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Motorcycling and An Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

BuckBuck#1 - An old Newbie, or a Newbie that is old.

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OCPD - Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is little talked about. To get an appreciation I have provided an insight to my own family background and my years of coming to terms with a condition that at times was a huge struggle.

I count myself to be very lucky, retiring early - medically. I've been able to relax easier now, but still have my moments. With the assistance of good professional clinical management of my condition and with my family, I have been able to apply cognitive behaviour techniques and deal with issues and challenges a lot better.

Learning to ride a motorcycle, a rewarding challenge, was more than therapeutic - riding helps me immensely.

I hope you enjoy reading this blogg and that it provides an insight to how I learnt to ride - and continue to learn.

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  1. In Review – Newbie Training Update & OCPD May 2006

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    BuckBuck#1
    , 28th May 2009 at 10:22 (Motorcycling and An Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD))
    Whether one may consider my approach to learning to ride to be:

    Obsessive
    Practical
    Cautious

    Or

    Transferring learning techniques gained from a military background.

    I think this ‘transfer’ probably sums up the first three above. Why? Because at the end of the day, (if I got that far) my life, not may – but will, depend upon it.

    My Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder over many years was full of ‘catastrophizing’ ...
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