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Caring for someone w/ obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)

Mental Health | Last Active: Apr 21, 2020 | Replies (24)
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@colleenyoung

Hi @jh31251, you'll notice that I moved your message to this existing discussion about dealing with someone who has obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). I did this so that you can connect with other members like @rpg @gingerw @dorisena @sears @Erinmfs and others.

You can also read more in this discussion:
Elderly father with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/elderly-father-with-obsessive-compulsive-personality-disorder-ocpd/

Jon, may I ask, is this someone you see and interact with daily or regularly?

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Jon | @jh31251 | Apr 17, 2020

Yes, I just did a nice thing for this person and got ripped for it. Always seems to turn everything back on me and of course is never wrong about anything.

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Chris Trout, Volunteer Mentor | @artscaping | Apr 18, 2020

@jh31251, @colleenyoung, I may have an add-on for you for OCPD. I have spent quite a bit of time communicating with my 21-year-old granddaughter in the last few weeks. Her father had OCPD and she has OCD. About the time her OCD required residential treatment, her father chose suicide. She has now chosen to live with a multiphasic personality, bipolar young man.....someone who refuses to celebrate her 21st birthday and who is very controlling. He and his family do not believe in staying home to help end the COVID-19 . She is very fearful of dying and of seeing her family die.

So, we have been sending her pictures of how we set up the grocery sanitizing, and what we use to wash down the kitchen. She needed information about how to handle the mail, how to wipe down the car and especially how do stay out of Target and other stores.

We are making headway but it usually starts with tears and fears. Tomorrow morning she will join us on Facetime for our Yoga, mindfulness, and meditation practice at her request. This is a first.

And today I sent her this webinar from Rogers Behavioral Institute where she was a patient for months. It just may have some pearls of wisdom for others.
https://rogersbh.org/resources/treating-ocd-during-covid-19-unique-challenges-and-opportunities
Be safe and protected from inner and outer harm.
Chris

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