Posted by daizy on April 14, 2003, at 8:27:37
In reply to Re: Amazing. (OCPD). » daizy, posted by Questionmark on April 14, 2003, at 2:28:45
> > > > Check out this interesting link. You sound more OCPD...
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> > > > http://www.ocdonline.com/articlephillipson6.htm
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> > > THANK YOU so much for that link! The vast majority of that describes me so freaking well it's amazing. And he describes it SO articulately and accurately. Obsessive-compulsive personality-- what a curse.
> > > Daizy thanks for your comments also. Do you (or Janejj) (or anyone else) feel that you have this (OCPD)? Have you found anything to be helpful?
> > > Finally, especially as there are probably no decent CBTherapists around this area, are there ANY meds that would be helpful for this?! Paxil was to no avail. i'm thinking about Nardil if i choose anything. What do you think?
> > > i dont know. i'm almost 23 (!) and i've wasted my life. What's a pathetic soul to do?
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> > Yes this does sound like me before I started to suffer from anxiety, thats exactly what I was like, not for want of being like that though! As for the meds well Im not sure, hope someone else has some answers or clues to what might work? Im 22, and I feel like Im wasting my life too!
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> > "What's a pathetic soul to do?"
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> Huh, interesting. That sucks.
> So wait, are you saying you don't think you're like that anymore? If so, do you have any idea on why or how you changed?No, I still think Im like that but Im suffering with really bad anxiety also, which is my main problem. As for what Im like being OCPD, im not sure, it could just as easily be OCD, as it says in the paper, it needs a professional to diagnose.
I dont really relate to the perfectionism thing, But to always being right, indecisiveness, difficulty expressing tender feelings, and low mood, I do, and as a result of these things I feel Im suffering from anxiety.
I should say that no meds have really solved either, but Im thinking therapy could be really beneficial to someone with OCPD, It has helped me with things like indecisivenss, and expressing feelings, Maybe its something you should concider if you havent already!
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