A year or so ago, my mental health was really really bad, to the point I could not leave the house. And it lasted for three years. In those three years, I experienced symptoms I don't experience anymore.

I used to think there was a man living in my house trying to kill me. I used to not be able to watch TV because I was afraid of what they were trying to tell me. And all kinds of irrational fears like that.

And those symptoms lasted for three years. When I was younger, I had similar, milder versions of those symptoms - but I also had OCD, so that could be the reason.

Right now, I barely experience those symptoms. Even when I do, I can tell it's just my anxiety and it's not real. I've felt okay for a year and a half now. Now I only experience depression, anxiety and dissociation.


So I was wondering, is it possible to have symptoms like that temporarily? I don't know what happened because I didn't go on any meds, they just stopped happening. I don't want to ever go through that again, of course, but I'm curious!