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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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

  • preoccupied with details, organization, schedules, order, law
  • perfectionism interferes with task completion
  • excessively devoted to work
  • super-conscientious, scrupulous
  • inflexible, rigidity, stubbornness
  • reluctant to delegate tasks
  • unable to let go, can't throw away things, can't forgive or forget 
  • fear-based
  • stingy spending habits