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Mental illness, in whatever shape or form, is usually painful and distracting. Is it then possible to say that the pain and distraction of mental illness simply make complying with social rules less of a priority than they may be for so-called "normal" people? That the needs imposed by mental illness frequently take priority over dotting the social i's and crossing the social t's?
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i guess it's a symantic thing but for me, my mental illness-bipolar-certainly got in my way with interpersonal social skills tho i didn't know it during the time before i was dx'ed. therapy has enabled me improve that and i'm sure my meds too. i'm not sure if my lacking in social skills tho was caused just by being bipolar/MI. i lacked some knowledge of developing coping skills in social situations that harmed me. this was imho a result of environmental roots.
as for dotting the i's if anything i was too perfectionistic re this aspect. i believe it is from a tad of OCD and a perfectionistic father who expected me to be perfect too.
so am i contradicting myself here, ygrec? 
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