Annux

Date posted: 1y

Fear of hallucinations

Hey, does anyone has had OCD about hallucinations/schizoprenia? One day i was driving home at night and it was stormy outside, and thats where it started (about 3 weeks ago). I was soooo scared of the trees and everything around me looked like something else, but not exactly. I cant even describe it. But not like as i was watching in front, but in the side of my eye, and when i looked directly on the tree it was all normal. But from that night i have soooo much stress in me, that i see very vivid images (but like in my head not in real life) but it makes up like it will be in reality and i will see those images any second. But i dont see them. Like i know that that isn't real, i know that there is no one standing or that tree is not a big bird (funny as it sounds), but in my mind i convince myself that i will see it. Like one day me and my boyfriend were driving and i imagined that his face turns into a monster and when i looked at him everything is okay, but when i turned aside i saw in my thoughts that horrible face. I knew that it is not real and its just my imagination, but damn i am scared, like i can't even do anything, i think about seeing something in front of me every second and i am so avare of everything around me, like every person, every cloud, flower, everything. Tomorrow i have an appointment with my psychiatrist and i sooooo soo much hope that this is just my ocd and extreme anxiety... please someone let me know that i am not alone in this 😭

Annux

Date posted: 1y

Side note: i have been diagnosed with ocd, and it has been very severe, but this is a new theme for me

Shi47

Date posted: 1y

I’m sure this is OCD. You wouldn’t be questioning it in this way if it wasn’t OCD. It sounds like lots of anxiety.

Annux

Date posted: 1y

@Shi47 Sometimes i dont question it and it scares me why i dont question it 😄 i dont know how to explain it

Shi47

Date posted: 1y

@Annux Am still sure it’s OCD because you are worrying and questioning it. I hope your psychiatrist was helpful and you’re doing ok.

Annux

Date posted: 1y

@Shi47 Yes, i just had my appointment and everything is fine. She said that i have extreme anxiety and those are not hallucinations but my illusions

Shi47

Date posted: 1y

@Annux That’s great!

anonymous_us...

Date posted: 44w

I keep having these really vivid imaginations exactly as you explained and they have made it really difficult because then I doubt if it did happen or is happening in the moment because I keep "seeing" and feeling it happening like its real even though its just an imagination. The thing about your boyfriend turning into a monster, I have had this with my mom, I know its just a really vivid imagination, its just really hard to believe it and I feel like I am trying to convince myself and am lying to myself

Annux

Date posted: 44w

@OCD+Autism Yess!! I understand completely! Have you went to some doctors about this?

anonymous_us...

Date posted: 44w

@Annux I was in an IOP a little bit ago but I have trouble explaining it and it’s gotten a lot worse since leaving the iop

Annux

Date posted: 44w

@OCD+Autism Did they gave you a diagnosis?

anonymous_us...

Date posted: 44w

@Annux Yeah the IOP was for my OCD

Annux

Date posted: 44w

@OCD+Autism Oh okay. Bc I have been to three different doctors and one says its anxiety and ocd, one says its a shizophrenic personality disorder and the other says just a personality disorder 🥴 idk what it is then and im veeery scared :(

anonymous_us...

Date posted: 44w

@Annux Yeah I have anxiety, depression, and a few other things as well but mostly ocd for this. It definitely sounds like OCD based on personal experience and most providers, unless they specialize in OCD, mistake it for other disorders like the ones you said above

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Date posted: 40w

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Annux

Date posted: 39w

@underanancientsun Sometimes yes, but soooo much less than before. I got out of the loop by not letting myself to think. Like doing a lot of exercise, going out, long walks

Anonymous

Date posted: 24w

Ocd/going crazy

Hi about a week ago I found out I have ocd and chronic anxiety! I tried zoloft and it was terrible for me. I also started therapy and I take hydroxyzine but I will discuss further medication with my doctor. My question is I have a huge fear that I'm going crazy, I am crazy, or schizophrenic to the point I'm so hyper aware of my surrounding ill look out the corner of my eye to make sure I'm nit seeing anything ill make sure to double check what I'm hearing and it's so draining! I get really scared and go into a panic and cry 😅 I need some reassurance has anyone felt this way my doctor and therapist explained it to me but I'm still very scared. I feel like one day I'll have a break and I won't be the same! I tried the grounding exercise and breathing it helps temporarily. I also cut out smoking weed and none of my family has this but I feel like I have it or ill develope it even though it's rare!

୨ৎ

Date posted: 20w

can ocd make you question your mental health?

i have been diagnosed with OCD & generalized anxiety disorder. for some reason, i’ve been very hyper aware of everything. like the way i talk, the way i see the world, how certain things sound/look/feel, and it’s very distressing. i feel like the hyper awareness makes me afraid of things? like for some reason, my mind attached to cartoons, and i was hyperfocusing on it, and got extremely scared, like scared of the cartoon for no reason? i’ve done this a lot, and i get scared i have psychosis or schizophrenia, or something that makes you afraid of things for no unknown reason. i feel so scared that this is my new normal…. im heartbroken. so many what if’s. did i just ruin my own life?? 💔

Anonymous

Date posted: 15w

Is schizo ocd a thing?

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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