I keep seeing things on the side of my eye and when I look fast it’s nothing but a tree or a chair depending on where I’m at but my mind imagines it’s something worse like a person and when I look it’s not has anyone ever delt with this I have a huge fear of losing my mind I been very hyper aware of my vision lately and eye floaters I think about what if I see something all day constant state of panic please tell me I’m not hallucinating
it sounds like your compulsion is to think about insanity and perhaps try to prove to yourself that you are or aren't losing your mind. I would look on youtube at videos where schizophrenics or insane people talk about what their experience is like, perhaps even watch schizophrenia simulation videos. While you watch these, refrain from engaging in your compulsive thinking. You may hear something in one of the videos that you feel for sure proves you insane, but you have to not follow those thoughts and just keep watching the video. This will be stressful. Every 2 minutes record how stressed you are on a scale of 1 to 10. Your stress will peak at some point and then start coning down. It will go up and down. When your stress level is half the highest peak you can stop the exercise and practise again another day. Practising this over time, it was quick for me just a couple weeks, will reduce your anxiety almost completely. Working with a therapist will get better results though.
@NoahP Hey so I tried this last night and I feel way worse is this part of it couldn’t sleep all night I was terrified I just need some hope that I’m gonna be ok I have made an appointment for next week I don’t want to get out of bed my stomach is in a knot
I had a similar experience, practising erp with insanity stimuli like watching videos about schizophrenia made the anxiety go away. I was also scared of my eye floaters and if I might be hearing or seeing things. That was two years ago, now I'm not afraid of any of this at all. Seeing a nocd therapist will speed up the recovery process.
@NoahP What can I do to try to calm myself what was a good ERP exercise I’m terrified right now because it keeps happening I have never worked with an OCD therapist I’m afraid I’ve convinced myself in finally losing it thank you for reaching out
Yes I keep trying so hard to convince myself I’m not going insane I’m a good mom I’m in school I have a 4.0 but once this happens I go into a panic I’m shaking scared I’m gonna try this and I see a therapist Thursday thank you so much I appreciate it
I’ve had the same thing before! It sometimes is scary, especially when I’m home alone and it looks like there’s a person next to me. I’ve always wondered why this happened too. Just know you’re not alone ❤️
@Abump101 What exactly did you experience I’m just sitting here scared not scared like someone is after me just scared like is this really happening am I gonna go crazy i always have to double look to make sure what I saw and it’s always nothing but I imagine it was something scary
@Anonymous For me, I’ve experienced this so many times where it looks like a person or something.. I just try to tell myself that it’s just my anxiety trying to scare me or my eyes just seeing things. Know that you’re not going crazy.. because people who are going crazy don’t realize that there is anything wrong with them lol
@Anonymous Like for example my therapist said he looked on the floor and thought he saw a roach but it was a Penny he had to double look that’s kinda what I see I looked at the tree and the sun was in my eye i thought it was a person then when I double looked it was the tree and the shadow from the sun I instantly went into a panic attack thinking did I see something is my vision playing tricks on me whatever this is I hate it and I have never been like this before
@Abump101 Thank you this calms me lol I continued to drive off and make a phone call and feed my kids your right this is just anxiety
I keep seeing coupled numbers or angel numbers and having dejvu and in my mind when I get constant Deja Vu which in my mind means something bad is about ti happen I have had it 6 times today 3 in the last hour and I honestly feel like I'm going insane whether its Deja Vu of the numbers it causes me to question every action I make. If I see the numbers or get Deja Vu it dictates my day and I can't live this way anymore. Everyone I try and talk to doesn't understand and there is no way I can ever tell anyone about my violent intrusive thoughts the one time I did my mother called the police. Sorry for the run-on sentences and if it doesn't flow right I'm just really struggling right now and have been for a long time and I just want help I'm scared of my own mind. Thank you for whoever answers this post just one person would sadly make my day.
Hi about a week ago I found out I have ocd and chronic anxiety! I tried zoloft and it was terrible for me. I also started therapy and I take hydroxyzine but I will discuss further medication with my doctor. My question is I have a huge fear that I'm going crazy, I am crazy, or schizophrenic to the point I'm so hyper aware of my surrounding ill look out the corner of my eye to make sure I'm nit seeing anything ill make sure to double check what I'm hearing and it's so draining! I get really scared and go into a panic and cry 😅 I need some reassurance has anyone felt this way my doctor and therapist explained it to me but I'm still very scared. I feel like one day I'll have a break and I won't be the same! I tried the grounding exercise and breathing it helps temporarily. I also cut out smoking weed and none of my family has this but I feel like I have it or ill develope it even though it's rare!
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.
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