Terrified I’m about to hallucinate or see / hear something :( A week ago while I was on a bus I heard a scary voice that sounded so close to my ear saying “you don’t like me” and it cut out right away, and I can’t tell if it was a hallucination or someone’s phone and I can’t keep obsessing about it :(
Stress and ocd can make you hallucinate. I was feeling like that too. People with schizo don’t know that they have it…. They think that it’s “normal”
Don't feel alone dear, I suffer with that as well. I swear I keep hearing "whispers" it's sounds I'm actually hearing, such as my vents, dryer etc. but I'm so scared of hearing things, I misjudge the sound. I've worked in mental health for a while, and have dealt with schizophrenia alot. I know the typical signs, symptoms, and thoughts of a schizophrenic. While that was helpful at first, it has started to hurt me. It's as though my mind is manifesting symptoms. It's absolutely exhausting. Not reassuring, but schizophrenia affects less than 1 percent of the US. And if there is no family history or substance abuse history, it goes to like a 0.2 percent chance. You are statistically more apt to win the lottery and get hit by a bus in the same day, than develop a disorder like that. Also understand, most schizophrenics are unaware of "issues" there is no questioning of things seen and heard. It's real life to them. If it's causing you anxiety and worry, then it's just your OCD. Best wishes to you! I hope you get this under wraps and get your quality of life back. I have alot of love and support for all those that this disorder has tormented. Keep your chin up and know there is light at the end of the tunnel
@A.Smith I totally relate to this! I work in mental health as well. And sometimes knowing the symptoms and signs (while you have OCD) is a struggle. You definitely analyze things a lot more and the OCD almost tricks you into thinking you have it! Thank you so much for this, and responding I really appreciate it :)
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@pureohasnoperks Thank you so much for this, This really helped ! You’re right! Acceptance and exposures are the only way the fear will subside :)
I have been having these fears about developing schizophrenia, it reached a point where i am starting to almost hear things or the smallest sounds and my mind tells me you're schizophrenic, and i feel this weird sensations in my ear as if someone is whispering yet i can barely hear them, the thing is i am not diagnosed yet because i never work with an OCD therapist but i study psychology so i just used what i learnt to give a meaning to my suffering, many themes of this fear have been happening before and this schizophrenia fear is the last one. I want to know what advice you can give me or ways to make my brain calm down a little bit, i also don't have and can't afford a therapist that's why i am here in the first place I also want to know more informations or experiences with this theme if anyone habe experienced it and what helped you with it I remember feeling better for a while but than i collapsed back, but i am hoping to get better soon too or anytime in the future, I don't want reassurance so make sure you be as real as you can, and thanks 🙏🏻
idk why this is such a recurrent thing for me , I get so scared through the day when I’m not distracted when I think about psychosis. or being put in a mental hospital that it gives me bad anxiety, one time I had a panic attack at the thought of having it 💔 I can’t pin point if it’s intrusive thoughts because it’s a fear of mine .. or not. I think this is the worst thought / fear I have
I’m constantly having fears of getting psychosis like I’ve been thinking I want to get closer to God but my brain is like what if I end up in religious physcosis or what if I drive myself into physcosis from my intrusive thoughts or what if I’m already in it.
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