NPD and OCPD

They may say OCD but what they really have is OCPD

There is a particular combination of traits which leaves an individual nearly intolerable to live with. The spouse will forever have work piled onto them and the standard expected for that work is perfection.

When you combine that with NPD you have someone that thinks they are perfect and they need everything around them in their lives to be perfect. It's a perfect storm.

Narcissists that suffer this way often know that there is something that is not quite right with them. They know that the level of perfection that they demand is more than anyone else and so when looking for reasons that things have to be a certain way or have to be perfect in their environment they will often claim to have OCD.

For some reason OCD is the only disorder that is acceptable to them to have because of the incorrect belief that OCD is associated with the compulsion toward perfection.

Perfection is ultimately what narcissists are trying to achieve in their life so this disorder then becomes something that makes sense and something that they don’t consider to be a bad thing. Some may even flaunt the title a little announcing to people that they have OCD often at work and when meeting other people.

OCD however is not actually what they are most likely to have. OCD has a few characteristics which do not fit with NPD. For instance OCD is egodystonic not egosyntonic which means that the person suffering from it is not living in a way that is in alignment with their ideals.

They are compelled to do these rituals and they actually feel bad that they have to demand these things from their family as well. Its a self esteem draining disorder that makes them feel chained to these compulsions in order to feel safe.

With OCPD there is a right way to do things because that is the way that person wants it done. There isn’t the ritual aspect of having to lock the lock eight times in order for it to truly be locked and safe.

This is the person’s belief or preference and if anything is out of alignment with that belief or preference then it causes them emotional…

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