Is it normal i'm this paranoid?

I can't take a shower while I'm home alone - or even when someone's in the next room, but sleeping. When I take a shower and no one's around, I almost ALWAYS have violent thoughts about wild animals attacking me or someone torturing me and/or killing me. Sometimes I freak out and leave the shower early, because it disturbs me so much.

And it's hard for me to sleep, when everyone else already fell asleep and I feel alone. I usually have to turn the lights on at that point. I could be lying there trying to fall asleep - but that could easily be interrupted by me imagining a bunch of huge metal spikes or stone crushing my body, or being burned with fire or brands, being cut open, being eaten alive by a hyena or lion, etc.

I could be subjected to violent thoughts getting in the way at any time, though. I remember being in class and squirming in my seat, because I was thinking about somebody crushing my bones with stones/boulders to paralyze me.

Sometimes I hate not having my back against the wall, because I think of someone coming behind me snapping my neck or strangling me to death.

I could DEFINITELY go on and on, but you should get the point by now.

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  • handsignals

    you need professional help bro, you are going to waste your life worrying about shit.

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  • Avant-Garde

    I have experienced many things like this in the past. I would suggest that 1. check if you have a vitamin deficiency. 2. To get a brain scan to rule out any psychical brain issues. & 3. Get professional help if it's none of the above.

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    • Would you recommend the same thing even though it's been a really long time?

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      • Avant-Garde

        If it has been for a long time then it seems to me that 1 would have been ruled out. In that case, I would go with 2.

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  • bigol'dick

    This is NOT normal. I really feel for you because I know what it's like to have very paranoid thoughts. Please seek help.

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  • SplinterWingz

    I do all these things. You're normal

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  • RomeoDeMontague

    Schizophrenia?

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    • No, I don't have hallucinations. I don't hear and see things that others don't. These are just thoughts that disturb me.

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      • RomeoDeMontague

        Not all people with the illness hallucinate. It comes with a range of issues. So even if you don't hallucinate you might still have it.

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        • I highly doubt it. I looked it up, and most things in schizophrenia don't apply to me. Most importantly, I can tell the difference between reality and fantasy. I have a lot more control over it than people with schizophrenia. If anything, I MIGHT have something related that's a lot less harmful and affects my life less.

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          • RomeoDeMontague

            Well if you looked into the illness and do not think you fit it maybe it is not. Maybe you have OCD or something like that. It says that having uncontrollable thoughts that are very severe like that are classified as a type of OCD.

            Being afraid of the dark is a normal fear for a lot of people. The shower thing sounds strange though. People with schizophrenia will sometimes have this paranoia about things that are either impossible or very unlikely. Such as you presented with the shower thing. So like they go outside and they think the sky is going to fall down and crush them, or that every person they pass is plotting their demise.

            Do you have a set up where it would be easy for animals to get in? I know raccoons can get into places easily and even know how to unlock door. So if you are afraid of something like that it seems reasonable.

            However all people have a certain amount of paranoia. Just when people are overly paranoid is when it is considered unhealthy. Fear makes us think and react.

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  • dirtybirdy

    Oops. Now I'll ask again since I have a minute. Do you know when and or why you started having these thoughts? You need some help for sure.

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    • There are many things in my environment that trigger these thoughts, but I'm sure the main cause is how childlike/over reactive my imagination is.

      Don't get me wrong. My imagination has benefits, too. I think the way my brain works makes me creative/unique, so I don't want it to go away. A lot of great things came from people who were a little nutty, anyway. lol. I just want to learn to deal with it.

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    • dirtybirdy

      Maybe black sabbath can help. I dunno, just a suggestion.

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