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I definitely know what this is like. I have the same Kind of OCD. Mine isn’t much on seeing things but more over analyzing my thoughts to make sure I’m not having a paranoid thought. It’s really strange how much this disorder can trick you. Stay strong and remember that if you actually did have schizophrenia, chances are you wouldn’t care or be worried about it. You would just experience it like it was a normal thing. People around you would notice probably before you did. Stay strong??
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oh my god i relate!! i too have visual disturbances sometimes (my eyesight is also extremely bad) and constant anxiety also makes me hyperfocused on sounds (sometimes i cant tell if the sound i heard came from right beside me or miles away, because it changes when im anxious). a big part of ocd is about being unable to trust your own judgement, identity, true colors etc. but the thumb rule with schizophrenia is that a schizophrenic doesnt question or doubt the nature of their hallucinations or their paranoia. obviously this fact is twosided, because i know this can mean you could go on to worry if things you actually believe then ARENT real, but yeah. i love psychology and ive tried understanding schizophrenia, but all i know is that its probably hereditary, and if no one in your immediate family has it, then theres no cause for concern
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I do actually experience visual disturbances from time to time. I get migraines with aura which causes me to see colors and spots and sometimes loose my vision completely for short periods of time. They used to really scare me but now when they’re there I kinda just say to myself “hello purple dot. Guess you ‘ll be around today.”
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Yeah I had a illness where some of my eye nerves were eaten off so now that causes me to see certain things out of place, see double, or to see lights.
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Thats relieved me
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i’m trying to not let the thoughts bother me but it’s just so stressful. even me typing that feels like i’m lying when i know i’m not. i’m scared because even my therapist tells me that it’s just ocd, but in the back of my mind i slightly don’t believe her, and its making me scared that i AM like those people and im gonna act on something. sometimes in social moments i get a quick thought of me being an outcast because im like those people who are sick in the head and act on that stuff, and it just makes me feel like i truly am gonna eventually act on something. another thing that bothered me is earlier my mom yelled at me for not doing school work (it was well deserved im really slacking on it) and i had like no reaction to her screaming. it had me thinking what if i have no empathy etc etc, and what if i get mad that she yelled at me and i do something involving those thoughts. how do i TRULY know it’s ocd? like i try to remind myself and be like “dude, your therapist said it’s ocd, she isn’t wrong” but the back of my mind is like “she is wrong, it’s not ocd and she just happened to misdiagnose you. you are gonna act on those thoughts and it’s your fate”. please someone respond if you read all of this, im really struggling
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- 23w
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
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 21w
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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