I feel like I’m losing my mind. Just a genuine question, not looking for reassurance just wondering if anyone has ever experienced a similar thing. You ever get (depending on current obsessions... mine is currently psychosis) thoughts like, what if there’s somebody in the wall if you hear a sound? I know there isn’t... I just get the thoughts. It’s very strange and some times I have to laugh.

SUCKS RIGHT LOL I didn't Want to be normal anyways. I didn't want to be like this but I'll soon find the middle ground. As will you

We are in the same exact situation! Question if I hear things or if I’m about to as well as have these “fake delusion”. I’m still kind of trying to figure out how to manage it. I just remind myself that if I was actually delusional, I would be trying to convince people that what I believed was real. I also say to myself I wouldn’t know if I was crazy or delusional. I definitely wouldn’t be anxious about it because it would feel like it was totally natural. Most likely when I have those thoughts they produce anxiety and that’s how I know it’s my OCD. I also just tell myself, if I’m really going crazy I can’t control it but I’ll figure out how to manage it so I can live normally or something like that. I sit with the anxiety and accept that my brain made a weird thought and let it pass. (It’s so hard to do and I have failed and tried ruminating) but I’m working on it. The more our brains senses that we fear it, the more it’s gonna make up much more weirder scenarios in our heads. Kind of like our own personal horror film no one else sees lol. Our brains are trying to protect us by remind us that we don’t want to lose our minds so it shows us thoughts to “stay away from” when we have to teach our brains that the thoughts aren’t real and they won’t cause us harm. The probability of our thoughts coming true is so rare. Not trying to give a lot of reassure cause I know they only offers temporary relief but I know what it’s like to feel alone with this. I have wondered if I was going crazy just because I felt no one else thought this way. Some of my thoughts are really strange lol, but there just thoughts. Sending you positive thoughts and prayers. we will get through this. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, but it’s nice to not feel alone.

As much as you feel like you are gonna go Mad or are Mad, You’re not. It’s so convincing, you feel like you are and it’s so real. It’s just the OCD doing what it does best. You’re worried about being mad, so you’re brains gonna come up with more scenarios to make you feel like you could. Take some time to do some self care things. Deep breathing as well as eating clean and taking brisk walks. Let the thoughts come and try not to argue. They are just thoughts. People who go mad don’t question it. They feel like it’s a normal part of life. They feel everyone around them are crazy and what they feel is very real. The fact that you question it is good. These are things I have been told to help me. Yes, they could be used as reassurance and I don’t want to do to much but this will pass. I have the same fear as you and I can promise that it’s just our minds working over time. We got this??. Thinking of you.

YAS a million times yes!! I have the exact same obsession. I’m terrified of psychosis and schizophrenia! My obsession are so weird like I feel like they are delusions but I know how strange they are if that make sense. So it gives me anxiety cause I think I’m losing it lol. I have read forum on people who struggle with schizophrenia and sometimes I think my intrusive thoughts mock their symptoms and try to convince me I’m gonna slip into madness.

Oh my gosh sorry it took so long to get back. Our situations are so similar, I feel a bit mad.