I saw a shadowy figure in my peripheral vision & I AM SO SCARED. I am freaked out of developing schizophrenia- but my question is if I was - would I know the shadow I saw wasn’t real? If I was developing schizophrenia would I be freaked out of the shadow I saw or would I just believe it’s real?
I'm not trying to reassure you, but as far as I know seeing figures out of the corner of your eye is a survival mechanism to keep you safe. When your vision can't see something completely it fills it in with your brains best guess.
@sad-trash This is also true
U would believe it's real. I've been dealing with this theme for months and worried im going to start believing delusional thoughts and hallucinate still haven't but it a rough theme
@Ragnarking18 I never cared abt my thoughts but once I saw a real physical image of something not real im scared
This may or may not help. But there's a Buddhist video I was listening to once and it said if you were to see Buddha walking on the road in your thoughts ...trigger warning "shoot him" and then the monk laughed because it's not real. Our thoughts are not us it is constantly forming truths and lies at the same time. Once you can breathe and stay in the present that's all that matters. I've used this analogy and sometimes when I get mental images i just remember these guys aren't even buddah and shoot them. I usually think about haters or someone that used to criticize me because they were jealous but that's my OCD.
I'm still healing and barely started therapy a week ago and I do it once a week but on my free time I started to Meditate and the key goal is to be aware of the present and be mindful of our thoughts. I've seen improvement sometimes I get random attacks but I stay calm and just breathe. Using conscious breathing seems to be helping me slowly change for the better.
It's a struggle and it sucks but I'm slowly getting there.
Maggie,joshes wife talking - I used to have this problem until I got with my husband, it only comes when I am alone and I mean no one in the house or everyone’s asleep, I know that there’s nothing there and that it’s jsut my brain but in the moment I am terrified and scared and I remember as a child hiding under the covers afraid to sleep even if my mom or sister was sleeping in the same room I was afraid of closing my eyes because then I would meet my demise , I would think someone’s behind me in certain spots and or if their was a dark room someone was there, I used think if people where talking and looking in my direction they’re where talking about me, I also have a hard time relaxing I always act are is theirs a camera or someone I like (my husband) even in rooms he’s not with me in was watch me and I would practice my smile so that way I knew what I looked like when I made that face or looked at my self in the mirror in certain ways to make sure when he saw me doing that that it looked good. I sometimes thought I was developing schizophrenia but someone told me that it’s not like that so I am unsure what’s wrong with me.
@joshnmaggie ocd & adhd Have you been diagnosed with anything
@vanessa777 I have adhd but I know that my adhd medication used to mess with my mind due to the fact that the less you eat and sleep and magnesium your body makes and takes in which what you brain needs to relax and be logical gets low there for making you paranoid and other things. So maybe trying to take magnesium see if that dosnt increase your since of relaxation and less paranoia. But again I am sure theirs more that could be wrong with mentally me like my hair when I am alone with make me jump because I think something will be there. I do a lot of research on Google
Hi everyone. So recently I have been feeling so scared and paranoid of going crazy. I am terrified of i will go crazy and turn schizo. I’m so hyper aware of everything. My mind convinces me that I will end up like this but I really don’t want to.It’s my biggest fear and I think abt it almost everyday and I can’t handle it anymore. I just want to be ok. I have told my parents this and they say it’s all in my head and just laugh at me. I know it’s in my head but I physically feel sick to my stomach being constantly scared. Please someone help me please please. Thank you.
does anyone else experience extreme fear of developing psychosis or schizophrenia or derealization. I literally freak myself out so much that it makes me physically sick. I’m so scared of developing these and it keeps coming up all over my TikTok and Google. It’s freaking me out.
I went to bed one night in November, and I can't quite say what happened, but I believed that I had a "memory" from childhood. I won't discuss what, but I had "remembered" doing something sickeningly awful. This thing came to me almost as clear as a real memory. I remember thinking something along the lines of 'How could I forget doing something like that?' followed by a feeling of complete horror and terror. I have moments of "clarity" where I can't believe that I'm questioning doing this thing, and it appears obvious that it's false. But now, I'm more than often believing that I did. I am spending 24/7 fighting my head, and it's taking me to dark places. I know this is the worst thing to do, but you don't understand, if this is real then I am a monster and I can't just adopt the 'maybe I did, maybe I didn't approach'. I just can't. I have to know. I'm so scared. My entire life is on the line. I don't have anyone to talk to about this. Literally no one. I feel like I'm insane, like I'm a monster, like I'm hiding my true identity from everyone I love. Does this sound like False Memory? Or am I in denial, trying to convince myself this didn't happen? Why does it feel so real? And why do I have moments of clarity? I also had my first nightmare about it last night. Please someone help me.
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