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This is a huge fear of mine. I also catch myself checking my perceptions and then remind myself it’s just OCD chatter. Embracing uncertainty: I may or may not develop psychosis. Who knows? And if I do I hope the people around me help me find the right support and treatment. Keep fighting the OCD!
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Ocd cannot cause psychosis. That’s a common misconception that runs rampant online, but not in true medical or scholarly articles. That’s what’s so hard about the Internet, it can steer us wrong. I read so much about it and schizophrenia that I stopped just reading the true facts, and instead went to peoples firsthand stories to which made it worse because they often don’t realize what actually caused their psychosis, so they blame it on their stress or anxiety. This has been scientifically proven to not be true. Hang in there.
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I do the same thing. I also just got through 5 months of really bad DP/DR so I’ve been on high alert for signs of psychosis or schizophrenia. When your brain is overstimulated too and in flight mode you are hyper vigilant and aware and it just makes things worse thinking about every little thing. I have thoughts all the time though of “I’m going to hallucinate something” or I have to go to the psych ward, and I have to remind myself that if I’m having those thoughts my reality testing is intact and I’m not psychotic.
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Exactly. I have the same things. Anxiety has a way of distorting everything. Makes your vision feel foggy which we then perceive as “possible hallucinations” it makes you keep an eye out for any movement at all, which then is perceived as the same. All sounds have to be originated to a source or we believe we are “hearing things” and then even silence (which isn’t really easy to obtain) becomes loud with the intrusive thoughts and chatter our minds create. It’s hard but it will pass. If you truly had psychosis, you would not be questioning it. There are those rare stories on the internet where someone will try and fight that theory, but the truth is they only feel that way now that they are clearer. When they share their actual story, you find they had no idea that anything was going on in the time. You’ve got this. WEVE got this :)
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@Drepet123 I totally agree with the sounds, lately I’m hyper aware of where sounds are coming from and I need to know the source otherwise I start spiraling that I’m hallucinating ?
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@Chelseadom When the reality is the mind is a noisy place. Someone told me my vent sounds like an alarm clock or chattering. And now that’s all I hear ? it’s annoying how our ocd brains work!
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Reading stuff like this that I relate to so heavily makes me want to cry. It’s so shitty but also so comforting to know I’m not the only one. I’m still working on getting through this. You got it.
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Yes I have those thoughts before it’s my own fault because I read some much stuff about what ocd can cause that I’m so fixated that I maybe have that too I know it’s in my head but it scares me to when I think about it
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Thanks I will I need to stop searching stuff on the web that is a compulsion and it’s gonna make my ocd worst
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I’m in the same boat. But I found that it’s so true. I’ll be doing great for days, and then I have a bad day and realize that the reason it was bad is because I looked online. It never helps. The sooner we realize that and let the symptoms our mind has created pass, the better off we are.
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- 23w
I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
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i have such a fear of psychosis and schizophrenia, so i’m scared that i’m going to develop it and lose control over my OCD thoughts. If im very tired and my eyes get heavy i get so scared that im going to go crazy or that i have one or the other. and if i have a panic attack im convinced im going to develop it. does anyone have any tips on how to work though this? i saw a thing online that said people with these dont know the have it and that scared me into thinking i have it and dont know.
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I don't know what to do anymore, the fear of psychosis and schizophrenia is so bad in so hyper aware of everything I hear and everything I see, I've always had eye floaters now I convince myself that it's really me hallucinating, I've always had tinnitus but now I'm convinced it means I'm going to go crazy soon, I can't sit in quiet because all I'm focusing on is what I'm hearing, and searching for any sounds I can't distinguish, when there's background noise I get so anxious if I think I heard something but im not sure I did or I'm just anxious, I'm terrified I'll start having delusions and sometimes my brain confuses some sounds for other sounds for example say I'm hyper focused and I breathe and my nose makes a whistling sound my mind interprets it as a scream and I freak out thinking I'm hallucinating only to focus closer and realize it's my own breathing, earlier I was so anxious that I couldnt tell if I had an intrusive thought or heard something, I don't know how to make it stop, I've been through this theme before I just forgot how hard it was I'm having a panic attack please help
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