do you ever have an excruciating fear of getting diabetes? i have been having so many intrusive thoughts about this lately. i feel like every time i read about it i get new symptoms and it’s driving me crazy. idk if this is common or just me, i dont know how to cope and i’m too scared of doing blood work 😩
Consider that you have somatic OCD. The best thing you can do is stop researching symptoms. It may seem like it’s to confirm whether you have it or not but more likely it’s just going to make you more anxious and less sure. Cause that’s what OCD does. Have you tried ERP techniques?
@Erin P Yeah, i know… but it’s like I can’t stop me from searching sometimes. I hate it bc then i spiral. No, I haven’t :/
@helenadosantos It is a way to learn how to fight the OCD. It’s worth it. For today if you can try to delay searching next time you get the urge. It will be hard but it might allow you to decide to not search.
does anyone else experience extreme fear of developing psychosis or schizophrenia or derealization. I literally freak myself out so much that it makes me physically sick. I’m so scared of developing these and it keeps coming up all over my TikTok and Google. It’s freaking me out.
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.
Has anyone ever had an intrusive thought of thinking you’ve might’ve swallowed something dangerous and you can’t trust your own mind? And you feel like you need to go in to get checked out? Any advice or reassurance?
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