Schizophrenia ocd inner voices help me please im desperate

Three days ago, I tried to reassure myself and ended up doing a compulsion by reading online ( it’s been one month I have schizophrenia OCD) I came across information about schizophrenia, which mentioned that people with the condition often hear inner voices constantly. Since then, I've been hearing these voices 24/7, saying negative things to me and even commanding me to do things. I couldn’t help myself but continue reading about it, and when I saw that having these voices 24/7 was a symptom of schizophrenia, I started to worry that this might be happening to me my brain took this opportunity to play this symptom 24/7 to scare me .. I want to clarify that I have health anxiety, specifically OCD with pure O). This all started when I became curious about schizophrenia—I didn’t have much knowledge about it at the time. I read that people with schizophrenia sometimes experience delusional thinking, and for a week, I started having irrational thoughts, like thinking people were spying on me or that my brother was trying to hurt me.Every time I switch between new diseases but this theme lasted a lot Now, the inner voices are relentless, and I can't shake the fear that I might be developing schizophrenia. But deep down, I know this could be a product of my anxiety and OCD, especially since I’m fixating on the symptoms after reading about them. Every time IVe read about new symptoms and it scared me it switched into it but this one last cuz I’m so scared of it my brain tell me that this time it’s serious .. I don’t know what to do my psy is on vacation .. My two uncles are schizo also my brother ( due to drug for him ) and me having panic disorder and social anxiety doesn’t help me …

Eschmatter25

Date posted: 34w

I’ve been there too, but just know that you’re somatizing symptoms. Just as if you had heart based OCD and your heart beats fast and skips beats, the OCD creates symptoms according to your fear. Since your anxiety is so extreme you believe you will begin manifesting these thoughts. There is a video on YouTube from NOCD regarding “intrusive commands” these are just thoughts, no more no less. The mere fact that you’re obsessing means that you have “insight” and that’s the difference between severe OCD and a true diagnosis of schizophrenia. You got this…. Those who are truly

lisu2003

Date posted: 34w

but it got worst cuz ive read that it have voices male or female so my mind take male voices all day long .. ive also made mistake to read they can have full discussion with it and it have gender age etc and now im able to do it im scared its over for me i hate myself

Dee C

Date posted: 34w

@lisu2003 Sorry you’re going through this & I can relate. Oftentimes the thought comes along “you gotta check your thinking/thoughts just to make sure you’re not going crazy.” I’d ruminate to no end and go down the OCD rabbit hole of trying to figure it out why that thought came up. These days I may respond with a “yeah whatever or maybe I am/maybe I am not, going crazy.” In other words, I’m acknowledging it but not giving it any value. ERP has taught me that It takes time & practice to acknowledge the thoughts and not engage them. I can practice accepting the uncertainty and sitting with the discomfort, no matter how real or distressing the thoughts may feel. Hope this helps you!!!

lisu2003

Date posted: 34w

@Dee C - What distress me is the fact that it have inner voices cuz since I’ve read schizo have thoughts with inner voices my mind use inner voices which distress me a lot

lisu2003

Date posted: 34w

What distress me is the fact that it have inner voices cuz since I’ve read schizo have thoughts with inner voices my mind use inner voices which distress me a lot

lisu2003

Date posted: 34w

@TBLbolts2025!! What distress me is the fact that it have inner voices cuz since I’ve read schizo have thoughts with inner voices my mind use inner voices which distress me a lot

Anonymous

Date posted: 23w

Ocd/going crazy

Hi about a week ago I found out I have ocd and chronic anxiety! I tried zoloft and it was terrible for me. I also started therapy and I take hydroxyzine but I will discuss further medication with my doctor. My question is I have a huge fear that I'm going crazy, I am crazy, or schizophrenic to the point I'm so hyper aware of my surrounding ill look out the corner of my eye to make sure I'm nit seeing anything ill make sure to double check what I'm hearing and it's so draining! I get really scared and go into a panic and cry 😅 I need some reassurance has anyone felt this way my doctor and therapist explained it to me but I'm still very scared. I feel like one day I'll have a break and I won't be the same! I tried the grounding exercise and breathing it helps temporarily. I also cut out smoking weed and none of my family has this but I feel like I have it or ill develope it even though it's rare!

୨ৎ

Date posted: 20w

can ocd make you question your mental health?

i have been diagnosed with OCD & generalized anxiety disorder. for some reason, i’ve been very hyper aware of everything. like the way i talk, the way i see the world, how certain things sound/look/feel, and it’s very distressing. i feel like the hyper awareness makes me afraid of things? like for some reason, my mind attached to cartoons, and i was hyperfocusing on it, and got extremely scared, like scared of the cartoon for no reason? i’ve done this a lot, and i get scared i have psychosis or schizophrenia, or something that makes you afraid of things for no unknown reason. i feel so scared that this is my new normal…. im heartbroken. so many what if’s. did i just ruin my own life?? 💔

Anonymous

Date posted: 14w

Is schizo ocd a thing?

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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