Help dealing with my very OCD Perosnailty Disorder father
Don't know if this is the appropriate place for it, but I very strongly suspect my father has obsessive compulsive personality disorder, as opposed to General OCD. I'm trying to learn to communicate with him, or at the very least cope with his behavior in a way that doesn't make me resentful anger or frustrated.
Would it be okay if I occasionally posted some behaviors of his here or specific interactions with him that frustrated me and lean towards the disorder? Trying to avoid venting in favor of positive feedback on what could be going on in his head how can better understand him and communicate in each case.
@honestBirch6513
It's good you want to understand him.
I admire that quality.
We all have different ways of coping and communicating.
It's important you identify your triggers around what bothers you most about your father's behaviours, and find cook g methods for you that will enable your relationship to flow and not become resentful 💜💖
So here goes!
We had what i thought was a very good phone conversation the other afternoon about spme problems Ive been having since my divorce.
The last 3 nights he's suddenly texted huge groups of messages at extremely late or early times: 1230 am, 2am - 5am, 6am, etc.
The messages are very negative and talk an overwhelming amount about obstacles facing me, including many that Ive already stated that I did not want to discuss currently, because they weren't things I can have any effect on. I explained that my therapist supported this to help me manage anxiety.
He also was very pessimistic saying he knows I won't be able to get thru these problems and engaged in an epic level of doomspiraling about all the possible things that could arise from my situation. Some of the outcomes he talked about were so outlandish they bordered on ridiculous, but they were awful. He kept saying I don't understand how bad things are.
Help!
