Is there a connection with OCD and perfectionists?
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Yes! I deal with this.many people have the OCD with the perfectionism, but some don't have it but have maybe the germ thing. But some people who have OCD and are a perfectionist may not start something like a project or homework or anything because they are scared of screwing it up, even one little detail. Many people with OCD are very into details and it bogs them down and that is why they don't what to do something for the fear of screwing one thing up and the repercussions. Or they fear if they do something wrong, something else could happen to them. People with OCD also need things to be "perfect" or "feel right" and may do repeative things until it "feels right" and won't stop until it is..
YES!!!!!!
It depends, I will sometimes redo essays if they are a real mess and need to look neater, but I do not have OCD.
yeah there is a big connection but not everyone who has OCD is a perfectionist and vice versa..alot of people are both these things in a small way.its when they start causing the person inability to function is when theres a problem
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It seems so.
OCD= what the doctor thinks that someone who thinks that they are a perfectionists! .
Perfectionists... don't label where things go in the house etc... but someone with OCD will. A perfectionists, won't always check and double check things, they just like to do things as perfect as possible the first time. I think there is a difference, but hell, I'm different!
I suppose that the two can be closely related but it is not always necessarily the case. I am a perfectionist... I know that I am... but I am not OCD... There are things that have to be done a certain way and if they are not then it is upsetting to me. I get upset if I dont reach my standards that I have set for my self but yet I get upset if other people dont reach my standard too. The thing is these people dont know that they are not reaching my standards so they have no idea that the way they are doing things is upsetting to me or that I want them to change. This is mostly because I am too quiet to speak my mind. But that is just my thought on this.
because perfectionists want to everything perfect, OCD symptoms can happen but not always to the point where they have OCD, because they want to be perfect The may want To look perfect so that's where hand washing can come in and organizing things a certain way every day, I used to have serious problems with both but I have been able to get a little better with it all, but I still have my problems. I know I use to be very afraid of germs which is OCD. Remember though OCD and OCPD people vary. A lot of people with one metal illness do have others though.
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