OCPD

Hi,

I was diagnosed with F33.2 and F60.5.
I have trouble identifying with OCPD. How does it relate to OCD?
I am living a lonely life and hardly ever show emotions, neither am I aware of serious obsessions. This is the main reason I believed to have schizoid traits, however my psychiatrist does not agree. Perhaps somebody can lighten my confusion.

Hi.

I didn't know much about it, so I poked around. I think this site explains it best:
http://www.psychiatric-disorders.com/ar ... ulsive.php


F33.2 Recurrent depressive disorder, current episode severe without psychotic symptoms
F60.5 Anankastic personality disorder (obsessive-compulsive PERSONALITY disorder)
From http://priory.com/psych/ICD.htm


From what I gather, the difference between OCD and OCPD is the client's awareness of their actions. Strangely enough, OCD is actually not commonly a part of OCPD. If you are prone to setting excessively strict guidelines of behavior but you don't realize that you're doing so, you are likely to have OCPD. People with OCD usually use their "behavior guidelines" to ease anxieties or try prevent some horror from happening through one of their "rituals."


Here's a brief description of schizoid personality disorder:
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx30.htm

You said:

I am living a lonely life and hardly ever show emotions

Schizoids don't experience strong emotions to begin with. And I doubt that it would even occur to someone with SPD to say that they show emotions rarely. For the most part, they don't even think about emotions. And they don't usually describe things/living situations as "lonely." Schizoids are perfectly content (their version of "happy") to be alone.

While someone with SPD might have symptoms of depression (no pleasure in activities, withdrawal from others, flat affect), they don't actually "suffer" from those symptoms--unlike someone with actual depression, who would probably experience emotional discomfort and actually "suffer" from the symptoms.

You might be tempted to identify with a schizoid personality disorder because of your OCPD. If you usually place restrictions on yourself, including emotional restrictions, SPD might be wishful thinking on your part.

Unless I'm missing something, it sounds like your diagnoses are correct. Hope this helps.

--Frayed