Personality disorders - Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

In the description below a stereotype is used to give you an idea of the disorder. However, not all people who have this disorder display all these characteristics, and not all people have these characteristics to the same degree.

Description

People with this disorder love regulations and order. They want to do everything in their own way. They want to do everything as perfectly as possible. This makes it hard for them to take decisions. This drive to do everything perfectly makes them unable to do their jobs within the available time. They can't finish the job before the deadline. These people also have difficulties expressing their emotions. This disorder is not the same as the obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Normal

Some people are perfectionists. They do more than most people to make sure their work is finished without errors. This takes some more time.

Abnormal

People with this disorder want to do their jobs so perfectly, that they do not function well enough. They think that their way of doing things is the only possible way and therefore they have difficulty in taking advise from someone else.