Tightrope Walking: Everything You Need to Know About OCPD and Perfectionism

We all know one or more. They’re more often than not the most decent good-hearted people. But they tread a tightrope, a knife edge, all day every day. It’s hard. It’s stressful. They suffer. But they have to be in CONTROL everywhere and all the time, even though that is not possible.
This handbook has been written for everyone who needs to know about obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). Note the word ‘personality’. It’s not about hand washing or rituals, known as OCD —a question of excessive anxiety about cleanliness. OCPD is about a personality characteristic for getting things ‘just so’, according to the preferences of Mr or Mrs Tightrope Walker.