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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Sorry, I just saw this now. Thanks for the feedback man. I've often been accused of being on the spectrum by friends. I have one friend who spent a bit of time researching my behaviours and is convinced I'm some form of autistic (he says I "info dump" all the time). I myself was convinced I had Asperger's at one point a long time ago.
I'm really looking forward to my first session on Wednesday. So many things going through my head constantly these past few weeks. I mean like more than usual lol.
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I've never officially checked for it, but one thing I've wondered is whether I have OCPD tendencies along with the ADHD. I don't think I have full blown OCPD based on the summary analysis, and my "tools" seem logical so I'm pretty sure it's not OCD (OCD and OCPD are not the same). As a personality disorder, sometimes it's hard to diagnose because the person doesn't think there's something wrong with the way they're thinking, even if it frustrates them.
As mentioned , your story resonated with me. For me, I think I was just so all over the place that I needed a form of structure on how I engage/understand things. The way of thinking, habits, methods etc. were intended as a cross reference to how I aim to understand things, so that I can compare to others perceiving things. This is especially true since I constantly chain ideas together and want to understand an idea in full vs just small parts of an idea. I also like understanding ideas in full because I enjoy process improvement.
I think that ended up manifesting in some type of specific structure/methodology which is potentially indicative of OCPD. The criteria for OCPD is a little strange at times though. It almost seems contradictory. It does lean heavily into extreme analysis, structure and specificity though. I think I attempted to cater the design of these habits/methods to round out and offset ADHD tendencies.
I'm not horribly rigid, but I do get annoyed when I watch people make the same mistakes over and over in a short duration and get upset about it. I perceive the self inflicted stress is stupid, when a simple change in approach could potentially eliminate the stressor. I'm not anal about stuff being in specific places and structure. But as an example, when people have forks, knives, spoons etc. piled together in the same drawer and they're bitching about how damn hard it is to find a specific utensil all the time, I have to roll my eyes and walk away and wonder why they don't understand the concept of a cutlery sorter.
I think I am floating between a 4 and a 6. Once certain one time projects/headaches are sorted, that number will increase a little bit.