Tag: obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Little Women and a Lot of Anxiety
Mental Health & Pop Culture

Little Women and a Lot of Anxiety

James Keenan2 Comments

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

OCPD

Living With OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder)

James Keenan13 Comments

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)