psychologists Doc Bok and Doc Fish) explore the inner conflict in those with OCPD: to comply or to defy. We look at defense mechanisms and early attachment (and even potty training!) that drives their fixated behavior.

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Chapters 00:00 Intro & Definition of OCPD 02:47 Obsessive vs Compulsive Defined 04:04 OCPD vs OCD: Ego-syntonic vs ego-dystonic 05:29 The Internal Dysfunction in OCPD 05:58 The Role of Potty Training in Developing OCPD 08:31 Why is Potty Training Connected with Personality? 10:38 The Central Conflict of Defying or Complying 14:16 Defense Mechanisms in OCPD 14:20 Reaction Formation Defined 15:29 Isolation of Affect 16:21 Emotional Exceptions: Righteous Anger & Shame 18:21 OCPD vs Schizoid 19:36 OCPD vs Psychosis 20:26 Compulsive Behavior of Undoing 20:53 When Compulsive Behavior is Pathological (and Not) 21:58 Compulsivity and Omnipotent Control 22:46 Thoughts Behind Compulsive Behavior 24:28 Our Thoughts & Clinical Experience with OCPD 25:23 The “Compulsive Personality Shell” 26:31 Compulsive Flavors in Other Personalities 28:32 Summary & Conclusion

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