Health & Fitness
Hello, it's us again. Two middle-aged British men talking about their mental health struggles: solidarity, coping strategies, trends, commentary on mental health in culture, shoehorned Simpsons references. This episode: • Perfectionism. Or, in mental health terms, OCPD (Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder). We talk to Chris Ward, global charity campaigner and adventure cyclist, about his book Less Perfect, More Happy, in which Chris documents his struggles with OCPD. • The differences between OCD and OCPD. • Why striving to be 'perfect' isn't necessarily a good thing. • How the idea of being a 'perfectionist' can be a euphemism for destructive - and self-destructive - behaviour. • What you can do to manage your life if you suffer from OCPD, or feel your behaviour displays elements of OCPD. ----- Get in touch: contact@emotionalcripples.com @emcripples (Twitter) Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1707014319375624/ ----- Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/ Call 116 123 (UK and ROI) Befrienders: https://www.befrienders.org/ CALM – the Campaign Against Living Miserably: https://www.thecalmzone.net/ ----- SHOW NOTES MUSIC The Weathermonger - 'Fourier' The Weathermonger - 'Through The Honeycomb Window' https://soundcloud.com/theweathermonger https://open.spotify.com/artist/11QnHi5wotoXtx2O4uF8ny?si=TWAYe_bzS9-q9le35nVFZA Chris's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Less-Perfect-More-Happy-Chris/dp/0957612370 Perfectionism & OCD: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-truisms-wellness/201612/perfectionism-versus-obsessive-compulsive-disorder Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisatcoffice