Is it rare to have about 8 or 9 mental illnesses?

Question

When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with ocd, depression, and socail anxiety disorder. In the past year and a half or so, I was also diagnosed with bipolar(2), schizotypal personality disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and body dysmorphic disorder (I'm not to sure if that was an actual diagnosis though. My therapist said it sounds like BDD, but that it could also be from my other issues). Then, on april 3rd I got diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (which is a rare connective tissue/collagen disorder). Do you think having all these things wrong with me somehow makes it more possible to rare things to happen to me or common things to happen to me in a rare way? I feel like I collect diagnoses. I have an immense fear of HIV, so when I hear that having all these things wrong plus a rare tissue disorder, I'm always scared I'll catch the disease in a "rare" way, even though I don't have s*x, do drugs or anything like that. Is my fate wacked out or something? Would you be scared if you had more than 1 rare thing going on with you? Would you feel like you were in danger or something?

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Also, I have a learning disability. Dyscalculia (numbers/math). and my therapist thinks I also have dyslexia because I sometimes can't process information.

Answer 1

i dont think yer chances suffer at all. i think everyone has a little insecurity and paranoia anyway. youll be great. i think i have all these just reading it. ne way best of luck.

Answer 2

i dont think its rare especially since all of the illnesses except the tissue disorder are all connected. many ppl that suffer from depression may also have anxiety or bipolar which can lead to other illnesses. and the tissue disorder might have something to do with all of the mental disorders. i dont think ur risk or getting hiv is any higher than anyone elses. it shouldnt happen in a "rare" way or something. if u get it ull know why, it probably wont be from some rare and uncommon new disease or something like that. i think ull be okay.  

Answer 3

Try a new therapist, and maybe you should take a long hard look at yourself and ask yourself if you kind of like having all these problems.  If it makes you feel unique and you get attention for it.

Answer 4

Not rare..rather unusual

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Answer 5

I think it is rare.

I think everyone has a mental illness.  Seriously, people go through life unconscious.  Day dreaming - never noticing what is real.

(I have overcome this.  I don't dwell in the past or think about the future.  I am here, now type thinker)

I think the human mind can heal itself.  Unconscious people can become conscious (makes time slower but it's better)

Firstly, don't fear anything.

No, I wouldn't be scared if I had more than 1 rare thing going on.  I don't fear death or illness.