Danny R

Date posted: 1y

Fear of Delusional Thoughts

I've recently have had themes, switch lately, so many questions in my head all day long, and the one that is making me super anxious lately that my mind has latched onto is fear of psychosis or going crazy, my mind has been throwing random thoughts of my wife being a witch and casting spells on me, now I know that this is ridiculous, but I work in an office and have alot of down time and it's like everytime I get that thought, I feel a rush of anxiety, my head starts tingling and I feel that awful feeling in the pit of my stomach, and start panicking, I think I'm just freaking myself out and I think the reason why I latched onto such a ridiculous random idea is because my wife has said she has always been interested in this sort of thing and my daughter has bought books in the past on casting spells, still it has been really getting me thinking and panicking about having delusions and that in itself makes me nervous, but again I can see it for what it is, and I think it's just my OCD causing my anxious thoughts, just wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar?

lilmissocd

Date posted: 1y

Yep that’s happened to me before too! I think the best thing we can do is laugh at the thought and and almost mock it like “ooooh wow witchcraft” ya know? It makes it less impactful I feel like

Dee C

Date posted: 1y

I can relate. I won’t give you reassurance but please know that you’re not alone. OCD is a liar, a bully and F’ing leech. That being said, don’t pay attention to the liar, brave the bully and brush off the leech. Stay strong, we got this!!!

cocacolaa

Date posted: 1y

I was searching symptoms of psychosis, and after that i am having terrible fear of getting delusions but I think it’s OCD that makes me convinced that i have smth more serious disorder

OCDFamily

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

Yes OCD lies!

Sikel23

Date posted: 1y

I get you completely, it’s horrible 😓

Sikel23

Date posted: 1y

@Sikel23 Especially the adrenaline and feeling in the pit of your stomach. That’s the worst for me 😓

Danny R

Date posted: 1y

I get full blown panic attacks, and like the feeling that I have to figure this out right now to be sure I'm not crazy, like feeling the need to talk to my therapist to get relief!

Amber R

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Danny R Sounds like OCD to me! Feeling like you need to figure it out RIGHT NOW and wanting to get relief from your therapist are both compulsions. Doing them only keeps you locked in OCD’s spiral. Remember that panic attacks are just adrenaline dumps in your brain, you don’t have to listen to them. I know it’s hard bc it feels so scary and anxiety/panic is LOUD but do your best to acknowledge the fear/pain/loudness and move on with your day. What would you be doing if you weren’t anxious?? You can do this!

Danny R

Date posted: 1y

@Amber R Thank You for your input, yes I definitely know it's those OCD spikes trying to reel me in!

Amber R

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Danny R I’ve suffered with this theme/fear a bunch, so I know exactly how you feel. You are not alone!

N..

Date posted: 1y

I'm literally having this fear right now 😭 I get random creepy mental images or thoughts. I also just get afraid that I'm believing my ocd thoughts to where i feel delusional

Danny R

Date posted: 1y

Anonymous, I feel You, ever since starting this office job all I do is sit and ruminate all day long, it's the worst feeling ever, I just hate how this disorder just pushes us into a corner or seems like it sometimes, I'm just tired of feeling every damn sensation, thought, feeling with this order, it makes me believe I have some kind of panic disorder. Don't worry though we will get through it friend!

OCDFamily

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

Keep working with therapy - things can get better!

kenzieisfound

Date posted: 16w

fear of losing control??

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.

justsomone1

Date posted: 15w

ocd or phycosis?

idk why this is such a recurrent thing for me , I get so scared through the day when I’m not distracted when I think about psychosis. or being put in a mental hospital that it gives me bad anxiety, one time I had a panic attack at the thought of having it 💔 I can’t pin point if it’s intrusive thoughts because it’s a fear of mine .. or not. I think this is the worst thought / fear I have

cait1299

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 13w

Really struggling!

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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