does anyone else experience extreme fear of developing psychosis or schizophrenia or derealization. I literally freak myself out so much that it makes me physically sick. I’m so scared of developing these and it keeps coming up all over my TikTok and Google. It’s freaking me out.
yes 100% you'd be surprised how many people with ocd have this fear but you're not alone in this I've seen stuff come up on my tiktok too and it's really triggering
@youmatter!! it’s such a scary thought and then feeling of getting it terrified me.
Hey there. I have this really frequently and it’s one of my most common themes. As another user has replied, it’s a very very common theme so you’re not alone. I know that won’t always make it feel easier. I’ve stopped using my FYP and only use social media that I’ve chosen to follow etc and that has definitely helped when symptoms of severe. I know some may say it’s avoidance but in the short terms that better for me. You’ve got this and there’s many of us who experience this too right here with you 💞
@Ahsouter96 thank you!! im so afraid of getting them. even when i wake up from a bad dream i have to constantly make sure its just a dream and not me going into something and i hate it its so scary.
@cows12465 I do the exact same!
Extremely common, hang in there!
@Endlessly Pondering thank you!!
All of the time. Try not to go down the google rabbit hole if I may suggest. Also, something that helped me was something Chrissie Hodges mentioned. People who have developed psychosis, and schizophrenia are not awful people, they just need help like us. The world has done an excellent job painting mental illness as something truly terrible, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Let’s say we do develop, or have psychosis, or schizophrenia. Would that still keep you from being the best possible version of that self you could be?
@Brett V thank you and I just have a fear of developing them because of how scary they are. These two scare me the most because it can happen out of nowhere. I don’t know I hate these thoughts
4 months ago, I was certain I had schizophrenia and psychosis and needed to be institutionalized. Proper diagnosis, treatment and medication have allowed me to return to work after a 6 month leave of absence. Researching on the internet is a compulsion. Are you working with an OCD trained therapist?
@Slicey i am getting back into ERP. i wanted to switch therapists a while back and just haven’t been back. my mind is so convinced that I’m going to develop schizophrenia or go into a psychosis when I literally have no symptoms whatsoever.
Hi is anyone suffering with this subtype of OCD fearing they will become schizophrenic and hear and see things or become possessed. I’m terrified right now. I feel so alone on this one.
Please help… I’m starting to panic and I know I shouldn’t do this because it’s a compulsion and I’m looking for reassurance but I wanna know if it happens to others so I just watched a video on TikTok about this mother loosing her child to fentanyl and like I don’t know why every time a drug is mentioned or like I see someone drugged in the street my mind instantly makes me feel the urge of wanting the drug when I really don’t or making me think I’m gonna become addicted to a drug (I don’t do drugs I’m scared) like it scares me because I see what they do to people but it makes me feel like the urge to do it or to think I might become addicted or I might go try it and become an addict idk the worst case scenario it makes me think or like someone is gonna drug me. Like I always feel like someone is gonna drug me I always feel like someone is out to drugging me or I grab something and i immediately think I’m gonna become drugged. I hate it.
Hi everyone. So recently I have been feeling so scared and paranoid of going crazy. I am terrified of i will go crazy and turn schizo. I’m so hyper aware of everything. My mind convinces me that I will end up like this but I really don’t want to.It’s my biggest fear and I think abt it almost everyday and I can’t handle it anymore. I just want to be ok. I have told my parents this and they say it’s all in my head and just laugh at me. I know it’s in my head but I physically feel sick to my stomach being constantly scared. Please someone help me please please. Thank you.
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