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Schizophrenia
I'm sure that after 25 years of OCD I have developed schizophrenia. What do I do?
I'm sure that after 25 years of OCD I have developed schizophrenia. What do I do?
Trust me, I understand this feeling very fucking well Sometimes I feel like I'm on the brink of insanity, my paranoia and compulsions of superstitious things But according to a social security lady that interviewed me, I just have alot of anxiety and it just causes these things to happen Just know you aren't alone, I've had ocd for..maybe 10 years and feels like I'm losing touch with my sanity You're not alone, take care of yourself bud
You are very kind and it means a lot.
Wow 25 years! You’re a warrior! My life feels over and I’ve only had OCD for 5 years.
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Thanks for replying, Are you having therapy? What are your symptoms? Hope you are doing ok.
@Rita D. OCD can be really cruel. Stay strong and hope things get better soon
what makes you think you schizophrenia?
I have lots of harm thoughts that feel real. I head feels weird like it's fizzy. I can't remember anything. I can't focus on anything. I don't want to engage with anyone. I cannot sleep.
@tenby This sounds like your ocd has just really gotten to you. Are you seeing a doctor/therapist for it? I think you could benefit from some compassionate therapy work
@ZeeIsNotOkay Thank you. Do you recommend anyone?
@tenby I don’t do therapy via NOCD so no I’m afraid not
@ZeeIsNotOkay Thanks - hope you are doing ok
@tenby Likewise 🩷
Are you in meds? You can talk to your psychiatrist first
No I always just managed my OCD. Should I see a psychiatrist with OCD expertise? Or do I assume the worse?
@tenby Yeah first you need to go and talk to a professional ocd is so hard that You need all the help You can get
Can it? I've had it for 5 years, not just in the background, fully severe and acutely crippling. I can hardly go through life, my memory and cognition are very poor, I struggle with comprehension and have difficulty thinking clearly or having conversations to people about everyday things. Like I can only narrate my ocd thoughts in my head, regular thoughts take too much brain power to think about. I have very high anxiety and depressive feelings also. I'm just worried my brain is structurally changed from this ongoing traumatic experiencs and when I'm in my late 30s or 40s it's going to evolve into neurodegenerative diseases. I want to get a brain scan done and see if everything is alright. What kind of doctor or tests would show me that?
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 🙏🏻
I don't know what this is, I don't know enough about OCD, my psychiatrist put me on a medication and told me I have OCD and a mood disorder but I didn't ask any questions because I didn't want to be annoying. I have "evidence" that every year, when I think about death, the world kills someone I love, and it always happens twice. I have nothing to help change that, like, I don't do anything with my thoughts or anything numbers or ritually, so I wasn't sure if it even was OCD, but I do move my hands in certain ways to make my friends happy or improve their lives. Also I cant turn off my fan or something SA related will happen (i dont know how) I think that the world is threatening me, and that if I do something wrong or involve myself with certain things, the world will punish me and the people around me, so all I can do is apologize I've tried looking into the different types of OCD, and all of them are things that I've been anxious about before, but I haven't really been so anxious about any one of them in particular or held onto it for so long, or done any rituals, that I would probably not even say I have OCD. Like, I worry that I'm a nazi, I worry that I like kids, I worry that I killed my friend, I worry that I have schizophrenia or am somehow giving myself it, I worry that I'm going to abuse someone, I worry that I've already abused someone, I worry that somehow I might die, I worry people can hear my thoughts, I worry about ignoring my friend when he cried out for help, I worry that God has already rejected me from heaven, I worry that I like women, I worry that if I don't hit the hammer 9 times on the wall when Im using it that just something bad will happen that I dont know what and I don't know why, and I feel like I don't have a single compulsion that can even "fix" or bring relief to any of these things besides saying sorry, because if I say sorry at least people know that I am apologetic for the crimes I've committed, but saying sorry doesn't fix anything except my own guilt so I'm just a bad person looking for sympathy or seeking attention I don't know enough about OCD, and I don't know how to seek help for my condition because I don't even know if that's really what I have, if I'm not just simply anxious, or possibly schizophrenic Does any of this seem familiar to anyone? Can it be this varied and unfocused? Does this really sound like OCD, or can it be anything else, because I don't want to bark up the wrong tree when I could just be taking medication for something else.
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