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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
I’m dealing with the exact same thing hannie, it can be absolutely petrifying sometimes. My brain can be very chatty sometimes, & I think what if one day I don’t interpret it as my own inner monologue! Also when I’m trying to fall asleep I have a lot of random words, phrases & sentences pop into my head when I’m half asleep. I think it’s because I’m so hyper aware of every single thought that goes through my head on bad days. As if I’m monitoring what goes through it in case it’s not normal per say. So any random thought or abstract image in my head gives me huge anxiety, as if I’m constantly on the verge of slipping into phycosis! It’s not nice.
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- 5y ago
I have had those things happen to me as well!! Sometimes random word even when I’m meditating. It has freaked me out so bad! I question every intrusive thought that goes through my head, making sure I don’t “believe it”. It’s so so exhausting. I don’t wish this disorder in anyone, but it’s nice to know we aren’t alone. I’m thinking of you and we will get through this. You are strong. Keep fighting. It’s just OCD trying to scare us because we don’t want to lose what is valuable to us (our sanity). We just have to not fight the thoughts or anxiety. Sending you positive thoughts?
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- 1y ago
@Nat1111 Hey I’m dealing with the same exact symptoms, did anything ever come of it for you? How are you today?
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- 5y ago
Learning to accept something is scary. If you ended up having schizophrenia that’s ok also . There are ways to heal and adapt to all types of things . OCD Can co exist with other mental illness also . It’s like a spectrum . Usually ocd can make you think your going to go crazy I once would picture stabbing my sister or something terrifying and I was convinced that what if one day I snap . So I feel you . It’s to accept that your not a bad person those thoughts are simply thoughts not who you are . We can’t help what our minds bring up we just have to name this thought as a ocd thought
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- 5y ago
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! I really appreciate it. I’m just gonna name them OCD thoughts cause that’s why they feel like. I’m gonna just deal with it and accept the uncertainty. It’s so hard but I’m gonna keep fighting.. thank you again❤️
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- 5y ago
Keep telling yourself you may or may not have schizophrenia and you'll have to deal with the uncertainty. Create an erp scenario around this.
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- 25w ago
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- 23w ago
I know I shouldn’t be seeking reassurance as I know this just fuels OCD, but I really need to vent. I just continue to feel so alone with these thoughts and worries. I feel pathetic for writing about this again on here, but right now it’s just overwhelming feeling. I have posted on here before about this, but basically I continue to have thoughts that people are out to hurt me, including family members. I don’t even feel comfortable at home right now cause I get these thoughts and I feel so fearful/anxious of them. I’m terrified this is more than OCD and that these are actual delusions. It’s always just in the back of the mind the past few days and it’s exhausting. Feeling like I can’t trust others and not even myself. Plus it goes a long with my harm thoughts, because I thought “if my mom is trying to hurt me, I need to hurt her first as a way to protect myself!” And I just feel so much dread thinking that. Like I’m actually going to do it and it makes me depressed and panicky. Plus I picture all these different scenarios, like me being in the hospital, my life officially over, losing my job, etc. I’m thinking the absolute worst. I was diagnosed by a psychiatrist with OCD at 15 and have had flare ups over the years on/off, but at the beginning of this year it started my worst flare up yet and has just continued to persist. First started with health, then turned to my usual theme of harm, and now it’s harm/mixed with fear of psychosis. I try hard to just let the thoughts be, but the anxiety persists and the thoughts won’t go away. It makes me feel so uncomfortable and hard to concentrate on anything. I just want to know if this is OCD or delusional thinking. I feel like I need to know for sure, to know that I’m actually safe and that I’m not a danger. If the longer I wait, the more damage I’m actually doing to myself. Thank you to whoever reads this and relates or responds. I appreciate this community and how open-minded and open-hearted you all are. This disorder is horrible how it makes us doubt and question everything.
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- 19w ago
I've gotten diagnosed with OCD and I'm in therapy. But I'm worried that I don't have OCD/that I got misdiagnosed. And recently I'm worried that I've just gotten myself into a habit of thinking of dirty minded or just plain old terrible things after I see/hear certain things because I feel like I need to prove I have OCD or else I'm faking(sometimes this goes away). Or that I'm just mimicking symptoms of ocd to cope with real problems I may have and that im just really deep into denial. I don't know...I'm just so tired. I mean, what if I really am what I think I am and this is my brains only way of coping? I don't even really feel anything towards most of the thoughts anymore either I just know they go against my values and I don't want them. I don't know if that's because I'm so mentally exhausted, I just don't care, or that the thoughts are true and I'm comfortable with them.
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