Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

An enduring and pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency

Is there a test for Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?

Only a licensed mental health professional can diagnose a mental illness. However, people with obsessive-compulsive personality traits are more likely to answer "yes" to the following questions:

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• Do you spend so much time creating lists and plans that you end up running out of time to actually complete your tasks?

• Do you find it difficult to complete tasks because you spend a lot of time doing everything accurately and correctly?

• Are you completely dedicated to your work or do you strive to be productive at all times?

• Do you often do work while on vacation because you hate wasting time?

• Do you have high standards for what is right and what is wrong?

• Do you often insist that others behave according to your rules?

• Do you find it difficult to work with others when they don't do their jobs exactly the way you want them to?

• Are you extremely frugal because you might need money in case of emergency or disaster?

• Do you find it very difficult to part with your possessions?

• Do you find it very difficult to change plans once you have made them?

• Have other people ever called you "headstrong" or "stubborn"?

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If you answered yes to several of these questions, you may have obsessive-compulsive personality traits. If they cause you significant suffering, impairment, or stress, psychotherapy can help.

What are the symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder manifests itself through a variety of different symptoms. These may include:

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• Intense feelings of doubt and excessive caution

• Constant preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization and plans

• Excessive perfectionism that hinders the completion of tasks

• Disproportionate focus on achievement while neglecting pleasure and relationships

• Excessive pedantry

• Strong rigidity and stubbornness

• Insistence that others conform exactly to one's rules and ideas

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​If you suffer from these or other mental health symptoms, schedule your first appointment today.