Struggling with OCD fears of psychosis after testing positive for Covid.

TW: Covid and OCD fear of psychosis

Trigger Warning:: Tested positive for Covid 12/29.. I have had severe panic around the clock since.. I have a fear of developing psychosis. It’s crippling me… I read about it on google and I can’t stop thinking about it and obsessing over it.. I finally tested negative today.. I’m absolutely terrified of it.. scared to sleep scared to be be awake.. could anyone give me some good advice to help me.. I’m on high alert for any symptom I may feel..

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Username: NicaNica

Date posted: 1y ago

Don’t trust everything you read in the internet.

Username: Shannon29Shannon29

Date posted: 1y ago

I am not sure the link that has been made for you between the two. But psychosis is something that comes on very fast and generally you are unaware that you have it. If you are worrying about it you most likely don’t have it, from my experience the two most common triggers are (a combination of) sudden trauma and lack of sleep. Some indicators I have experienced with family members are the understanding of their current reality keeps changing, sudden need to do things and act on them that are out of character (generally a more extreme than an ocd compulsion), sudden spiritual awakening and revelation… most of these are sudden and out of character so would be noticed by relatives or friends.

Username: ahbay 03ahbay 03

Date posted: 1y ago

@Shannon29 I guess I’m just deathly afraid of it actually happening to me.. it’s like it’s stuck on repeat in my head.. and I can’t shake the fear..

Username: Cassie:)Cassie:)

Date posted: 1y ago

You may, you may not. do not play into OCD’s thought patterns.

Username: Shannon29Shannon29

Date posted: 1y ago

I guess I’m just trying to say try to reach out to friends/family/councillor/psychologist that are going to act and be empathetic if your worst case scenario were to happen, let them know you are scared. My sister had psychosis, then had another traumatic event about a year later. She immediately contacted her psychologist and family to let them know she was feeling anxious and we were able monitor her and help, if she had let it bubble privately it might have been really terrible for her and us. I totally understand the feeling you are experiencing as one of my ocd traits is medical OCD where I am convinced of a terrible consequence from a small symptom or am triggered by things I hear/read/see.

Username: laurlpn

Date posted: 5y ago

Ok.. so another one of my fears is the fear of being schizophrenic or psychotic. I’m 9 weeks post partum and I read about psychosis and it freaked me out!! I’m 29 years old and I know schizophrenia happens in your teens or early 20s. My therapist told me that as long as I don’t have a voice telling me to act on my intrusive images or thoughts that it’s not psychotic. Once she said that later that day the words “do it” kept repeating in my mind. I have 0 desire to harm anyone and I’ve never been a violent person. If anyone has experienced something similar please share! I feel like my mind loves to switch things up and play tricks on me.

Username: hannie

Date posted: 5y ago

Having a lot of OCD right now. It’s actually sending me into an anxiety attack. I’m so afraid I have lost my mind or about to lose my mind. My thoughts are so intense as well. I could use some positive words or some comforting words. I have harm OCD, fear of schizophrenia, as well as Religious OCD. I feel like they are all happening at once and I can’t calm my mind. I think it has to do with my period but I’m not sure.

Username: mwilson35

Date posted: 4y ago

Not to be negative, but today was a really, really rough day. I couldn’t fall asleep till 4 am because of obsessive thoughts last night, and woke up with bad things on my mind. Laid on the couch from 11-5, had a mental breakdown for which I probably would’ve been hospitalized if the coronavirus didn’t scare my parents. I feel like I’ve had so much stress from OCD that my brain just gave up on me today, and I feel like I can’t find my personality or sense of self. I truly feel like something inside me died today, and I’m worried I won’t ever be the same. Does anyone have any experience with this feeling, or have the slightest idea what I should do?

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