- Username
- CariMcGrath
- Date posted
- 6y ago
It falls in the category of ... no action you can take will make a difference as to whether or not you get schizophrenia ... So, I try to let go and not argue with the thoughts ... when I deal with it, I try to refrain from googling information about schizophrenia... that’s my big compulsion ... It feeds the obsessions ... I also try to make room for the thoughts while I live my life, even though they cause me pain ... You could do some planned exposures to it too, using this app or under the guidance of a therapist, if you can see one.
It like distorts everything
Oh! Well if you ever decide to try meditation, I use an app called Headspace. It helps teach me to let the thoughts pass.
It’s such an awful obsession. I’ve been dealing with it for so long. Avoid looking up anything about it. Your ocd mind will just imitate everything you read about. I’m getting better, but it’s a slow process. You just need to force yourself to get into other stuff. Mine was so bad that I looked back into my childhood and questioned why I did anything the way I did and was it all a sign that I was insane. Mine always follows from schiz ocd to existential ocd. Pretty much anything centering around me losing my mind. It’s such a big fear of mine, but it will get better and we will beat this.
Also, if it makes you feel better, my OCD therapist said he has never met anyone with OCD who did not, at some point, worry that they were insane!
Isn’t the schizo one pretty common as a theme?! Also I don’t think it’s a actually possible into worrying yourself into it haha. Thank you @wiseblood
Super common as a theme. You got this!
True. It distorts everything. And is really frustrating. Have you tried meditation? That also helps me.
Well I just started an adhd medication today so my senses are quite hightened.. hahah so that’s fun ??♀️
I will download that! Thanks!
Does anyone suffer from Schiz OCD. Where you obsess about possibly being schizo
It’s amazing how powerful OCD is, I went through the worst Mental Health experience of my entire life last year. I thought my life was over, that I was insane, and was convinced 100% I had schizophrenia. My brain was mimicking every symptom. It was terrifying. After starting OCD therapy and ERP. My life changed forever. I was actually mental stable for once. I felt happy and controlled for once. Now Schiz OCD is back , and it seems worse then before. I can’t sleep, eat, work, or even socialize. I constantly feel insane. My two biggest themes are Harm OCD and Schiz OCD. And these themes work together to cause me constant anxiety. It’s hell. I can’t even think straight. I’m currently dealing with DP/DR, command thoughts/voice, internal voices/thoughts that I can make not sound like me or my inner monologue, “What if” delusional thoughts,hyperviligance,checking if I hear or see anything externally(auditory and visual hallucinations) and many more. I question my insight constantly. I even went to the hospital the other day to get evaluated and make sure I don’t have psychosis. Everything I fear the most seems to be coming true. Constantly asking my parents and therapist/professionals if I have schizophrenia. Constantly looking for reassurance. Feels as if I’m thinking my way into psychosis and schizophrenia. OCD knows exactly what you fear and will try to one up you on anything. OCD will CONVINCE you everything that’s happening to you is true , all your biggest fears. OCD is trying to find new things to keep you stuck and hold you in fear. This experience has been horrible and I am convinced I’m going insane. But I’ve been through this once and I’m going to get through this again. STAY STRONG. Reach out to professionals, Resist compulsions, step into the fear, and relax a little bit. You’re not alone.
Hi! So i've had intense fear of developing schizophrenia for quite some years now. I'm on a point now where I really don't know how to continue with this. So lately I've been having paranoid thoughts when going outside; like thoughts about friends poisoning my drinks, everybody hates me & wants to get rid of me. I do know these aren't true/ won't happen, but they do feel very real. I see the possibility of these being intrusive thoughts. but then there's this other thing. It's when I'm home, no matter if alone or not. I always feel like something's creeping up to me. I could be in the kitchen, just being on my phone, or with my roommate watching tv, and I'd have the most intense, unbearable feeling of something just being there, and going to enter the room. I can literally feel it coming. It pretty much happens all the time, but the evenings are just another level. I can't even tell if I'm hallucinating or not. Like idk if the shadows I see hushing by are in my imagination or if I actually hallucinate them. As with the feelings mentioned before, I know there's nothing going to attack me, jump out etc. but It's almost impossible to just act normal. Like I'd turn away of any doors/windows, I just feel my body wanting to escape. What could that be? I never felt emotions this intense before. I'm diagnosed with OCD, Anxiety and depression.
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