How common is this comborbity?

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So in may I went into a mental health place and got a ocd diagnosis (no complusions though)

A few months later I went in and did psychological testing. The diagnosis from that was mild depression, generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder.

So I am wondering does this mean I technically have social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and Ocd? How common is that?

Intrusive thoughts ? without external compulsions is called pure O, harm Ocd among other variations, you will have compulsions just internally. I'm diagnosed with both this interpretation of Ocd and Generalised anxiety disorder, I'm not diagnosed with Social anxiety disorder, but this would not be unexpected as I also struggle with certain aspects that are in the criteria for Social anxiety disorder.

My original diagnosis was depression which was treated for several years with medication, with no abatement at that stage really needed to get help! and was diagnosed with Aspergers and the above diagnoses the Depression I had and still do have, is down to the Anxiety and is secondary.

I'm unsure how common this is, as a combination with Aspergers and my reason for reply, because of the near symmetry in diagnosis.

Hope you're doing ok it's not a pleasant combination in my experience yours may vary.

Just checked your profile and you don't have Aspergers ? to add some more information i do need to check if Generalised anxiety disorder still has relevance to me i do have anxiety that is a certainty, but recognising that was causing the depression took a while to find out as it's hard to separate the two distinct features as overlap.

Generalised anxiety disorder was the preliminary diagnosis when I received initial help with "Depression" but in my opinion I'm still confused with the process as my General Practitioner wrote, i had a Bipolar disorder this information was not divulged to me at any part of any investigations into my mental health assessments.

So was put aside as erroneous they simply swapped the medication to indicate the treatment was for Ocd and not Bipolar so many mistakes were made, when questioned in regard to recreational drugs during the disco assessment i was asked if i partake, i answered no, this was put on record, that i denied i was taking recreational drugs and denied i had a criminal record, this goes round in my head Ocd ? as I answered No I wasn't denying anything I simply don't have a criminal record or do recreational drugs.

I was just, re replying after checking your profile, see above for reply to keep it contiguous.
I can relate to both disorders, I find words are terrible to describe emotions even when done in detail as it's not experience it's a description the detail is in the word, that's why i have trouble recognising internal emotions.

Words don't give enough detail, I can write about them better, and think about them but not in real time it takes concerted effort, have trouble verbalising them that's for sure, I ask all the time how i'm coming across as i seem oblivious in real time, i go over conversations repeatedly in my head which helps for future reference and faux pas.

I'm very tangential also, hence why i don't post much here as not to offend.

Please see section on overlap above, i try to keep it simple anxiety is anxiety no matter the label i try not to use the labels as it's just a construct of who I am as an individual you can only go so far in defining people by labels i see the necessity of it but beyond that we're still individuals.

I will try to explain more, Anxiety in it's entirety is the same thing, the labels just define it in to sections and different diagnostic labels the end result is still anxiety Ocd is an Anxiety disorder, Generalised anxiety disorder encapsulates all of anxiety but for me has no reason it's just anxiety it's just there, if I like it or not.

Ocd is self explanatory obsession check thoughts all time compultion ritual, is check thoughts rather paradoxical to me the anxiety is created by not being able to control thoughts e.g. intrusive thoughts that are random and not thought about if that makes sense rather circular logic.

It was explained better by my the mental health team, try not to think of a pink elephant by reading this, you're going to think of a pink elephant by trying not to think about it your still thinking about it.

The more i understand, it still does not make it go away, the ideal, you just have to except it's part of who you are which it is, the human brain is just too complex and of individual structure based on external/internal stimuli, were still apes trying to work things out and one thing we will never understand ? is the human brain/condition a complex structure with some dumb/glitches going on i hope neurology will take up where psychiatry is lacking i'm not anti psychiatry just find it's incomplete in it's descriptive and labelling process.

I hope some of the above helps, just a diatribe of some of my thoughts and opinions hope you can relate.