Anyone currently rocking with a raging obsession around psychosis/ schizophrenia? It’s been ridiculous. I’m constantly checking to make sure what I’m sensing is real. It’s gotten out of hand. Just curious if anyone can relate!
I can. My brain keeps telling me that I'm going through psychosis but im just "masking it" with ocd... ugh
@lfabos Ohh that’s very interesting! I’m sorry your suffering!
@A.H.Renegade I'm sorry you are too! ❤️hugs
I’m currently freaking out about this one as well watching the Lyndsay Clancy case. It literally puts me into a state of derealization because I get so anxious about it. My OCD just takes it and runs with it. It’s soooo so terrifying! I went down the rabbit hole with the case and got way too into my feels with it. Definitely in a funk now.
Me too it rocked me so hard
@lfabos It’s scary to think that it can happen to anyone. I’ve always wanted children but damn, it makes me not want to 😢 and that breaks my heart so much. But this story has truly haunted me to my core!!!
@Tee10 i had a panic attack last night because of this!! oh my gosh.
@baileeclouse I’m sorry you had to go through that! It really is tough and scary.
@Tee10 Same. Had been doing well for 10 years and this story has triggered my anxiety like nothing has since. I’m newly postpartum with my second kid, and I’ve been sick with anxiety the last few days thinking about this case. You are not alone in that.
@Anonymous I’m so sorry to hear that. It feels like hell.
I went through this as a teen. I started to listen to everything. The wind blew, was that a voice? Am I hearing voices? That’s how my mind went. I became like hyper focused on my hearing. I was on edge constantly. Almost waiting to hear a “voice” or something out of the normal. Made my high school years hell. My dad is actually schizophrenic. Never worried about it until I learned it peaks in your 20s. As I got closer to 20. I freaked out. I was constantly paranoid. My poor dad suffers with delusions of the government and such. So anytime anyone brought up the government or anything it would send me into a panic. I’m over it now thank the lord.
@Kilo2001 I’m sorry you went through that and I’m sorry your dad has suffered to! It’s been an so awful. Just today I could have sworn I heard someone whistling a melody when I was trying to rest and it sends me into utter panic every time. I keep trying to tell myself it’s okay even if I am schizophrenic. My family would make sure I got help, etc. but it’s still crippling!
@A.H.Renegade I understand 100%. I’m really happy I’m past that theme but now it’s harm which isn’t any better! I think what got me through it was one day I was like if I do get schizophrenia it’s okay because my family will still love me no matter what. We’re still close with our father even with what he goes through. He still a great guy just with a little ✨spice✨
@Kilo2001 Aww a little extra spice. I love that! Thank you for the response! 🖤
I’ve experienced this too. It’s all OCD, even when it tries to tell us it’s not. We can do this.
@Anonymous Gahhh thank you so much! It’s been a nightmare, but I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel!
Another obsession “what if I am delusional but I don’t want to admit it to myself?” What if I go to sleep and tomorrow morning I wake up in fullblown psychosis? What if I am just good at hiding it? And so on .. and guess how it went away .. I started thinking “well I don’t know whether I have schizophrenia or not, but if I do, there are efficient treatment for this condition, so , that’s ok.. “
I had it too, my of my compulsion was to take pictures of people to check whether they were hallucinations or not ...
@Nonso I’ll rewind things in movies to make sure I hear or see specific things 🙃
And now .. ladies and gentlemen .. it has turned into a fantastic religious ocd with magical thinking
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 🙏🏻
I’ve never been diagnosed with OCD, but I relate so much to what people here are going through. I used to think it was just anxiety, and I felt like I could handle that. But lately I’ve been spiraling—constantly afraid that what I’m feeling is something worse, like psychosis or losing control of my mind. I feel so detached and scared, and I just want peace again. I have anxiety doing the smallest things, like the thought of waking up everyday and even eating give me straight up panic. I am afraid all the time, it’s paralyzing. And a lot of people say someone with psychosis wouldn’t worry that they’re in it, but then I convince myself I’ve been in it this whole time, and haven’t known, and that maybe I’ve been doing weird stuff. Idk. I also get really scared of labels. Even the idea of OCD makes me feel like I’ll never get better or like I’ll be stuck like this forever. I just want to be okay. If anyone has felt this way—confused, overwhelmed, or scared of what’s happening in their mind—I’d really appreciate any support or encouragement.
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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