Is it normal to have this much paranoia?

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I have a fear of going crazy. So, when I'm not doing anything else, I make myself think that I'm hallucinating when I'm really not so I freak out and think I'm schizophrenic, or something like that. I do it with hearing things, too. I don't actually hallucinate, but I get so scared that I will and when I see symptoms of a serious psychosis problem, I try and find any relevance of them and my actions just so I can find out if I have that problem or not. It scares me half to death, but I'm a normal person. I go to work, go to school, have a steady relationship. Maybe it's just all in my head...

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  • Lacey101
    9 years ago

    Sounds more like anxiety than schizophrenia.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    If you were really crazy you would not be posting on isitnormal about it. You would know you are nuts, yet be so horrified at the idea of actually being nuts that you don't really think you are. The fact that you seem to be worrying that you are losing it means that you are not. If you "went nuts" you would know that something happened to you or that you were very different than before but deny that it could be "madness" and thus not worry about it. Also, hearing things does not necessarily mean that you have lost it as long as it isn't keeping you from functioning and having a life. If you hear things and the content is threatening or highly disturbing then you could be nuts, but occasionally "hearing things" does not equal insanity

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  • therealreality
    10 years ago

    your not going nuts. also, a lot of the so called "symptoms" of different mental disorders are relatively subjective and occasionally hearing things wouldn't mean you are "going crazy". Many normal people experience various mental "symptoms" from time to time without ever losing touch with reality or even being predisposed to that. The only thing that would be "crazy" would be if you started doing things that caused others to take notice and were causing problems in your life

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  • mluker
    13 years ago

    Wow. Yeah lots if people do this. Try this- when you start having those thoughts- try to forget it rite away by going and doing something active or something to get your mind off the issue. Then let us know how it works out. No worries. You'll be fine. Good luck

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I've heard that if you think you're going crazy, you're really not.

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  • I_am_not_normal
    13 years ago

    I'm kind this way too. I'm always looking for something wrong with me that's not even there. Sometimes we take ordinary things and freak ourselves out over them. If you were really schizophrenic, you wouldn't be scared that you are. You're as normal as everyone else, just trust your body and mind

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