Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
Discover Whether or Not this Personality Disorder is a Problem for You!

The main feature of obsessive compulsive personality disorder is the constant need for perfection, order, and control. This disorder typically begins in early adulthood.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), obsessive compulsive personality symptoms are as follows..

Four or more of these symptoms need to be present:

• Preoccupation with rules, details, lists, organization, order, and/or schedules. This preoccupation is often severe enough to cause a person to lose focus of the task he or she wanted to accomplish in the first place.


• The need for perfectionism gets in the way of completing a project.


• Leisure activities and relationships are excessively put aside due to the devotion to work and productivity.


• He or she is not flexible to understanding another person's point of view (i.e. morals, values, ethics, and other personal matters).


• Difficulty throwing things away. Has the tendency to hoard unimportant items.


• Has difficulty assigning tasks/duties to others out of fear that others will not complete the tasks in the "right" way.


• Hoards money.


• Rigid, stubborn, and controlling.

If you feel that you may have obsessive compulsive personality disorder, talk to a local therapist or doctor about your concerns.

Keep in mind, in order to be diagnosed with this condition, this disorder has to take up a significant part of your daily living. In other words, if your symptoms haven't caused several problems with the law, in your relationships, or with your career/job, then it's unlikely that this disorder is an issue.

However, it's not uncommon to have a few of these symptoms at one point in your life! Just remember, it has to be severe enough that it has affected your ability to function in a logical, respectful manner.