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Old Jul 14, 2013, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Miguel'smom View Post
a lot of what people think is psychosis is actually anxiety. Talk to your therapist first before your pdoc.
I agree.

regarding putting a spell on the dog and anxiety:

I recently had an incident - I misplaced my passport. I needed it to go to Canada. I realized that since I have such an awful record misplacing things (I now do not know where I put my cell phone), I should have long rented a safe deposit box at a bank to keep my documents in. I then decided that until I rent the box, I won't find the passport. So I rented the box, and, indeed, I then easily found the passport in the car (WHERE I LOOKED BEFORE AND DID NOT FIND IT). I told the story to the p-doc, adding that while it looks as if I actually had caused the passport to pop up so easily by renting the safe deposit box, it could be that I simply reduced my anxiety level enough by renting the safe deposit box, and with the reduced anxiety I confidently found the passport. Before I rented the safe deposit box, I was too anxious to effectively look for it. So the connection was via reducing anxiety. The pdoc told me that since I realize it, I am not psychotic.

It could be that your putting a spell on your dog caused you to lower your anxiety level, and with less anxiety, you confidently took the dog to a vet who found the right treatment for the dog. Not necessarily the case, but just a hypothesis.

Also, consider "psychotic depression".

But there is also OCD - that is separate, and adds a lot of stress, no doubt.