Are compulsions and impulses a symptom or consequence of schizophrenia? I used to have this urge to confess to some things that bothered me to the point where they would haunt me even in my sleep in some ways. It literally ate me from my inside. After I did confess to these things to my family it didn't go over too well(my family is not really that great as well) and it deeply traumatized me. Now I have intrusive thoughts, inability to enjoy things I used to, fatigue, severe panic attacks etc.

I get these urges from time to time. And as I have a "form" of anxiety sometimes think that if I confess to some things to my family my anxiety would go away but I know how it turned out the last time I tried.

Is this a consequence of schizophrenia or something else? I also have OCD and I have rituals when I go to bathroom and washing my hands and other daily activities etc. Is this schizophrenia or ocd?