Does anyone else have a fear of losing control over their obsessions or urges, and one day going “insane” ie schizophrenia, psychosis. My fear is that if I do not consciously fight these scary thoughts or urges (violent/inappropriate) that it will open the door to losing touch with reality and lead me to insanity. I ask only to see if I am not alone with these worries and will take no solice in knowing other people are suffering. Just wanted to see if this fear is common amongst my peers! I have been reassured by my psychiatrist on multiple occasions I have no risk of slipping into madness, but the relief from this reassurance is short lived and leads me to this recurring obsession. I’m not aware of a subtype of these obsessions so if anyone has insight into that I’d appreciate that too. Thanks in advanced for all replies!

mbuteler

101d ago

You're not alone lol Don't worry too much about it, maybe you'll become a psycho, don't seek reassurance, stick with a "maybe"...

mbuteler

101d ago

Also, you might have Harm OCD, and your psychiatrist isn't doing that much good by reassuring you as that's not ERP, i think it's CBD and that is not good for OCD

MedStudentAnonymous

101d ago

Yeah so he's a great doctor but doesn't specialize in OCD or ERP in particular. It was a CBT based therapy but I am excited to begin with my NOCD therapist this coming week! I have a hard time accepting the "maybe I will" and they theory behind ERP as it seems scary and new but i'm going to do my best to practice the process and trust the therapy as it is the "gold standard" of OCD. Thank you for the reply and support!

mbuteler

101d ago

@MedStudentAnonymous You're welcome! I hope you can beat your OCD soon.

Brian F

101d ago

What does CBD mean?

hannie

101d ago

I’m going through this exact thing right now. My Intrusive thoughts have been so bizarre, that I start to panic and think I’m delusional and going to lose touch with reality at any second. You are not alone and it’s so scary. I’m still trying to work through it. The best thing is to just let those thoughts come and sit back and just observe. Tell yourself “so what if I go crazy”. Sometimes I’ll try and use humor In it and tell myself “ at least if I go crazy I won’t have to deal with my responsibilities”. Sometimes that helps cause I can laugh it off but I definitely know what you are going through, I’m going through it right now too. It’s definitely very scary and hard to deal with. You are strong and you got this too. Sending you positive thoughts!