I stumbled upon a video of a man describing his struggle with schizophrenia over the years, and the years preceding his diagnosis and it really frightened me because I related to a lot of the things he had to say. I didn’t know some of these things weren’t normal. I am 17, so it’s still very early for me, but I’m afraid that I’m experiencing early warning signs.
I wanted to write out the things that I have experienced that made me begin to worry after watching that mans videos. I’m wondering if any of you can relate to this, or if you think it’s probably not anything to worry about.

I always fear the house is burning, to the point of I smell smoke, and I can’t sleep because I’m so afraid. I check all the appliances and heaters, and theres never anything there, and my family looks at me like I’m crazy.
I have heard small things occasionally, usually more frequently when I’m stressed out. The first time I can remember it was when I was 14. It’s often someone calling my name, or family/friends talking when there aren’t in the house with me. It’s never more than a sentence, and usually less than that. Sometimes it sounds like its in a room adjacent to me.
I have believed secretly since I was 14 that someone in my family was being inhabited by an evil demon/alien. I always kept it to my self, and I finally told my therapist about it after four years.
I am terrified of the inside of my house, I’ve had two panic attacks because I was alone, in two different house I’ve lived in. I think there are demons/monsters in certain rooms that wait for me to pass by. I have trouble sleeping sometimes because I think they are watching me.

I am reluctant to breech the subject to my therapist, because I know he’ll think Im being hypochondrical.