The mental health so-called "professionals" select one of your mental health issues, which they consider to be the "main one", usually the one which is most visible.
In my case, my OCD causes obvious physical symptoms - damage to my hands from over-washing them. It could therefore be said to be the most "visible".
I have actually only had OCD, to any extent, since 2008, and it is not, and never has been, the mental health issue which causes me the most distress. It is more of a manifestation, rather than my underlying problem.
Anyway, the "professionals" then perceive anything and everything as further evidence of the illness, on which they have chosen to focus, even if something relates much more to another mental health issue, or is not even a mental health problem at all, but just part of your personality.
People with OCD are actually allowed to have personality traits that are both obsessive and compulsive, but are not part of the OCD.
Also, as I stated in a previous post, not everyone with OCD has every type of OCD. I certainly do not.
I don't want to ramble too much in this particular blog post, as I have written quite a few longer blog posts. I just felt that I needed to make this point.
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