Lori
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luchalysolluchalysol
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Me, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, psychosis, narcissism.
LoriLori
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Same,all of then
LoriLori
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@Lori Themm**
luchalysolluchalysol
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@Lori Its horrible. I dont do compulsions on those much anymore. Mostly mental but not much
LoriLori
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@luchalysol Yeah,same,i do not really check for this kind of stuff cause there are so many theories.
luchalysolluchalysol
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@Lori I love learning, but it just fueled my ocd, so Id rather now
luchalysolluchalysol
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@Lori Not*
ocdillustratedocdillustrated
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I saw in a recent post you mentioned that you did a compulsion and it increased your distress. I'm concerned that this may be another one. If you're asking this question to prove to yourself that fearing other illnesses is OCD and not a sign of something else being wrong, the question is probably a reassurance compulsion. Here's a chart that outlines the difference between reassurance and information seeking https://iocdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/18-Information-seekers-vs-reassurance-seekers.pdf You've determined that other people have similar fears. Now, it's time to direct the conversation towards effective ways to respond to those fears. Knowing that you aren't alone feels good. It reduces shame. However it does very little to actually help you learn to respond to fears more effectively.
LoriLori
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Thanks
tlbtlb
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I’ve had this before. It comes and goes. Especially struggle with paranoid schizophrenia or bipolar. Sometimes my obsessions/visual images with my OCD seem so real I feel as though I must be out of my mind. It’s easy for me to immediately go to the worst case scenario “I’m going crazy”. I know that term can be seen as offensive within mental health, but it’s exactly how I feel...”I’m losing my mind” feeling. I often have to remind myself “these thoughts are there but I know they’re present and I know this is my OCD getting the best of my rational mind.” Either way, this is for sure a struggle for me and I completely understand it.
LoriLori
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Thanks for responding.Im struggling so muchhh with these thoughts.Sometimes im scared like what if i start hallucinating and it literally drives me crazy.
tlbtlb
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@Lori I do a lot of mental checking when this happens to me. I can spiral out of control very quickly. Something that helps me is reminding myself that if I’m aware of my surroundings and that there is a potential for losing my mind or I might be, I still have my mind and am aware of that (it that makes any sense). A lot of times with mania or schizophrenia, hallucinations, the individual is unable to realize the situation that they are in due to that specific illness and are very disconnected from reality.
tlbtlb
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@tlb And I say “losing my mind” because that is my feeling when I’m having such thoughts.
LoriLori
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@tlb Ofc,i can totally relate to what you are saying.Thanks for explaining:)
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- 24w
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fear of psy. and sci.
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Anonymous
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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 🙏🏻
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