Is schizo ocd a thing?

I have been having these fears about developing schizophrenia, it reached a point where i am starting to almost hear things or the smallest sounds and my mind tells me you're schizophrenic, and i feel this weird sensations in my ear as if someone is whispering yet i can barely hear them, the thing is i am not diagnosed yet because i never work with an OCD therapist but i study psychology so i just used what i learnt to give a meaning to my suffering, many themes of this fear have been happening before and this schizophrenia fear is the last one. I want to know what advice you can give me or ways to make my brain calm down a little bit, i also don't have and can't afford a therapist that's why i am here in the first place I also want to know more informations or experiences with this theme if anyone habe experienced it and what helped you with it I remember feeling better for a while but than i collapsed back, but i am hoping to get better soon too or anytime in the future, I don't want reassurance so make sure you be as real as you can, and thanks 🙏🏻

Cemetery.5513

Date posted: 13w

I literally get so paranoid that im schizophrenic it’s not even funny I think its our brains focusing on it so much that it like is seeing things or hearing stuff yk

Anonymous

Date posted: 13w

I agree it's so annoying and scary at the same time you don't even get phisical symptoms you just live a scary movie that is repeating itself in your brian, but we got this and we can move through it i think

ERP is the w...

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 13w

Well I have that same fear . OCD will attach to the fears and go . So you can just respond with “maybe I don’t have schizophrenia, may I do “ just accept that you might have schizophrenia or maybe you don’t . Who knows! But what you do know is you can sit with the discomfort of not knowing

Anonymous

Date posted: 13w

I agree, what annoys me the most is the sensations which triggers the cycle again, not the ideas because i know how to deal with them and i know i can take it and move through it

ERP is the w...

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 13w

Yup ! I know about the sensations. I get headaches as well . The sensation, I know for me will make me freak out . When I feel the sensation I will say “ oh no it’s about to happen this time “ and then debate with OCD “ no it’s not ,o yes it is “ . A challenge that my therapist has me doing right now is resisting the ruminating or the response to the ocd . OCD says “ oh what if you did blank “ I just listen and don’t respond. Or I can always hit it with maybe it will or not , who really knows

Anonymous

Date posted: 13w

Mine is like i am having schizophrenia and ocd isn't what i am having, at the same i am aware of ocd but it feels too real to ignore so i completely forget about the ocd and i feel like I'm schizophrenic At the same time i notice this and i go " this definitely a delusion, i am crazy" I have this imagination in my head that i will lose everything if i get schizophrenia My personality and dreams and that people will shame me and my family would abandon me It's scary but the imagination keeps repeating I'm trying to just accept it if it happens at this point I'm kinda tired

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User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 13w

You can also write out a worst case scenario of what will happen if you have schizophrenia . Write it and then record . Listen to it on loop. It’s also good to listen to at long as you need to until your anxiety goes down . Just be patient with yourself

Anonymous

Date posted: 13w

I will definitely try it thanks for the tip 🙏🏻

spelamarela

Date posted: 25w

Is this normal for ocd?

Have you ever felt the need to hide knives because you’re scared someone might hurt you while you’re sleeping? Or have your thoughts ever tried to convince you that you have feelings for your family members? Maybe you feel like you need to tell your parents to “drive safe” every time they go somewhere, believing that it will prevent them from crashing, or that something bad will happen if you don’t. These are things I’ve experienced, but they didn’t last long, and because of that, I’m unsure if I actually have OCD, as these thoughts don’t happen frequently. I’m 17, so maybe it’s still developing, but I’m not sure. At one point, I even thought I might be a psychopath and would become a serial killer (i was analyzing my past and feelings but it went away quickly) When I was a kid, I was also scared I had a tumor and constantly needed reassurance from my parents that everything is okay, but it wasn’t as intense. Recently, I’ve been scared that ghosts would come or that a demon would possess me, or that if i open my eyes i will se my dead uncle (i was 16😂) which kept me from sleeping. Are these signs of OCD? Should I consider getting treatment? About three months ago, I had my first big obsession about possibly having OCD itself (i was scared of going crazy, of feeling like this forever, of not being perfect, of not having control), and now I’ve been struggling with HOCD for three months. But I’m scared that I don’t even have OCD, and that these thoughts might be true. It’s funny because just a few months ago, I was terrified of having OCD, but now I feel like I want to have it. I think a traumatic experience with weed might have made my OCD worse, but I’m not sure. What do you think? I also found out that my mom is also hiding knifes and that she was also obsession over sickness…

Anonymous

Date posted: 22w

Ocd/going crazy

Hi about a week ago I found out I have ocd and chronic anxiety! I tried zoloft and it was terrible for me. I also started therapy and I take hydroxyzine but I will discuss further medication with my doctor. My question is I have a huge fear that I'm going crazy, I am crazy, or schizophrenic to the point I'm so hyper aware of my surrounding ill look out the corner of my eye to make sure I'm nit seeing anything ill make sure to double check what I'm hearing and it's so draining! I get really scared and go into a panic and cry 😅 I need some reassurance has anyone felt this way my doctor and therapist explained it to me but I'm still very scared. I feel like one day I'll have a break and I won't be the same! I tried the grounding exercise and breathing it helps temporarily. I also cut out smoking weed and none of my family has this but I feel like I have it or ill develope it even though it's rare!

୨ৎ

Date posted: 19w

can ocd make you question your mental health?

i have been diagnosed with OCD & generalized anxiety disorder. for some reason, i’ve been very hyper aware of everything. like the way i talk, the way i see the world, how certain things sound/look/feel, and it’s very distressing. i feel like the hyper awareness makes me afraid of things? like for some reason, my mind attached to cartoons, and i was hyperfocusing on it, and got extremely scared, like scared of the cartoon for no reason? i’ve done this a lot, and i get scared i have psychosis or schizophrenia, or something that makes you afraid of things for no unknown reason. i feel so scared that this is my new normal…. im heartbroken. so many what if’s. did i just ruin my own life?? 💔

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