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I've had that fear for a really long time after seeing it on Orange is the New Black. I talked about it with someone I trusted but what really helped was finding out that a friend of mine had it. That triggered my anxiety at first and I got really scared. But after a while I started talking to them about it. And I felt a lot better. Face your fears and talk to people about it. And ask people in real life to help you face your fears because no matter how scary it is, it really really helps. Sending you luck and love♡
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I try my best to resist the urge to test myself by asking others if they heard what I heard. Also will only allow myself so many websites for reassurance a day and gradually cut back on looking things up.
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I don't have a fear like that but here are some general advices that work for everyone who's afraid of something: Try to fill your life with different activities so you have times when your mind is concentrated on something else besides the intrusive thoughts. Don't google the symptoms or go through tests. Don't track how you feel and what you behave like. (it's hard so that's why I recommend different activities) Reading, music and TV shows didn't help me personally. But talking to people, going out with someone or doing sports is helpful.
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ohh i've definitely had this before. there was a time period where i would search the symptoms of schizophrenia, that only made my thoughts around it worse though. what helped me was mindfulness, "maybe i have it, maybe i don't". it really helps (i think at least lol). because then you'll become less afraid of these thoughts surrounding developing schizophrenia:)
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I try to tell myself that and also try to think even of I have it it's okay but them I get these images and thoughts of me getting it and never recovering so it scares me to even say it's okay if I have it. Plus the whole being hyperaware of everything thing and dissociating doesn't help
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But I will keep what you said in mind
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@verydistressed i get that 100%. it can be really scary. i'm not a professional but i think the best way to get a better relationship/to make your thoughts less strong is to sit with the uncertainty. it's really hard to think "maybe, maybe not." but over time it helps because you'll realize that these thoughts mean nothing. thinking a thought does not make it real or mean that it will happen<3
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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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I’ve never been diagnosed with OCD, but I relate so much to what people here are going through. I used to think it was just anxiety, and I felt like I could handle that. But lately I’ve been spiraling—constantly afraid that what I’m feeling is something worse, like psychosis or losing control of my mind. I feel so detached and scared, and I just want peace again. I have anxiety doing the smallest things, like the thought of waking up everyday and even eating give me straight up panic. I am afraid all the time, it’s paralyzing. And a lot of people say someone with psychosis wouldn’t worry that they’re in it, but then I convince myself I’ve been in it this whole time, and haven’t known, and that maybe I’ve been doing weird stuff. Idk. I also get really scared of labels. Even the idea of OCD makes me feel like I’ll never get better or like I’ll be stuck like this forever. I just want to be okay. If anyone has felt this way—confused, overwhelmed, or scared of what’s happening in their mind—I’d really appreciate any support or encouragement.
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- 13w
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!
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