Tanaya
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- 4y
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- 4y
I do the same thing, it moved from bpd, to npd, to aspd and all types of things. Once I have one thing in common I convince myself I have to have it and obsess over it. Unfortunately the only way around it is to accept that it’s a possibility. It definitely sounds like it’s ocd tho
TanayaTanaya
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- 4y
It's so annoying because theres triggers for it all over the place and I cant be assessed for every mental health problem.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 4y
I get worried ab having that all the time it sucks, try to accept the possibility that you do. What happens then its not the end of the world. You can’t know right in this second that you do or don’t have it.
TanayaTanaya
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- 4y
You're right, its accepting the uncertainty that I need to master.
bluebellbluebell
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- 4y
OMG, I literally thought I was the only person in the WORLD whose OCD targeted ‘mental disorders’! For me, it started after I watched a tik tok where a girl was talking about autism. Despite having literally NONE of the traits of autism, I felt this pit in my chest and I thought - ‘what if I have it and I just don’t have the self-awareness to know?’ This divulged into MONTHS of online tests, questioning my family, and constantly checking that I wasn’t acting ‘autistically’. No matter how much confirmation I got that I wasn’t autistic, I just couldn’t shake it. It still sort of effects me to this day, but I don’t let it bother me nearly as much as it once did. I literally got my parents to take an online test that checked for childhood autism, and they begrudgingly did it, and it came back with 0 out of like 50 and I was STILL not entirely convinced. It’s a rough obsession to have because the compulsions only last so long before you think you’re just kidding yourself, at least in my case. My therapist told me that if we were to read the DSM back to front, we’d leave thinking we’d have every single mental disorder - on Monday you might feel a little bipolar, on Tuesday you may feel a little BPD, it’s completely normal to have fluctuating moods and feelings towards others etc - obsessions can very easily attach to this, so don’t worry, you’ll be okay!
TanayaTanaya
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- 4y
OCD targets mental disorders alot of the times. I'm actually on the waiting list for autism assessment ironically. The thing is OCD symptoms overlap with so many other problems and it can be exhausting thinking you have every mental illness just because you share one similarity
LiliMariieXLiliMariieX
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- 4y
I have bpd and ocd and adhd and the rest but I also have also think I may have other things I didn't realise this was a compulsion The medical checking I did but I didn't
TanayaTanaya
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- 4y
The researching when you have maybe one or two similarities could be a complusion but its important to not ignore because you might get better if it does turn out you have the mental illness/neurological problems when you get the correct treatment thats why I did go forward with seeking an assessment for autism because there was too many similarities for me to ignore and I know it's not uncommon for those with OCD to have multiple other mental illnesses which could make treating OCD easier if you know theres other factors involved
pureolifepureolife
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- 4y
Sounds like you have mental health obsessions! Internet research, taking quizzes, studying diagnosis and symptom lists, checking yourself for symptoms, etc are all compulsions (ie part of OCD, NOT another diagnosis.) get the ocd in check (through proper treatment with your ocd specialist) and you’ll likely notice that you aren’t as suspicious of having a coexisting disorder.
TanayaTanaya
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- 4y
I have depression aswell so it's easy for me to find similarities between other mental illnesses but you're right I just need to get the OCD in check
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