How do you deal with obsessive personality?
There are many people around us with obsessive personality disorder, and this disorder is known to have some characteristics, such as being highly sensitive to things that do not require this type of sensitivity. Some of them are keen to follow a certain system in their life, which may significantly affect their life in general.
What is obsessive personality disorder?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is one of the most famous psychological disorders associated with unwanted obsessions. People with this personality are characterized by excessive and exaggerated anxiety about other personalities. It is also known that organization, arrangement, and attention to accuracy and details are among the most important things that obsessive-compulsive patients are fond of.
In some cases, personality traits can be beneficial but when these things get too far, they get to the point where they reduce the quality of a person’s physical, emotional, social and even psychological well-being.
People with OCD are characterized by a love of control and order. In most cases, the person with OCD may not be aware of their condition and see that they do not need to change, and some see that others should begin to change themselves for the better.
People with OCPD always tend to impose their standards on others, and of course this strict approach to life makes it difficult to maintain relationships or adapt to life circumstances, and of course this may develop over time to feelings of loneliness and depression.
Because of what a person with obsessive personality disorder suffers from, he may begin to avoid activities in which he does not excel or do not feel comfortable while in them, which limits his capabilities, and one of the things that makes a great impact is the intense focus on the pursuit of perfection and idealism, this leads to anxiety and eating disorders and other physical and mental problems.
How do you deduce the incidence of obsessive personality disorder?
You may find yourself suffering from some symptoms and you may discover that you have noticed some of them on one of your friends or those around you, but what are those symptoms!?
Signs and symptoms of OCPD include:
1. Striving for perfection that hinders the completion of tasks.
2. Exaggerated commitment to using lists and tables in order to maintain order.
3. A willingness to do all things himself and not delegate work to someone who might take a different approach to the task.
4. Dedication to work that leads to neglect of relationships.
5. Excessive thinking about the simplest things around him
6. Lots of doubts and insecurity easily
What are the causes and symptoms of obsessive personality disorder?
As we mentioned before, OCPD is one of the most common personality disorders, and there is some research that has shown that a not small percentage of the population of the planet suffers from OCPD, and it includes a persistent pattern of behavior that often begins when a person is a teenager or young person.
There is no specific cause for obsessive personality disorder. But upbringing has a role to play, like growing up in an environment with strict rules and harsh punishments, and it may also be genetic.
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
In the beginning, the person with OCD must have insight into his personality flaws, realize that he really needs treatment from that condition, and know that the treatment journey may be long and requires patience.
There are different types of psychotherapy that the patient may undergo, and the most appropriate is determined for him after presenting the case to the doctor and completing the diagnosis process, and then work begins on developing the complete treatment plan that the patient will go through in the next stage of his life.
What are the types of treatment:
● Group therapy.
● Individual therapy.
● Behavioral therapy.
Psychological and behavioral therapy also helps the patient to face his fears and recurring thoughts that harm him and harm him or those around him, and in some cases the doctor may be tempted to prescribe some types of therapeutic drugs that help in the process of improvement, in which case these types of medication should only be used under medical supervision.
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