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Topic Title: Schizophrenia or OCD?
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trusteasy said 4 years, 6 months ago:
Hello, so I think I’m in a middle of a crisis right now or maybe it might just be my OCD?
Basically, I’ve had harm OCD for two months but then it stopped and one day, I decided to search up symptoms of schizophrenia (a very smart decision, I know) and I got scared of it, reading things like “there are people talking to me in my head, I hear screaming and laughter in my head” and it really scared and disturbed me so one day I was just wondering about things and suddenly, my brain looked back onto the symptoms I read then imagined a voice agreeing with me inside my head, going “yeah, i know right” to everything I’m thinking of. At the this point, I had a panic attack and broke down. Sometimes it would also imagine people screaming or laughing sometimes but it only happens when I’m thinking about it.
And only because I’ve read about it.
I searched up even more symptoms and scared myself like thinking that there’s another entity living in you but really, I know this is all in my mind.
I have lost a lot of sleep from this so, what do you think? Is this OCD or something worse? I only got the symptoms when I read about it so I’m hoping that this is just OCD and nothing else I don’t have delusions or anything but thats it. I really do regret searching the symptoms up but I really need help right now. I can’t seek help because the country I am living in doesn’t have good mental health places and could probably make me worse.
enya2019 said 4 years, 5 months ago:
It sounds like ocd to me, basically when you've been researching about that your ocd has found out basically that you fear schizophrenia, and now you're obsessing over it because you have a fear of it, now a lot of people that have recovered from ocd have gave a lot of advice of what helps them, seeking reassurance is a bad thing for ocd sufferers, it only gives you temporary relief, letting the anxiety be there and the thoughts is a better thing to do, try not to interact with the thoughts and try not seek reassurance as these are complusions for ocd which doesnt make it go away, if only it will make it harder to deal with, searching for advice on YouTube and recovery stories would maybe give you a bit more insight on what's going on and how other people cope with what you're dealing with, I've seen a lot of people with ocd fear that they'll get schizophrenia, which I'm sure is never really the case, I would also maybe suggest seeing a professional that specialises in OCD, or a gp because it would really help, as when ocd is left untreated it won't continue to get better, it's quite a hard thing to deal with trust me I know how you feel, but giving in to compulsions is something you wanna try your hardest not to do, as it's a step towards recovery, good luck and we're all here to talk, never feel alone