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Not trying to give you reassurance but if you were actually schizophrenic you would think that thought was normal! You wouldn’t even question it!
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Are u sure? I cant shake this intrusive thoughts about the elves after I started freaking out. It’s not real why is my mind trying to make me doubt myself
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@dolla0 Yes! Someone with schizophrenia would believe it was true and think that they are sane. Not trying to stigmatize schizophrenics or call them crazy, but something that has always helped me is “crazy people don’t worry about being crazy”
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@Anonymous Maybe ur right! I was just talking with one of my long term friends and all of that Elve thing went away. Idk what’s wrong with me. I know it’s true. Why is my mind tryna convince me ur is. I think it’s my OCD
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That’s what I’m going through now, I got obsessive thought that I’m crazy and I that I hear noises. I realise that I only scare my self with that , similarly to what you are telling. Trying to cope it myself now
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Did you tell this to your therapist? Did she say it was anything more?
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@dolla0 Yes , I did tell her. She just asked me when did it start and we figured out the situation that I was going through. She told me I do it due to the lack of attention and boredom, due to the fact that my bf disliked my hobby and I had to quit it. Therefore I’m stuck with routine and from childhood trauma of the fact that I didn’t get enough attention
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@dolla0 Moreover, she told me that on her practice I’m not crazy at all
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@nika2407 Hmmm I really wonder if it’s the same thing that’s happening with me
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@nika2407 Cuz girl... I haven’t been outside in over a year. I literallt forgot how to talk to people and I used to have so many friends and be so extroverted then ocd hir
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@nika2407 But like that thought was so delusional like wtf
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@dolla0 Oh, I had the same thing, now I’m left with a friend group who always call me out, but I’m anxious to go to public places. One mont ago used to get severe panic attacks in the supermarkets or streets, this started after a lockdown. However, when I started going to gym this fear started disappearing a bit, because I resized that I want to have a good mental state and I need to push my self to stop this anxiety.
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@dolla0 But the sounds might be the same as mine, because they come whenever you start thinking about them, as my psychologist said “similar to a song that sticks in head”. When you remember it, it comes. When you are busy enough you don’t get it
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@nika2407 Yes! I’m so sorry that rhat happened. U needa some better friends sis. But felt. Irs like that for me too
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@dolla0 Sorry for my English, I’m not native speaker
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@nika2407 Right. I cant shake off this delusional thought ab the elves. I know it’s so far from reality but it’s making me feel crazy so maybe that’s why I can’t shake it off
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Do not test yourself for that!! That is a compulsion. Stay strong, friend! We're in this together ^^♡ I worry about having schizophrenia a lot myself, so much so it invades my dreams and I have nightmares of having voices telling me things
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Oh my god! Felt. I was talking to one of my friends and all the pretend symptoms went away.
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@dolla0 That’s what I meant, when you start thinking about it , it comes back. Get your self something interesting to do! “Doing something” doesn’t mean it is an activity that is interesting to you! Staying strong together❤️
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@nika2407 Yes! Ik there are bit little elves in my ear it was a joke I made why is my mind doing me like this?
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@dolla0 It’s just your thoughts, it also might be sensitivity to surrounding sounds and because you are obsessed you think it that way. That what I was told by my psychologist, needs a while to forget about this!
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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 think I do have schizophrenia honestly it explains why I feel like people can look at me through my window in which I had to put dark curtains and even with the dark curtains, I feel like people can still see me through the window and through the window bathroom even though the window is frosted or texture looking and even when I walk around the living room, I have to close the curtains because I feel like I’m doing something inappropriate and kids are staring at me sometimes I forget how to speak and my words are disorganized I feel like people plan stuff to kill me or the men in the street have r worded me sometimes I’m convinced my 8 year old brother is planning stuff or taking pictures of me or has done something to me in my sleep then feeling like I hear whispering When u was in high school I use to cry because people stared at me all the time omg it’s all making sense
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