Lori
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- 4y ago
luchalysolluchalysol
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Me, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, psychosis, narcissism.
LoriLori
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Same,all of then
LoriLori
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Lori Themm**
luchalysolluchalysol
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Lori Its horrible. I dont do compulsions on those much anymore. Mostly mental but not much
LoriLori
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@luchalysol Yeah,same,i do not really check for this kind of stuff cause there are so many theories.
luchalysolluchalysol
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Lori I love learning, but it just fueled my ocd, so Id rather now
luchalysolluchalysol
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Lori Not*
ocdillustratedocdillustrated
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Thanks
tlbtlb
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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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- 4y ago
@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
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@tlb And I say “losing my mind” because that is my feeling when I’m having such thoughts.
LoriLori
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@tlb Ofc,i can totally relate to what you are saying.Thanks for explaining:)
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