[meetlaw]

I tend to catastrophize things. I tend to think of problems as unchangeable symptoms of mental illness. How do you know if your problems are temporary and can be overcome or symptoms of mental illness that can’t be treated? I am specifically talking about the feeling in my head that people can read my thoughts.

[Breaking Dawn]

Hi, meetlaw, I don't know, myself, if our mental experiences are temporary or symptoms of mental illness that can't be treated. About the feeling that people can
read your thoughts, I think there are possibly some people who can, certain types of true psychics. And there are people who are very intuitive; they just somehow pick up vibes or something like that. There are people who are good at reading body language, facial expressions, tone of voice, etc. But I think most people can't read other people's thoughts, & you probably can't read theirs. Do you have voices? My voices can usually hear what I'm thinking. So within my own mind, I have the problem you're talking about & I wish I could find a private thinking room where they can't hear my thoughts. I yearn for quiet privacy.