Anonymous
- Date posted
- 6y
atkyffatkyff
- Date posted
- 6y
I used to, but I don’t have this theme anymore. I was so bad at one point that I had to always ask people whether or not they ‘saw that person too’ or ‘heard that sound too’ because I was constantly convinced/worried I was hallucinating. It was awful, and went on for years. My therapist at the time said to me ‘it’s a good thing you can’t think yourself schizophrenic!’. After time, like other themes I’ve had, it ended up resolving itself. How? Because I stopped caring about/fearing schizophrenia, and accepted that that *could* be my fate. Classic OCD - accept what you’re scared of, and suddenly it holds no power. I haven’t figured out how to harness that for other themes just yet (as they all still feel so scary to me) but at least I know that it can be done. ?
Swiftie123Swiftie123
- Date posted
- 6y
yes same with me! mine is just about being crazy in general. it’s so hard to say you’re not scared of it when it’s so scary
rachel89rachel89
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes really intense and constant fear of having hallucinations
cwgrlup1990cwgrlup1990
- Date posted
- 6y
??? yes, that's one of my newest obsessions.. since I now know that the bi polar diagnosis with psychosis diagnosis that I recieved at 13 was bullshit, now I think that maybe it's not OCD either it's actually schizophrenia and the whole world had it wrong and I'm wrong.. and the cycle continues
atkyffatkyff
- Date posted
- 6y
cwgrlup1990 remember that all we have is ‘right now’. the fact is, any number of things can be in anyone’s future, whether that’s a diagnosis, an accident, even a lottery win! we have to learn to feel comfortable with that uncertainty, and that will be the key to alleviating a lot of this anxiety. It may help to think of some uncertainties that you deal with every day - things that you don’t put much thought to, such as ‘i might break my arm today’, ‘i might not like my dinner choice’ or ‘I might run into my ex’ hehe. these are all examples of things we go about our day not thinking about, and the only difference between those thoughts and the ‘i might be schizophrenic’ thought is your emotional reaction to them. Think about that, and try to use your ‘meh’ feelings about those thoughts to counter your fear thoughts about schizophrenia. a thought is just a thought! it only holds power if you assign it power. Another thing that helps is taking a breath and acknowledging that ‘this is right now, and right now i’m not schizophrenic or any number of things. i can deal with any of those things if I ever have to.’ Not sure if that made sense haha but hopefully it helps! ?
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 6y
yes :(
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- 13w
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