
Apr 27, 2018, 02:29 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2015
Location: USA
Posts: 224
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Originally Posted by sorrow88
Hello everyone, hope you're all having a pleasant day.
For a while now, i've been fearing losing my mind and feeling like i'm slowly and obviously, that's been causing me a lot of distress. so i figured i'd ask you guys about this to see if you have any useful advice for me.
So, i'm scared of that i'll develop an illness like schizophrenia or lose touch with reality, and at this point, i'm not sure if i'm exaggerating very minimal things/have irrational fears or if i just don't want to admit that i'm about to "lose it" and can't do anything about it.
I've googled the symptoms of things like schizophrenia and started getting really scared of that i might be about to develop something like that. for example, i ramble a bit and i used to ramble much more, i'm scared of that i might be delusional and i sometimes worry that i'm seeing or hearing things, i'm scared of having certain thoughts because they make me feel as if i'm going insane, i also used to enjoy philosophy because i found it interesting, but after discovering that "Over-philosophizing" is apparently a symptom of schizophrenia i've become too horrified to think "deeply" about anything, even though i'm merely interested in philosophy and don't use it to avoid reality or change it into something that i'd find more "Pleasing" and so on. i also worry that i may not be acting "Normal" even though no one ever tells me i'm doing anything weird.
And the thing is, even though everything i'm experiencing is apparently a symptom of anxiety or something like that and millions of people have had this happen to them without going insane, and my condition has been the same for the last few months and i haven't seen any deterioration at all, i simply can't just shut these feelings up.
Sorry for the long post, but i just have a lot to go through. anyway, do you guys have any advice for me? if it helps, i've been diagnosed with GAD and i'm almost fully recovered from depression and Panic Disorder and have been dealing with them for 3 years.
Thanks for your time...
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Hi,
I also have really bad fears of developing schizophrenia. I am terrified of delusions and hallucinations, and my obsessive mind therefore always "thinks" I am having them. I have depersonalization as well and often just don't feel like myself. Sometimes I'll have random random, weird thoughts pop into my mind and it makes me really feel like I'm losing it. I definitely know where you're coming from and I've found that just staying busy and keeping the mind occupied elsewhere really helps, as does engaging in social activities. I am a major introvert and feel somewhat uncomfortable and anxious around people, so I like to hermit up in my house a lot, which always makes everything worse.
Julia
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Dx: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ("Pure O" Type), Social Anxiety
Rx: Lorazepam PRN
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