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If it’s a concern, I would seek a professional assessment / opinion. Schizophrenia is horrible and mean, I have watched my brother struggle with it and it became severe last year, it was heartbreaking to watch. He is now on the right meds that have reduced the voices and it is amazing to see him take his life back and see him smile again and be able to function. It is treatable & he is an amazing human that is managing his schizophrenia. He recently begged me to buy him a door mat with a suquril on it that said “Welcome to The Nut House - it’s a little squriley in here” he thought it was Hilarious! Then he says to me “I hear voices, so I AM a little nutty!” So ya, he has a new door mat. OCD loves to create fear around things that we don’t understand and maybe it is schizophrenia and many it’s not, and if it is - there is treatment available.
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I think I’m getting confused, by voices do you mean voices you’d hear when someone’s physically speaking to you? Or intrusive thoughts e.g telling you something but you can’t physically hear them?
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I had OCD around this when I was in college. I was a psych major for awhile and didn't know I had OCD. I spent an entire semester worried that I was going to develop schizophrenia. I also had massive religious OCD. I constantly doubted my salvation and constantly asked for assurance. But it never worked. Now I know why.
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People with schizophrenia doesn't think about it as a mental illness. Don't forget that
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Thank you
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Most schizophrenic people are not dangerous and it is a very treatable disorder because so much is known about it. Why do you think you might be schizophrenic? I believe that due to the inappropriate represenation of ocd in the media many people with ocd think they have schizophrenia jnstead of ocd because the ocd "talks" to us in our heads. We are aware we dont want the thoughts and arent making them willingly and then we begin to worry that we are hearing "voices" when we are really hearing our brains rambling, we are not halluncinating. Ocd often manifests in the form of internal dialogue such as "touch that and you'll die" or "That person hate you". That is by definition not enough to qualify for a schizophrenia diagnosis. If you do not hallucinate, if you do not have delusions, if you do not suffer from extreme paranoia or disjointed thought process. It may not be enough to warrant a visit to the doctors.
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In my brothers case, and is common with schizophrenia - he would hear voices from birds, electronics, vehicles talking to him and making fun of him. He understands those things do not actually speak English and it is not real, although it feels so real in the moment when they are relentlessly teasing him.
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Oh wow, I’ve never experienced that before, I’m so glad he’s able to see a positive side to it now
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@hello123_ I know it is common for people with OCD to fear schizophrenia, I think because I’ve seen it up close and so intensely even though it’s in my family I don’t worry about it because I know I’m not experiencing that & if I ever did, I know there is treatment to help. He is my life hero, he deals with so much and still has the most amazing smile and gives the best hugs in the world! Sending hugs to you!
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@HappyTurtle (Roxanne) That’s true, I think I’m scared of developing it because I know so little about it and all I know is scary cliche things from horror movies, which I doubt is actually how it is. He sounds amazing and so do you!
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@hello123_ Aww.. thank you! Just like with OCD, most of societies interpretation and knolodge of schizophrenia and what it actually is are vastly different. And just like with OCD proper treatment can provide immense relief and freedom. Hope you have many awesome moments in the rest of your day! 🤗
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How to know if you actually have it or if I’m just making up the symptoms? I have a lot of intrusive thoughts constantly and even have a “theme” but it really surged after I search up what I was experiencing, but then again I search up a lot of what I experience and constantly have to recheck things. My parents say I’m normal but I know I’m not, (both of my siblings have adhd) I find it immensely hard to focus from turning 17-18. Please let me know what you think l! Thanks!
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Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.
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i’m terrified to get a diagnosis. What if it’s not actually OCD??? I made a list of reasons why i think so and then i think what if im lying and i actually don’t do this stuff and am just dramatic and i just want to have OCD so then my thoughts are justified?? I have struggled in the past year with Pocd & Rocd and then also some bits of thinking im constantly in danger or being watched? I’m scared.
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