lot of Anxiety
People with anxiety know the pattern well. A thought occurs, then another and another. One's mind unwittingly goes down a rabbit hole of progressively unreasonable thoughts with the same subtlety as aging. Only as an older soul looking back at photos of one's younger self is the change apparent. In the moment, those most extreme… Continue reading Little Women and a Lot of Anxiety
The Morality of a Man with OCPD – Part II: The Citizen
In Part I, I covered, in the most general terms, how I relate in moral terms to the American position regarding other countries. Long story short: the United States is not the harbinger of all things evil, but I do not condone a great deal of what we have done or are doing as a… Continue reading The Morality of a Man with OCPD – Part II: The Citizen
An Open Letter to My Twitter Followers (and Some Insight Into Mental Health)
Before I get to the specifics of why I felt compelled to write this piece, we need to reach a mutual understanding about something. Mental health disorders are not rational. When I am in the midst of a panic attack, 95% of the time I know in my core that I have no reason to… Continue reading An Open Letter to My Twitter Followers (and Some Insight Into Mental Health)
Living With OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder)
Ugh, pop culture. Let's get rid of this right out of the gate. OCPD is not OCD. Obessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an obsessive-compulsive disorder along with body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder, trichotillomania, and excoriation disorder. They are a distinct category of disorder once part of the larger Anxiety class in the DSM that were separated into… Continue reading Living With OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder)
You Have Mental Health
I have covered this in prior entries, but to recap quickly I have lived with obsessive compulsive personality disorder and generalised anxiety disorder my entire life. I have had bouts with depression, panic disorder (both of which appear to be things of the past), and social anxiety disorder (which persists). For the uninitiated, these mean… Continue reading You Have Mental Health
Celtic Riverside 