I try to face my fear .. I have a severe fear of developing schizophrenia.. but when I try to read up about people that’s had the same fear I freak out .. I feel my hear beating out my chest.. The what if’s.. I’m fine when I’m not thinking about it when I am I’m convincing myself omg what if I have .. I’ve seen the psychiatrist I do therapy I just don’t get it. I’ve completely become obsessed with it

Maybe cause you want to have a good life and ocd makes you think about bad stuff that might happen to you and make your life more difficult

I know. But it's a good sign you care about having a good life. Stay focused on positive aspects in your life . I'm sure when something bad happens to you like schizofrenia you will have someone to support you and help .no need to think about it when you actually dont need help , except erp - it might be useful to you ?? ?

When I was afraid of developing schizofrenia I started to think : " what if I develop something worse than schizofrenia ? , what if I'll get hit by car and become a cripple , what if I'll die tomorrow " quite depressing but when I thought life indeed can get worse than developing schizofrenia I stopped thinking about schizofrenia.

The mechanisms behind OCD are the same for everyone irrespective of the content. The amygdala miscommunicates with other parts of the brain and makes otherwise benign thoughts seem dangerous and important. We respond to these thoughts with compulsions, which is an attempt to eliminate, reduce, or change the thoughts. Paradoxically, that’s why the thoughts are stickier and appear more often. Your brain likes having a job. It doesn’t care about happiness, it cares about keeping you alive. These thoughts seem dangerous for the aforementioned reasons, so your brain keeps bringing them up because it thinks it’s helping you avoid danger via compulsions. ERP—particularly the response prevention portion—are about retraining the brain to respond differently to the appearance of these thoughts. Like being in the gym; the more you work that “muscle” the stronger you get. Mindfulness helps as well. You can practice this via meditation or through things like mindful walking. Just bringing yourself into the present moment.