worries of being schizophrenic help!!!

[vekiqf]

Hi guys,

I have huge fear that I am developing schiz 9 months from now.I had in the past POCD but this one is killing me.I stuck on paranoid type as I read that other I cant develop at my age.Every thought that I read about paranoid delusions pop on my mind..like I am followed,my fiance is against me etc.I know that this is irrational but I cant stop obsessing and it makes me so scared.Main thing that makes a doubt is if I am not schiz why this things pop up...When I get the thought first a say I am psychotic and after that answer is no you are not you cant be it is irrational etc.I even tried to beleive in thoughts but no chance it then makes me more anxious.I see GP who is great and he is telling me that there is no chance that I will become psychotic but I cant remove doubt

[PanchoGoz]

You are not. The fact that you are worried about becoming psychotic proves that. You have neurosis whereas scitz people have psychosis, which are totally different things and one doesn't really have both. Psychotic people don't know or worry that they are becoming psychotic. You are sufffering from intrusive thoughts rather than paranoid delusions. Start to notice them and label them as intrusive thoughts. People get these scary thoughts due to anxiety as our minds are on high alert all the time and inventing danger. Often people think about hurting others, notice odd things that may make you feel paranoid or have weird mental thoughts. Just notice these intrusive thoughts come, label them as intrusive and caused by anxiety, and let them float away. If you feel your mind get carried away and take you on the "am I paranoid" train, just get off the train and distract yourself, or use "STOPTHOUGHT!".

[iheartdrift]

I'm the same way man! I freak myself out too! But when I get reassurance like this ^ it makes me calm down. I promise, you're not alone! Lol it's totally normal. You're not schizo :) guess I should say WE aren't schizophrenic ;) just remember, intrusive thoughts come in all kinds of natures. But that's all they are. Hope that helps.

[vekiqf]

Dear PanchoGoz,

Many thanks for the answer and words.I always try to say to myself this is OCD but doubt still exist.My GP who is the best in the country told me the same.Also he told me that there is no chance to get OCD and Schiz both as who have one he cant develop second.But as I said the doubt is killing me like my brain wants to convince me that I am psychotic

[PanchoGoz]

Do a quick search of scitzophrenia on this forum, you will see a lot of people have feared it too.

[vekiqf]

You mean lot of people have fear of it or have OCD and Schiz both

[PanchoGoz]

Have developed OCD or obsessional thinking of it

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[iheartdrift]

It's very true. It's not a 'normal thing' but ya a normal thing for us lol I've been freaked out for awhile. Just remember, a lot of people freak out about it because we don't feel normal and we try and figure out what it could be and the idea just keeps coming I to play of having schizophrenia. Trust me, of you had it, and it hasn't been addressed yet, you wouldn't know you have it, you wouldn't question it. Because people with schiz don't recognize that anything is off or odd, because to them it's normal and it's their reality. I've done a looooooooot of research on schiz and when you develop schiz, your friends and family would be the ones to know it first.

Bottom line, basically we just over think things. It's hard for us to relax so we try and see why. What I do is tell myself "these ideas are just ideas and these thoughts are just thoughts, I do not believe they are true and know they are irrational, there is no way I am crazy, I just have a disorder that causes intrusive thoughts and they will soon disappear if I allow them to disappear, I am in control of my mind and choose not to react to these thoughts or allow them to control me because it is not me think them, it's a damn chemical imbalance"