eugeniodepalo
- Date posted
- 28w
Having constant panic attacks
I don’t know how to stop I feel like I’m going to develop psychosis from my existential OCD
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 28w
You'll be okay remember someone in psychosis doesn't have panic attack because for them it's "normal" they don't question anything your too aware which is contrary of psychosis Also my own brother had multiples psychosis episode never he questioned it or panicked for him it was normal
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
- Date posted
- 28w
This is a great video about panic attacks. :) https://youtu.be/a2w-1v7RBdk?si=YPgGAX_q2pGXmNkt
LizethhLizethh
- Date posted
- 28w
I went through existential ocd a few years ago ! I felt exactly like you did, like all those questions and anxiety would lead me into psychosis the key is to accept the unknown, thats its okay to not know, and that getting answers to these questions wouldnt really make a difference, its the OCD driving that panic of "i must know right now or else", my existential ocd quickly turned into schiz ocd when I began obsessing weather I was psychotic or not or maybe i would develop a more severe mental illness, truth is even if you became psychotic you would make it through that too, and it would be okay in the end, youre an overcomer, sit with your thoughts, don't try to push them out, don't react to them, don't engage with them, just acknowledge they are there like any other thought and continue your daily routine, easier said than done i know but the brain is like a muscle and the more you practice this the easier it will get, you got this!
eugeniodepaloeugeniodepalo
- Date posted
- 28w
@Lizethh Thank you so much for the advice. It means a lot coming from someone that experienced exactly this. Did you also have the tendency of taking “unusual” events as evidence that your existential thoughts were true? It’s crazy how my OCD latches on to those to fuel the anxiety. Something as simple as crossing the road and having a car honk at me would send me in a spiral thinking that maybe I’m actually dead or in a coma and this is an alternate reality. The last one was a flu ending “too suddenly” for my OCD’s taste…
LizethhLizethh
- Date posted
- 28w
@eugeniodepalo Very much!! My thoughts fully consisted of what if I was asleep and this was a dream or what if I was hallucinating everyone around me and really I was alone or even sitting in prison cause I had killed them lol! (Harm ocd) I would pinch myself to make sure i wasn't asleep all of that :) I remember one day my therapist told me "so what's so scary about all this? Even if you were asleep or in a coma or dead or any of that why can't you enjoy your dream or your day anyways? What difference does it make?" And after thinking about it i realized it wouldn't be so bad anyways even if it were true and slowly the fear lost it's grip on me then came schiz ocd haha! But the point is you will recover !
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