Question

Ty was the oldest son in a single parent household. he assumed responsibilities when he was young, and it seems to have carried over when he got older. he is very serious and lacks a sense of humor. he has alienated his siblings because of his desire to maintain control over them although they are all adults now. he tends to run his family much like his mother raised him and his siblings, and is rigid in his rules. he has developed tics, in conjunction to his ‘odd' behavior of constantly checking all the locks in the house before he goes to bed and as soon as he wakes up in the morning. further, he has difficulty allowing anyone else in the house grocery shop. he must take a specific route to the store; walk through the store in a specific manner, places items in the cart in an orderly and specific manner. lastly, he frequently angers other customers at the checkout, as he'll go through the self-checkout with a cart full of groceries because he will not allow the cashier to touch the groceries for fear of contamination.

Answer 1

The disorder that Ty is showing would be obsessive compulsive personality disorder.