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wow this is exactly something I was going through a few months back, it won't get out of your head because you have such a strong emotional reaction to it, not because you believe it. I know it's difficult but you have to let it pass and not ruminate on it, believe me. When I did that, all of these thoughts went away. and I realized I had them because I was scared shitless of developing schizophrenia. If you want to talk, I'm available :)
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thank you, it's just so hard to not ruminate on it it feels like i have to tell myself in my head or tell myself out loud that i don't believe it because if i don't react to the thoughts, that means i think i believe them:/ and then it feels like i'm actually paranoid when i'm really not so then i move closer to my sister so i can prove to myself i'm not delusional. this feels like hell
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@b I totally understand, I have been obsessing about schizophrenia for more than 2 years now, and that would manifest in ruminating, checking to see if I'm hallucinating and recently these types of thoughts, I would get thoughts like "What if my mum poisoned my food?" and I would feel so terrified because it felt like I genuinely considered these thoughts to be true and I would excessively eat her cooking to "prove" I don't believe these thoughts, but that only made them stronger. and every few days a new thought would pop up, it was utter hell. As I got distracted by exams and other obsessions, I noticed that the thoughts went away, and it became very clear to me that they stuck because I know that schizophrenics usually have these kind of thoughts, and I myself am afraid of developing the disease. They still come back every now and then, currently it's "What if I think my family wants to sabotage my career?" and it's difficult I knowww; I also get the urge to ruminate and prove to myself I don't believe it but it gets easier I promise :) I can function wayyy better than when I first got these thoughts.
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@woeisme yessss yes they're so distressing because why does it feel like i believe them but i don't???? it's so relieving knowing someone else relates. it's so difficult to deal. but i'm glad you found a way to cope with these thoughts:)
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@b this is happening to me right now, if you’re still on this app how do you deal with it? for me my thought it’s ‘your boyfriend is related to you’ and i don’t know if i believe it or not. i know he’s not related to me, but the thought still disgusts me everytime i have it, im scared ive really started to believe he’s related to me even though i know he’s not
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Take a breath, zoom out
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It’s so shit when our minds act differently to our brain and our body
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It is a fear.. and you are aware it has no logic
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But the psychological arousal that is coming from the fear, keeps it present because your body is acting as if it needs to help you with this
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As in protect you from your sister
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Anxiety is more than just having thoughts, it’s how your body and brain responses even when you don’t want it to behave that way
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I always think I’m going crazy and that I’m losing my mind
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But this app and everyone else tells us enough that “crazy” people don’t realise that they’re crazy
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I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way, it will go soon I promise xx
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thank you so much for the replies this helps a lot:)
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it's literally not true i'm so scared that i believe it
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i don't want to be psychotic or schizophrenic idk what to do right now
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it's not true
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oh my god i dont want to schizophrenic im so scared what do i do
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im so scared
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it's literally bizarre but why does it feel like i'm paranoid about something that's literally not true i'm scared im definitely going crazy
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Guys I feel a bit bothered. I fear I liked a thought bc my sister was showing me this video about a robbery and right before she was going to show me I was thinking "no... tsk this is not what I want to see. Dont think of anything." But i had to watch bc my sister was already playing the video. I tried to not pay as much attention. I hate watching videos that have stuff related to harm bc ocd loves to latch on. I got so many thoughts. But when I saw the person pull out a weapon and the cashier jump extremely high, I felt like laughing??? But not bc of what was going on but bc "why did he jump like that? It was so high! You know what? I would've jumped liked this too. That's scary!" And then I felt angry for the cashier bc why do evil people commit such things? How the heck? But ocd says i laughed bc I felt a sense of superiority and liked seeing people scared and want to feel a distorted sense of power. Like.. no? I knew I felt like laughing bc I didn't expect him to jump so high and I wanted to point it out but decided not to bc the video is serious, and it's not a movie. But I feel kinda guilty like why tf did I feel like laughing. I didn't even smile or actually laugh irl but it's bothering me. Then my sister showed me some other video and explained a specific weapon and I kept getting thoughts like "ohhh i want that! I wanna scare people too! I want to test the thoughts to double check if i actually like them" And it gave me an image of me doing something crazy like robbing a store as well! AND IT FELT REAL! I WASNT EVEN WANTING TO THINK THIS! Im worried this means its real or that i enjoyed the thought and fantasized, but at the same time ik im not actually interested nor do I have plans but what if I WANTED to for those few seconds?! Bc why did it FEEL like I enjoyed it??? I know I wouldn't, i dont have plans to nor do i want to think about making plans and I'm genuinely not interested but WHAT IF??? Did i enjoy this thought?! It felt like I wanted to bc I didn't immediately reject it like usual and for some reason felt "happy" (i didnt smile or anything but it FELT like i was happy???) Literally right after the thought came i was thinking to myself "OMG is that true?" And couldn't focus on anything else! How do I know I didnt genuinely enjoy and dont have some weird sense of power??? It's been bothering me so much, this happened a couple hours ago and I managed to fall asleep in the middle of my compulsion of mentally reviewing how I reacted to my thoughts.
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I cant get over this thought that is messing my recovery up so much. it was “if you dont act on your thoughts this will never go away” which led to thoughts like if i even wanted to get better, if i even want my life back, if i even WANTED this to go away, etc. im scared. im confused. is this normal? am i gonna have to act on this stuff now? im mainly concerned about my family. i dont wanna hurt them. this disease is horrible. this subtype is horrible. i love my family. why would i want to hurt them? im so afraid this is it for me. i try to do what everyone tells me. ignore the thought, let it sit, sit with the uncertainty/discomfort but the anxiety doesn’t go away. this thought keeps coming back with a vengeance. i thought i was making great progress but im back where i was. i ruminate about this 24/7 and i dont know how to stop. we tried sitting on the couch together last night and it felt like i was RESISTING hurting them. im in constant awareness that i can act on these anytime and it hinders my daily life and work so much. everytime i talk to anyone in my family i feel things like i shouldnt be talking to them if im gonna hurt them and i dont deserve to be around them. i feel like i dont deserve to be alive, i dont deserve to be happy, and i dont deserve to be comfortable. i feel like a psycho whos never gonna get to live life with a husband and family. i feel like i don’t deserve my sweet boyfriend. i dont want my thoughts to latch onto him. this is my mind when i wake up, when i try to go about my day, and when i go to sleep. it feels like it just wont dissipate regardless of what i do. the cycle never ends. its been 4 MONTHS. what the fuck do i do anymore
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I’m scared I keep thinking this over and over that I’m gunna hire a hitman on my brother what if I do like I’m a bad person how can I be normal with him this is probably my worst harm thought and it feels like I truly will do it I’m just “ holding back” :(
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