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Thank you so much guys for all your love and support about this. It’s so refreshing to know I am not alone ?
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I have the same fear. Just tell yourself “so what if I get it?” “I won’t know or care if I do.” “Somebody close to me will notice before I do.” “If I am, there is medicine now that will help me live a normal life.” These are the things I tell myself when those thoughts start coming in. You’re brain is good at tricking you into believing things that aren’t true. That’s what anxiety is based off of. A false evidence appearing real. Just try and deal with the idea of it and still living your day to day life. It’s so hard. It’s something I deal with as well. Sometimes it’s stronger then other times. I have noticed a huge difference with how I react to those thoughts now. I’m not as fearful cause I have learned to deal with the anxiety it causes. Not saying I’m ok all the time. I still have slip ups but I am doing so much better. Stay strong?. Sending you positive thoughts!
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Thank you so much for sharing! My brain in constant doubting and plays tricks on me wondering if I paranoid or having intrusive thoughts like I am or other things. But I really need to make an effort to ignore them and live my life now as there are so many beautiful things in my life I will miss out on if I am constantly worrying about it.
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I went through the exact same thing! It really convinced me I was to the point I just kept telling myself I was gonna be doomed with it. I just had to sit with the idea of it. The intrusive thoughts were the worst cause I would look something up about schizophrenia and then my intrusive thoughts would start mocking schizophrenic thoughts and I would ask myself if I really believed it out not. I was trying convince myself I was gonna have it but all that was just OCD. That’s how it gets you, by making yourself believe your worst fear is gonna come to life. So frustrating. This to shall pass and you will get through this.
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- 5y
I actually think this is a pretty common ocd fear
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- 6y
I have the same exact thing as I have family members with it. I am trying to get some help for it soon as i realize how much it overtakes my life. I worry Day in and day out about it but I have to realize that I am just worrying my life away.
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience and being open. It is one of the scariest feelings having someone close that has it. But I show no signs and am 22 yrs old. It is nice to know I’m not alone though I wish no one had to deal with these thoughts. Even if someone did get it I have to remember though it may be super hard they are not doomed as their is help and medication.
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I am 22 as well. That is definitely a positive way to look at it. I’m trying to tell myself that it’s fixable too. It’s hard. This disorder is a hard one but I think we are all so strong for facing it everyday.
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- 17w
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 🙏🏻
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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
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 13w
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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