does anyone else have an intense fear of developing schizophrenia or psychosis. This has been a really heavy theme for me as well. I’m constantly checking to see if I have symptoms or if I’m gonna go crazy or develop these. it’s so scary.
Hi, cows12465! My name is Anna and I am one of the therapists at NOCD. I have treated several people with this OCD subtype. This theme is called schizophrenia OCD. Check out this article to learn more: https://www.treatmyocd.com/what-is-ocd/common-fears/fear-of-schizophrenia-ocd If you think this might be what you are experiencing, feel free to reach out to NOCD's care team to schedule your first appointment with an OCD specialist. Just know, you are not alone and you have people here at NOCD ready to help.
@Anna Newton thank you!!
Yes I have the same fear of 3years and it’s so hard. I have a fear of losing control/ going crazy I’m constantly on edge of feeling I’m going to go crazy. I question everything
@Lilly2442! yes yes!
Hi I’ve had this theme and many others it will pass in time. I think ocd knows how to impersonate schizophrenia. It will make you believe you have something that you don’t. It will make you doubt yourself because that is what ocd do. Stay strong it will be ok.
@Tam1990 thank you so much!!
i have this too!! very common ocd theme — you are definitely not alone!
Yep! I’m in erp right now working on this. The second I wake up or I’m alone or it’s quiet my brain goes right to this fear. The hardest part is accepting the uncertainty that it’s possible and allowing the uncertainty to be
@Anonymous i’m starting erp again soon!
I suffered with this obsession for years until it finally moved onto something else. I will say this was one of the harder ocd obsessions I’ve had. One thing that brought me a lot of peace is when I found out it is a super common obsession.
@Ian Bittner thank you!!
Believe it or not, these themes are very common in the OCD community. One suggestion will be using the response preventative statements to sit with the thought. They include: compulsions lead to more compulsions, I have felt this before and I will feel this again, this is an OCD thought and OCD is a liar, OCD thinks its strong but I'm stronger. I share these statements with my members to help them to sit with the thoughts and work past the fears OCD is trying to keep you stuck on. Hope this helps :)
@Shaniece Hopkins Thank you so so much!!
This is a common theme in OCD. I wonder, how would you know if you were going to go crazy? What would be the signs, and could you catch all of them? According to OCD, I would be the answer is no, and therefore you would feel compelled to keep on searching for more signs. Now, what if you spent your life looking for signs of this, and never found one. On the day of your death, would you look back and think that you had used your time wisely, or would you think, "Well crap, that was a waste of time!"? I want you to be able to look back and and think that you had a great life spent not doing what OCD wanted you to do, but doing what you wanted to do. So, if you need help with that, please let us know - at NOCD we are ready to help!
@Patrick McGrath thank you!!!
ive had this happen! once i got so wrapped up in the fear of psychosis that i genuinely believed i had developed it! but i had not developed it. i was just obsessing over it
Yup!!!
Anyone else have the fear of blacking out/having a psychotic break and harming others or myself/having no control of your body? Any tips on how to deal with this or anyone who’s recovered from this? It’s probably been my worst yet - the fear of having no control over my body or my actions.
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 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?
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