Psychology is fascinating

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Trying to figure out what is most likely someone's problem...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideas_of_reference_and_delusions_of_reference
"Thinking 'that the slightest careless movement on the part of another person had great personal meaning...increased significance'

However, the broader sense of OCPD clearly clicks:

• those who suffer with OCPD...think their way is the "right way" or "best way."
  
• preoccupation with remembering and paying attention to minute details and facts
  
• following rules and regulations
  
• the symptoms seen in OCPD, though they are repetitive, are not linked with repulsive thoughts, images, or urges; persons with the disorder view them as suitable and correct
  

Interesting, I didn't know before that there was a separate disorder from OCD (OCPD).

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Huh. Well, there you go.

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Explains a lot. At first I was just thinking "crazy" in terms of wackadoo people, but as I got further along, it became a little uncomfortable. But the absolute adherence to ideals as overriding empathy for someone who just found out their loved one has died, was the clincher to go figure out exactly what the issue likely is.