SensibleMari
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woeismewoeisme
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I don't think schizophrenics "obsess" about things the way people with ocd do. ocd has a lot to do with uncertainty, but with schizophrenia people have little insight that their beliefs are irrational, and it's very difficult without medication to convince them otherwise. but i think with ocd people know the irrationality of what they do, but can't stop doing it, which makes ocd debilitating in its own way.
SensibleMariSensibleMari
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That's a very good way to put it!
amandaamanda
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Best answer
LifeIsBeautifulLifeIsBeautiful
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in my opinion , no not at all . because schizophrenia is hearing voices and seeing things that other people do not see or hear
SensibleMariSensibleMari
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True but I thought, schizophrenic people obssess a lot about things that are not true and they can't seem to get past that. Which is very similar to OCD.. that's why I was wondering if there could be any similarity between the two, even though OCD people usually don't hallucinate in the same way the schizophrenics do, although they believe their fears and thoughts to be real which aren't..
woeismewoeisme
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there's much much more to schizophrenia than hallucinations. this is a gross oversimplification :/
LifeIsBeautifulLifeIsBeautiful
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@SensibleMari i understand what you’re saying now ! i personally don’t think so , but i get what you’re saying . i see where that part crosses off to where it sounds like a similarity but i don’t believe so
amandaamanda
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It’s a super thick line, because OCD is about reassurance and “what if” scenarios.
Dread Pirate Roberts Dread Pirate...
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There is a difference though symptoms due overlap, schizo is a very VERY wide umbrella that is really hard to blanket
SensibleMariSensibleMari
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I really hope I don't sound offensive. I don't mean to oversimplify any condition, nor do I have any conclusion, I just have a lot of thoughts :/
LifeIsBeautifulLifeIsBeautiful
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- 4y
not at all i get what you’re saying . some people might believe that OCD is ab someone being delusional which is what people with schizophrenia are . we talked about that in my CNA class yesterday . we talked about say they believe that there are a bunch of spiders crawling on them . they might also even see it . but i promise i don’t see it as offensive or anything ! i understand what you’re saying 100% . there was a time for a few months where i was terrified of being schizophrenic because of my theme yk ?
woeismewoeisme
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@LifeIsBeautiful oh I wasn't talking about what you said, it was about LifeIsBeautiful's comment and I think I misunderstood it so nevermind, sorry!
SensibleMariSensibleMari
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@LifeIsBeautiful That's interesting... I thought more like if both people with 2 different conditions that seemed to have some similarities, could have some sort of similarity in profile. Like being more sensitive or more anxious overall, that made them more prone to suffer from any of these conditions. Not to say that schizophrenics have OCD or OCD will turn into schizophrenia. I just thought there could be some similarities between the two.. Looks like you surpassed that fear, am I correct? I hope you're doing much better now!
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