- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Yes, my OCD theme revolves around me fearing that I’m on the psychotic spectrum and will have a psychotic episode. To be honest, I’ve had non-ordinary experiences before, so I feel like I the fear is pretty personal to me. I don’t know if that’s the case for you, but anyhow, ERP has worked very well for me. Whenever the thought comes up “I will go crazy”, do NOT try to solve it. Just accept it. Do not analyze, try to figure it out, ruminate, rationalize, put it into context, seek closure, self-reassure, seek reassurance—those are compulsions. When you stop giving into compulsions and just say “ok, I’m going to go crazy”, it will really piss off OCD. It hurts to leave something so terrifying unsolved, but unsolved is where the issue is always going to be, at the end of the day regardless if you ruminate & do compulsions or not. You’re never going to get certainty that you won’t go crazy; it’s out of your hands. When you embrace that reality, you’ll stop being prisoner to something you can’t control.
Thank you so much for sharing , bc the fear is very personal to me also. I just started ERP and im hoping that i can try to stop doing compulsions. I seek for alot of reassurances while going thru that fear. Its def something i want to work on. Thank you so much for the advice and tips.
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I seek reassurance as well. I am Pure O. My compulsions are to analyze the intrusive thoughts, and reassure myself they are not real. It's a vicious cycle. You cannot stop the thoughts, and I may sound like a broken record in my replies but you have to partition your brain like a hard drive and give the thoughts space, albeit a small space, to just run and hum in the background. It can never be silenced but it can be ignored. I just started ERP myself. Have had OCD over 30 years. Have had over 20 years of control and recently it came roaring back but I am pissed and ready to fight. We can overcome it. We have to learn to LIVE with it. Peace be to you!
i have such a fear of psychosis and schizophrenia, so i’m scared that i’m going to develop it and lose control over my OCD thoughts. If im very tired and my eyes get heavy i get so scared that im going to go crazy or that i have one or the other. and if i have a panic attack im convinced im going to develop it. does anyone have any tips on how to work though this? i saw a thing online that said people with these dont know the have it and that scared me into thinking i have it and dont know.
does anyone else have an intense fear of developing schizophrenia or psychosis. This has been a really heavy theme for me as well. I’m constantly checking to see if I have symptoms or if I’m gonna go crazy or develop these. it’s so scary.
Hello does anyone get such severe panic and anxiety that comes along with bad intrusive thoughts. Then the thoughts give you more panic because you feel you may act on them? Then I worry I’m going crazy, can anyone relate? Thank for reading
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