Question

Felix has been a worrier all of his life. When he was a child, he believed and followed the expression "step on a crack, break your mother's back." He is now a perfectionist and runs his daily routine based on an inflexible schedule. His environment is arranged very predictably; for example, all of his shirts must be neatly pressed and hung exactly four inches apart in his closet. His pursuit of perfection has become self-defeating rather than constructive. Felix would be diagnosed as having _____ personality disorder.

Answer 1

Answer:

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Explanation:

An obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a personality disorder that is characterized by a person's perfectionism, neatness and organization of things in a manner. These types of people are always eager to impose their standards on their outside environment.  

• These people have some specific qualities such as:
• People are hard to express their feeling to other people.
• These people have very difficulty in maintaining their relationship with other people.  
• These type of people are hardworking but their perfectionism makes them inefficient
• They always feel righteous.
• Always feel isolation.

Thus in the above statement, Felix was suffering from a personality disorder that is called OCPD.