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Thank you for this. I've been experiencing auditory and visual hallucinations for months now and they can be really scary. I'm also 23, which is about the right age for these things to happen, and I've had like 1.5 psychotic breaks before so :// I haven't told anyone because I really genuinely do not want to know. If it gets so bad that I can't understand it's not real, I'll go somewhere, and I'm definitely freaked out about it, but I just...I categorically refuse to deal with this rn. No thank you.
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- 3y
Hey mate! I am sorry that you're going through these things. But like I said let's not stigmatize anything. I want you to watch this video completely: https://youtu.be/Q8y523l286E Hope this helps!
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@akarsh9 Hey. I didn't stigmatize anything by saying I'm scared of new mental health symptoms I find scary and I'm not sure where you got that idea, but perhaps reread my comment, because I never showed any judgment toward anyone else.
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@excalibre-hotmessexpress I wasn't referring to what you said mate. I was just talking generally. But please do watch that video! It really makes sense!
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@akarsh9 Thank you. I want you to know I was not trying to be aggressive here-- and I definitely don't believe anything bad about people with schizophrenia. It's just, I'm already autistic. I have ADHD, OCD, and anxiety. I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder but I'm pretty sure it's actually bipolar disorder and they just missed it because most ppl can't tell the difference between being hyper because of ADHD and having mania, even though it's kind of obvious to the person having it, and...I don't want more things. I have too many things already. It doesn't matter what the thing is, I don't want it. I collected em all. Like...put it back.
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@excalibre-hotmessexpress I knowww mental illness is like a grab bag but oh my God, my bag is full, when does it end?
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- 21w
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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- 20w
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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- 17w
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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