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I feel like i'm going crazy,really scared and need help. :(

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nina11225
nina11225

Hello! Ok so I'm new to this forum and i'm 14 years old. I have not been feeling like myself at all lately. Like literally not myself. Basically I have somehow developed this fear of getting schizophrenia/psychosis and it is driving me mad. I was stupid and looked up the symptoms because I couldn't help myself. Now i'm afraid I might start seeing things and hearing voices. I know it's stupid and I wouldn't be afraid of these things if I had never looked them up. Then this random thought came into my mind one day and I thought "What if my whole life is an illusion and everyone is a figment of my imagination?". This thought hasn't left me in days and I can't get it out of my head. Every time I talk to someone, like my friend, I start to wonder "What if she's not real?" or "What if life isn't real?". This has left me in a daze for about a week and a half and I wish I could go back to my normal self. I feel like i'm in a constant dream. Am I going crazy or??? I'm really scared plz help. sad

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  • janine29695
    janine29695 nina11225

    Posted

    no my darling you are not its anxiety have you been to a doctor at all or told your parents
    • nina11225
      nina11225 janine29695

      Posted

      Yeah I told my parents and I'm going to a therapist tommorrow. Hopefully she can help. Fingers crossed!
    • janine29695
      janine29695 nina11225

      Posted

      fantastic she will help you my love let me know how you go on just take a day at a time you will get there xx

       

    • nina11225
      nina11225 janine29695

      Posted

      Thanks for the suppport <3. sadly my therapist was sick today and i couldn't meet with her but i'm going on friday. today was really bad at school though.  sadly="" my="" therapist="" was="" sick="" today="" and="" i="" couldn't="" meet="" with="" her="" but="" i'm="" going="" on="" friday.="" today="" was="" really="" bad="" at="" school="">
  • pamela51740
    pamela51740 nina11225

    Posted

    Sound like you depersonalization (look this up on google) I'm 34 and I have had it for 10 years! You are not going crazy it's just your anxiety that makes your mind race and think of crazy things!!! You need to relax.. Please tell your mam or dad how you are feeling don't feel like this on your own, I know it feels scary!! Also go and see your doctor they might give you something for your anxiety

  • jen31560
    jen31560 nina11225

    Posted

    I have the same fear, sweetie. Been told by 10 psychologists and psychiatrists that it's anxiety and not schizophrenia, but I keep thinking it is and one day will just wake up not in reality. Please get help before you let it get bad. I'm rely working on itsmile keep Us Posted on what the therapist says smile
    • nina11225
      nina11225 jen31560

      Posted

      Nice to know someone's been going through the same thing. Thanks a lot. smile 
    • jen31560
      jen31560 nina11225

      Posted

      Some people with anxiety fear they're having me a heart attack, having a stroke. For some reason our fear is schizopjrenia. Just a different symptom.
    • nina11225
      nina11225 jen31560

      Posted

      Yep. Sadly with this symptom, it's on my mind every second of the day. I just can't get over it. Like if I see something in the corner of my eye, I'll think it's a hallucination and start freaking out. 
    • jen31560
      jen31560 nina11225

      Posted

      I know all too well, kiddo. We can beat this. If we were really schizophrenic we would not realize we were schizophrenic
    • janine29695
      janine29695 jen31560

      Posted

      i can relate to your thoughts ive found that the thoughts that plague us can be our biggest fears ad thats the reason they bother us to the point of chronic anxiety mine are going crazy or what if i do something to myself x

       

    • nina11225
      nina11225 jen31560

      Posted

      That is true. I still obsess over, but I'm hoping my thoughts will subside eventually. 
  • michaelall35712
    michaelall35712 nina11225

    Posted

    Stay away from looking up health issues, mental etc. Our anxiety minds are looking for "uncertainty"  things that are not certain, concrete, possible ailments, illness, mental or physical.  When you search for your own diagnosis' you are opening your mind to "what if's" What ifs feed your anxieties!!  Stick to what you know you have and how you can learn to cope, find relief from it.  You can not think yourself in schizophrenia! Your not crazy, you have anxiety, find ways to accept it.  meditation, mindfullness, distract yourself with fun relaxing activities.
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