As someone who identifies with all 8 of the diagnostic criteria for OCPD (yay for being an overachieving perfectionist! 😜) the ones about money/frugality and hoarding initially felt like they were sort of tacked on. They also seem, to me, to be more culturally contextual and ambiguous. After…

Time to tolerate some distress! I’ve been working on distress tolerance and emotional resilience over the past few months in therapy and I’m here to (begrudgingly!) declare that it’s working. 😒 I’m still constantly reminding myself that the goal of learning skills in therapy is not to predict…

Break out your best notepad and writing utensils because we’re about to make some lists! 😋 It brings me a special kind of joy that the DSM decided to place “Is preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that the major point of…

Hi All, I finally gained enough time and mental energy to contribute some of my own thoughts to the our upcoming discussion topic: OCPD & Family Dynamics. The first thing that stood out to me is the need to define what constitutes a “family” to begin with. The…

Cale’s Note: Less time than ever to create these posts. Grieving the loss of my former capacities for sure… ChatGPT Response Prompt: Summary of grief. Grief is a deeply personal and often nonlinear emotional response to loss, most commonly associated with the death of a loved one but…

Cale’s Note: For those of you following along for the past several meetings, it’s becoming increasingly comical how optimistic I’ve been thinking I’ll have the time to generate more thoughtful, human posts. Alas, I’m going to lean into acceptance and embrace “it is what it is” until, one…

Placeholder Note: In my post for our last topic I was optimistic that I’d get ahead of things and that did not pan out! 😅 Thank you ChatGPT for once again distilling this topic down for me. ChatGPT Response Prompt: “Write a 500 word explanation of attachment styles…

General Update: Another topic, another ChatGPT delegated post. I’ve been overwhelmed with work lately but hope to get back on top of things over the next couple of weeks and return to some personal reflections on the discussion topics. The good news is I’ve updated the calendar for…

For me this post feels roughly equivalent to what I would imagine an overworked parent feels like when they only have enough time and energy to pop a frozen TV dinner in the microwave for their child. I’d like to thank ChatGPT for once again spitting out a…