People with OCD do everything from acting to engineering. I think it's important to see what you are good at and how to manage your stress level.

i agree with wolverinebob. i have what should be a very low stress job as a secretary for a small town water and sewer works department. unfortunately i have a terrible boss with a serious ego problem. it is torture. i have plenty of time to get everything done and plenty of free time. i enjoy the rest of my coworkers as well as dealing with the public. the only stress comes from my boss.

something interesting that i noticed...i used to work for community coffee in a few of their coffeeshops. probably half of the longterm employees were bipolar. maybe because the work hours were so flexible and different customers identify with different attitudes. employees really shaped the atmosphere.

if you are not interested in the job it will be a strain on you.

I am a Nurse.. Talk about high stress! And I have both disorders.

i work in a library out the back, ordering in books and making exchanges, but while i love it, and work around he germ problem especially with kids books, this isnt for everyone. Fid something you love to do, and your job wont be too stressful. The trick is liking what you do and having an understanding boss.

i have borderline personality disorder and ocd but i've never told my thearpist i have ocd because i feel a fool i have to have certain coloured clothes pegs when hanging the washing out.wash things up in a certain order etc.
back to ur question i have loved most of my jobs but lost most of them because of my bpd and the way i react to situations in my jobs.
i have done caring in old folks homes.......lost both jobs due to the fact i couldn't keep my opinions to myself i complained too much about things i felt wasn't being done right to the boss.
i had two industial cleaning jobs one i left because i couldn't handle working with a new man on my own alone with him.
the other cleaning job i lost because the supervisor picked on me and when i complained to the boss i got the sack.
and way back when i was younger i lost a job in a garage where i worked i was only bout 17 there was 2 of us when it was my turn to polish the pumps with car polish i had to serve customers inbetween and you know what car polish is like if left on i had to keep restarting all over again.when it was the other womans turn to clean them the woman in the office use to serve customers for her while she got on with it.one day after 3/4 attempts of trying to clean this pump while the office woman just sat on her backside in the office i completly lost it pick up my bucket of water and threw it over the pump,the water got into it and damaged it.that was it i was sacked lol.but looking back it was all part of my bpd i didnt know i had at he time.opppps went on a bit there.
so what i'm trying to say i loved most jobs i had but i guess they didn't like me.
but people with bp,bpd etc can do all sorts of jobs what ever they feel happy in.

I CALLED MY LOCAL REHABILATATION CENTER, TO FIND LOW STRESS JOBS AND THINGS TO HELP ME FIND A JOB. THERES RESOURSES OUT THERE, YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK FOR THEM. SOME PLACES HAVE A JOB COACH ON SITE IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WHILE ON THE JOB.
HOPE THIS HELPS A LITTLE.

I work on my own as an artist. Previously I worked as a waitress, but I had a severe breakdown while on the job and lost it.