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People on this app are not trained professionals. Please do not take their ideas as the same as a trained professional assessment of you. Fear can create all kinds of things in our brain. You can see this with children who are afraid of the dark, they see shapes and monsters but nothing is there. They are just being human, not hallucinating. I think it is the OCD that cycles on this theme of having schizophrenia. OCD about schizophrenia is 100% different than being schizophrenic. Even if you can't sleep, you are laying in bed and resting. And that's all you can do right now πβ€οΈ
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Get on your phone and put on some YouTube or Netflix
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And just watch DONT pay attention to the background focus on you phone. This is my coping method
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what do u mean background??
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@π± Like what your mind is telling you
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And breath In and hold for seconds then breath out for 4 seconds and repeat
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It could just be a visual hallucination, have you been taking any drugs lately? Stress and lack of sleep can cause hallucinations as well as a number of things, I sometimes see shadows or things moving but it's just my eyes playing tricks. However if you think it's schizophrenia, how long has this been going on for? If this seems to interfere with your daily life or it is accompanied by other symptoms, you should definitely get it checked out! I'm no proffessional so I have no idea if this helps or if it is entirely accurate but i hope you're okay!!
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ive never had this happen before i dont think im schizophrenic but im terrified of having it ims os scared because what the fuck was that
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@π± im not on any drugs i dont even smoke cigarettes
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@π± i cant tell if its my brain playing tricks on me because i started at my ceiling in a dark room and it looked like the dark was moving but im so fucking scared what the fuck was that
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@π± I have often had hallucinations when dark. Usually terrifying.
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@π± Hallucinations are not abnormal for even the mentally well
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@π± yeah if you're not taking any drugs or smoking cigarettes, then I don't really know. It could definitely just be your eyes playing tricks on you and I agree, schizophrenia sounds really scary and no one would ever want to have it or go through! Are you still seeing things or is it gone?
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@Dudeguymanbro I hope you're okay!
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@hiii I am fine. It happens for me through sleep deprivation and sleep paralysis
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@hiii it was when it was pitch black so when i put my flash on my phone up to the ceiling it went away. then i turned my flash off and looked at the ceiling again and nothing was moving
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@π± I definitely think it was just a hallucination and you're eyes were just playing tricks on you!! But if it continuosly goes on, you should talk to a proffesional about it but try to get plenty of sleep, if it helps drink water, listen to music and focus on your breathing to calm yourself down!! Sorry if this doesn't help
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@Dudeguymanbro Ohh yeah sleep deprivation can cause hallucinations and definitely sleep palaysis, it sounds really scary. Ive heard stories and it scares the shit out of me. I hope you won't get them often!
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Go through it*
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tw / this theme is literally ruining my life. I canβt get a moments peace, all the symptoms I have feel so real and googling the symptoms caused more to show up and itβs so scary now. I donβt know what to do. I feel like I might actually have it and Iβm so scared. nothing is helping. Iβm going to be stuck in this theme forever or actually become psychotic or schizophrenic. I donβt know what to do anymore. Iβm over analyzing every little symptom as possible schizophrenia, and no matter how many times people tell me βcrazy people donβt know theyβre crazyβ, my ocd still has me convinced I have it or Iβm developing it. Iβm so, so sick of my anxiety and ocd. I donβt know what to do anymore. I feel trapped. these are just some of my symptoms: - Almost constantly seeing something out of the corner of my eye, shadows/figures/moving, etc. - Difficulty concentrating. - Newer symptom - difficulty talking (more frequent pauses in talking, forgetting what I was saying, struggling to find words, struggling to form sentences for a minute before I figure it out) - Extremely stressed and anxious almost at all times. - Extreme fear of losing my mind - Occasional feeling of impending doom - Forgetfulness (easily forgetting what I was saying/doing or what I was going to say/do) - Constantly pausing or rewinding videos/TV to make sure I wasnβt hallucinating the sound. - Occasional thoughts of βis this real?β βWhat if Iβm actually just dreaming?β βAm I hallucinating all of this?β type of thing. - Difficulty getting to sleep, every night I donβt sleep until like 1-2 a.m. when I inevitably canβt keep my eyes open anymore and pass out, frequently wake up throughout the night Side note on this one: Iβm afraid to sleep due to my OCD convincing me that something will happen in my sleep or Iβll sleepwalk or something like that. - Dissociation/zoning out - Almost always tired/yawning/exhausted/heavy eye feeling - Lack of interest in hobbies/shows/etc Iβm so, so tired. I feel so hopeless and like my worst fears are actually coming true. Googling schizophrenia and psychosis just caused more symptoms and now I feel miserable. I wish I didnβt have to worry about this. I wish I could live happily and carefree. all of this venting and still nothing seems to help. Nothings helping. Iβm just going to be stuck like this forever. I want to cry, I want to break down. Iβm sick of living in fear. Iβm sick of questioning my sanity. Now Iβm spiraling that maybe I am schizophrenic or psychotic and this is just the beginning and itβs just going to get worse from here and Iβll end up losing myself and my mind/sanity. What if I lose the ones I love around me because they canβt stand me anymore. Im worried im not going to be myself anymore and im never going to recover and its just going to get worse.
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i have such a fear of psychosis and schizophrenia, so iβm scared that iβm 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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