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This was one of my past themes, I still get thoughts about it sometimes and yes it can be really scary! I convinced myself that I was hallucinating at times or that I had other traits associated with schizophrenia because I compulsively researched it.
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I had this theme for a while and convinced myself I was hallucinating too, it felt super real. It’s makes sense because ocd is a disorder based on doubt, so it’s normal for someone with ocd to doubt their thoughts as well as what they are seeing/hearing. You aren’t alone! I would try avoiding googling it, exposing urself to videos of ppl with schizophrenia, and stop trying to figure out if what u saw/heard was real or not. Hope this helps! ❤️
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I agree 100% the more you focus on it and keep it in the forefront of your mind the more your brain is going to knitpick and try to fine similarities. Just let the thoughts flow through your mind without latching on to on any of them.
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@Rhys34 This sounds just so easy and I don’t know how people really allow this to happen.
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@artsygirl That’s the part that sucks. It sounds so easy to do but when you’re right in the thick of it, it seems so imposing and impossible. I stuggled with intrusive thoughts today and trying to let them flow and not focus on them is one of the hardest things to do.
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@Rhys34 I literally don’t know how you do this. How do you not react and let them flow ?
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@artsygirl Tbh I have no idea. That’s just want I’ve been told. I’m still trying to figure out how to let them flow. One phrase that’s helps me is “let the thoughts and emotions flow over you like a river over stone. “ sometimes if I say it to myself and take a few deep breaths it helps sometimes.
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This is something that I’ve been thinking about lately too. You deffinitly aren’t by yourself with that though.
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I literally broke down over this today. You are not alone. I had a huge set back. I heard an audible voice in the tone of with Amazon’s Alexa or iPhone Siri saying something about “if you want me to hear you you need to speak up.” And I was petrified. I was watching YouTube and believe an ad popped up while music was playing but it has plagued me and I’ve been upset all day by it - I took the rest of the day off work. You are definitely not alone friend !
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I’ve been going through this the past few weeks. It’s been super difficult, I keep looking for signs that I’m “going crazy” such as hearing things, vision changes, anything really... it’s so hard to ignore. I find it helps a bit to stay busy and not spend too much time doing nothing or scrolling in the phone.
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Yes!!! I worry that I am developing schizophrenia or finding evidence of DID. I
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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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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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I am so afraid of developing schizophrenia or completely snapping im always checking to see if im hearing voices or if im seeing things im always making sure that I really heard what I heard from people and not in my head.
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