I think I might have OCD
I am diagnosed with bipolar disorder and being treated for that, but I struggle with obsessive thoughts and phobias that are brushed off by my psychiatrist as "part of my personality".
I pick my skin on my whole body without realizing when I am watching tv or about to go to bed. I pick the skin on my arms during the day until it bleeds. The way I found that I can release that tension is scratching the skin around of my nails with my own nails, and I usually hurt my fingers in doing so.
I get obsessive thoughts that connect to my past trauma. My psychologist said I may have PTSD. I am always sick, so people think I make everything up but I actually suffer from a lot of things all the time. Since I am very paranoid and obsessive about food, smells, textures, caducity dates, temperature, they just disregard whatever I am feeling with "she's overreacting".
I don't know. I chew at the sound of music when I am nervous too, I don't control it. I know people consider stimming to be linked with autism, which I definitely don't have, or ADHD which I also don't have. I have seen many people with bipolar start stimming when in a manic or hypomanic episode or as a result of antidepressants.
There are much more examples but I just want to know if this is normal behaviour or if I should ask my psychiatrist to help me with it. Thanks!