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Panda22
28-11-17, 23:39
For years i've been having this fear.. when my anxiety builds up i worry it will become too much and i will lose my mind. My biggest fear is becoming shizo or psychotic or something...

I've been to many psychologists and all say there's nothing wrong with me at all and it's just anxiety, but my mind won't let go of this topic..

This is kinda hard for me to talk about because even reading or typing the word 'schiz......' makes me feel sick to my stomach:scared15:

I'm 28 and have no family history of mental illness whatsoever, i always monitor myself to see if i'm still thinking and behaving normally. I'm so focussed on if my behavior and thoughts are normal and there isn't anything out of the ordinary that could point to a serious mental illness..

Someone please reassure me, i'm so tired of worrying about this all the time

AntsyVee
29-11-17, 01:06
You don’t have it, and at your age, developing it is very, very rare.

It does sound like you may have OCD, though. Schizophrenia is a very common OCD obsession.