I really wish I could get the obsessive thoughts of me hearing things and seeing things out of my head because I’m scared I’m gonna drive myself to actually start hearing and seeing things there’s something seriously wrong with me 😫 it’s like I think of whispers and every fast glance I do I feel like I am seeing things when I’m not has this ever happened to anyone!??
Try to embrace the uncertainty surrounding the situation if you can! Try saying, “I’m feeling anxious because I feel like I’m seeing/hearing things, I can’t be 100% certain I’m not now, or won’t in the future. I accept that uncertainty and am willing to live with it happily.” Sit with the uncomfortable feelings produced without compulsions. Over time, in my experience, the thoughts lose their power (even though they may come up at times). I highly suggest getting a therapist and doing ERP if you can! It really helped change my life.
@Anon. How long did your ERP take to help you feel better?
@Anon. Is it normal for your brain to seriously feel like it really can’t accept the uncertainty though that’s my issue I’m having I’m really trying to accept it but it seems seriously impossible ☹️
@Rcope09 Honestly it’s hard to remember, but I think a couple to a few months to see a noticeable difference, but the tools you learn kind of build on themselves, and you can start to implement them into your daily living. I think a lot of recovery has to do with willingness you have to be uncomfortable and vulnerable. I used to ask myself the question, “how free do I want to be?” whenever I thought about skipping nightly ERP. For me, after a couple weeks it kind of became a habit to just do ERP, even if I was tired at night. Then it became doing more ERP in experiences throughout the day as time passed.
@linds123 Something like, “it’s possible that I can’t ever accept the uncertainty, and I’m willing to live with that.” Might help. Eckhart Tolle had something good to say about acceptance. Something like, “if you can’t accept what’s happening, accept that you can’t accept what happening.” That being the first step of acceptance. I think it’s possible the same could be said for not being able to accept the uncertainty.
@Anon. Thank you!! I will definitely try!
I have! I had this fear in the past! It’s still something I fear in the background, but it got replaced by other themes that get me 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
@Scc08 I’m sorry! It really does suck all the themes do even when they don’t seem so bad compared to the ones u go through but really they all are just as bad I hope yours gets better!!
This theme has reared its ugly head for me. My intrusive thoughts are just weird things, like "what if life's a simulation" and then it causes a spiral convincing me I'm now delusional because my intrusive thought didn't make sense. It's horrible.
@lexaprowoes Omg same freaking here I’m going through the same thing right now this theme is sooo weird!
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 🙏🏻
My ocd them has gotten worse and I’m trying my hardest to not look for reassurance. Why does my mind play these tricks on me that I’m saying my thoughts out loud????? I’m trying my hardest to ignore it but it’s making me depressed. When I’m ignoring it my brain will go to “everybody will talk about you” “you said something bad” “you said it out loud and when you’ll live a terrible life”. I don’t know what to do anymore
Hi guys! I had really bad harm ocd about 2 years ago and I went through therapy and eventually got really good at handling it when it would pop up. The other day, I was scrolling on TikTok and came across a girl talking about a guy who was presenting a lot of schizophrenic symptoms but no one paid attention and got him help, he was having a lot of delusions, hallucinating, thinking everyone was out to get him, thought he was Jesus and his dad was the president and ended up doing horrific things. The day after that, I was dealing with some work drama and had the thought of “what if all my coworkers are against me and trying to get me fired”. That really stressed me out, cause I don’t normally think about them like that and I went down a rabbit hole of thinking that was the beginning of me developing schizophrenia, ended up googling stuff all night, taking tests, crying and seeking reassurance. I had a thought the other day “your dad is the president”, this one didn’t stress me out as bad as I knew it was just the video I had seen and it was an intrusive thought about it, and I also didn’t believe it. Today I was with some friends and I got a prize at a place we went and it said “lonely” on it. I do have my moments of feeling lonely and this week has been specifically trying so I had a thought like “oh someone’s out to get me cause I got this”. I know this isn’t logical and it wouldn’t make sense to just randomly get it if someone was truly after me and it was just a stupid prize at a random place, anyone could’ve gotten it. Im just struggling a lot with schizophrenic OCD and thinking I’m in the pre stages of it. In my good moments, I don’t think I am at all and it was all just sparked from the video I watched but in my bad moments, these thoughts feel real!! They really stress me out and make me feel like I’m going to lose my mind causing me to lose my job/ end up in a psych hospital/ never live a normal life/ end up alone, never see me my loved ones/ hurt my loved ones. I just want to feel normal and not like I’m about to lose my mind and everything I care about. Please help!!! Anyone else going through something similar and can help me get through this!
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