[quiet guardian]

I live with OCD and it got me wondering if certain personality types are more prone to struggling with OCD . I would think SJ/NJ would be but what about NP/SP?

[silverlined]

In general I would think it's more of a J thing but I know an INFP who has it.

[lycanized]

I had OCD...I only have a few obsessive compulsive habits now, but I actually had OCD...I don't think Js would be more prone to it though...it's different than the J function...

[LostInMyOwnMind]

I have some quirky behaviors that some might call OCD. Personally it's just my way of dealing with absent-mindedness. I do things the same way every day habitually. Like getting ready in the morning. In this way I remember important tasks that I would otherwise forget to do. I'm not so brainless that I would forget my pants but I might forget to feed the dog and that would be a bad thing.

[Frannyy]

i had an isfj and esfj friend who were both ocd.... maybe it's an sfj thing?

[Lady Blurp]

I am an incredibly mild case OCD so I'm not sure it can be typed...

[Monte]

Nope, I don't care enough.

I think there might be a J correlation.

[madhatter]

My mom, brother, and sister all have quirky OCD tendencies, and they are all Js: INFJ, INTJ, ISTJ. My mom is the worst, but they all get upset when these tendencies are disrupted. My brother and I used to work at the same place. And he told me that he had to tap these stacks of papers laying on a table every time he went down this one hallway. And if the stacks weren't perfectly straight, he would fix them. Well...after he told me this, every time I went down that hallway, I would mess up the stacks, just a little, because I knew it would drive him crazy...I'm evil. I don't think he ever knew that I did that.

I am the least OCD person you will meet.

[ZC Carbon]

I am a former OCD sufferer. I didn't understand why an OCD sufferer would use medication that would help with their symptoms, only to gain an immunity and go through a relapse. I skipped this approach and went for the more drastic and traumatic Cognitive Behavior Therapy. I'm free of all compulsions as of four years ago. I still have obsessive thoughts from time to time, but that is it.

I'm surprised by most OCD support groups I see on the Internet. Very few of the individual users actually undergo CBT. Instead they want to empower themselves. Eff that. Plunge in and never look back.

[lman161]

OCD is a very broad diagnosis and can apply to almost any one who displays interruptive obsessions OR compulsions. In my experience, I've found N's to be more OBSESSIVE than S's and J's to be more COMPULSIVE than P's. xNxP's that have OCD seem to be much more obsessional -- going over and over things in their head without end. xSxJ's seem the most compulsive - they have to do things in a certain way, and many I think have traits approaching OCPD rather than OCD. xSxP's seem the most immune to the symptoms.