I got over my fear of developing schizophrenia when I read a self help book for anxiety. The author says it's a common fear with people who suffer from anxiety. He wrote questions to ask yourself if you are worrying about that. 1. Do you believe you are a god? 2. Do you think the government is tapping your phones? If you say no to those questions, you probably don't have schizophrenia.

I don't know if that's outdated and doesn't apply anymore but it snapped me out of that fear. I even had a close relative diagnosed with schizophrenia 5 years ago and I didn't even think of my old fear at all. Ive had episodes where I thought ppl were giving me dirty looks and smirking at me on the street when they had no clue who I was. I know that was all anxiety, nothing more.