Dean01
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- 5y
lulu23lulu23
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- 5y
You’re good. You’re ok. I’ve been there. I’ve been so bad I couldn’t be left alone. Don’t look into any symptoms unless a therapist advises you to. Don’t go to any other forums and seek other people’s experiences they’re all unique. The obligatory you wouldn’t know if you’re going crazy is needed but the best thing you can do is not let these fears hold you back. Don’t avoid anything. Has it stopped you from living normal at all? This theme is so common it’s unbelievable that it isn’t mentioned by professionals more often.
Dean01Dean01
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Thank you so much, I'm just been having such a hard time
Dean01Dean01
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- 5y
No it hasn't let me stop living it's just a problem that I need to fix right now
lulu23lulu23
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- 5y
@Dean01 Ok it’s important that you don’t start avoiding. It’s good that you recognized this problem before it took control of your life.
Carl CornettCarl Cornett
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- 5y
Hey! This is my theme, too. Empathize with your pain, it can feel very overwhelming. As others have mentioned, researching or checking online isn’t ideal. It’ll give you more fuel for your obsessions. Try employing “‘maybe or maybe not” statements. One careful note is to be conscious this isn’t a compulsion. So when you’re doing them really lean into the “maybe it is” part. You want to accept the uncertainty, not that the thoughts aren’t true. So, for example, if something triggers me I’ll think, “Because I had that thought, it might mean I’m developing psychosis. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. I’m going to keep doing what I was doing.” Notice how the thoughts come back, but observe them. If you notice tension or hesitance, relax yourself and let it come. You’ll see that the anxiety dissipates on its own fairly easily. But if it doesn’t, just keep trying. It’s training your brain to react differently. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good here. If you struggle or backslide, just begin again. Every moment is an opportunity to start over.
lulu23lulu23
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- 5y
You can look a couple posts down and see someone with the exact same fear. With this theme I’ve gone through everything you could imagine but I’m still here.
JamarcelineJamarceline
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- 5y
@lulu23 can you say something about how you were feeling during your schizofrenia theme ? Or it will be reassurance?
JamarcelineJamarceline
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- 5y
@dean01 this is my theme rn too .
Dean01Dean01
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- 5y
Yeah it's just fucked, I don't want to be this way, and I know that schizophrenia is super rare, but it still wants to fuck with me
JamarcelineJamarceline
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- 5y
It's the worst . I think worse is harm OCD.
Dean01Dean01
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- 5y
I have that too
lulu23lulu23
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- 5y
They all seem scary but at the end of the day it’s not harm ocd or schiz ocd or hocd or pocd. It’s all just OCD and we can beat them all the same way.
Dean01Dean01
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Amen to that shit, I'm only 18 years old, and just want to get this handled now
JamarcelineJamarceline
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- 5y
Thanks lulu. I hope we all will be alright
JamarcelineJamarceline
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- 5y
@dean01 in your age I had terrible ROCD . But my ex boyfriend was so stupid that I couldn't tell him anything cause he thought mental diseases are from imagination .
JamarcelineJamarceline
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- 5y
And I actually discovered I have OCD when I was 18. Be strong! This age is difficult . Do you have family support ?
Dean01Dean01
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- 5y
Of course, my dad doesn't understand, my mom somewhat does, they still want to help but they don't know how
JamarcelineJamarceline
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- 5y
Do you have OCD therapist in you city ?
Dean01Dean01
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- 5y
Don't know
Dean01Dean01
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- 5y
Don't really know how to cope
Dean01Dean01
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- 5y
I'm in highschool and I'm a very social and interactive person, I feel sometimes that I'm going insane, even I know insane people don't realize that there insane but it is very scary for me, I just want my head back a don't trip on everything
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Anonymous
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- 17w
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 🙏🏻
cait1299
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 13w
Really struggling!
Hi guys! I had really bad harm ocd about 2 years ago and I went through therapy and eventually got really good at handling it when it would pop up. The other day, I was scrolling on TikTok and came across a girl talking about a guy who was presenting a lot of schizophrenic symptoms but no one paid attention and got him help, he was having a lot of delusions, hallucinating, thinking everyone was out to get him, thought he was Jesus and his dad was the president and ended up doing horrific things. The day after that, I was dealing with some work drama and had the thought of “what if all my coworkers are against me and trying to get me fired”. That really stressed me out, cause I don’t normally think about them like that and I went down a rabbit hole of thinking that was the beginning of me developing schizophrenia, ended up googling stuff all night, taking tests, crying and seeking reassurance. I had a thought the other day “your dad is the president”, this one didn’t stress me out as bad as I knew it was just the video I had seen and it was an intrusive thought about it, and I also didn’t believe it. Today I was with some friends and I got a prize at a place we went and it said “lonely” on it. I do have my moments of feeling lonely and this week has been specifically trying so I had a thought like “oh someone’s out to get me cause I got this”. I know this isn’t logical and it wouldn’t make sense to just randomly get it if someone was truly after me and it was just a stupid prize at a random place, anyone could’ve gotten it. Im just struggling a lot with schizophrenic OCD and thinking I’m in the pre stages of it. In my good moments, I don’t think I am at all and it was all just sparked from the video I watched but in my bad moments, these thoughts feel real!! They really stress me out and make me feel like I’m going to lose my mind causing me to lose my job/ end up in a psych hospital/ never live a normal life/ end up alone, never see me my loved ones/ hurt my loved ones. I just want to feel normal and not like I’m about to lose my mind and everything I care about. Please help!!! Anyone else going through something similar and can help me get through this!
Idontknow
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- 7w
I don’t want to be schizophrenic
I think I do have schizophrenia honestly it explains why I feel like people can look at me through my window in which I had to put dark curtains and even with the dark curtains, I feel like people can still see me through the window and through the window bathroom even though the window is frosted or texture looking and even when I walk around the living room, I have to close the curtains because I feel like I’m doing something inappropriate and kids are staring at me sometimes I forget how to speak and my words are disorganized I feel like people plan stuff to kill me or the men in the street have r worded me sometimes I’m convinced my 8 year old brother is planning stuff or taking pictures of me or has done something to me in my sleep then feeling like I hear whispering When u was in high school I use to cry because people stared at me all the time omg it’s all making sense
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