Evilbob333
10-04-2008, 05:56 PM
My big thing at the moment is a fear of schizophrenia and madness. I know this is a very common fear amongst us anxiety sufferers. I'm not getting overly anxious about this thought and accepting it for what it is...a symptom of my anxiety. But even with my acceptance i still get the 'what if?'. I wish i was brave enough to read up about schizophrenia to 'prove' to myself that i don't have it but i'm afraid i'll read something and think 'shit...thats me!'.
So my question is, can anyone give me a safe, non anxiety provoking explanation of what schizophrenia is? Or do i need to know? am i just fuelling this in myself? I have never had hallucinations or heard voices (touch wood!) and don't believe the FBI are tracking me from space! Although i do worry that one day i may start to believe these things.
Dumbly enough this worry started because i used to work in the same office as a team who worked with people with early onset psychosis and i picked up a basic idea of what the illness was, but it was always a bit enigmatic and i never fully researched it...a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. Funny though, because most of the people they worked with lived quite indepently and recovery rate was high...so maybe its not as terribly scary as i have pictured it to be?
This fear has recently because worse because of a UK soap opera called hollyoaks in which a character has schizophrenia. I guess thats what i get for watching crap TV. Although its worth it for the ladies!
Some quick question this turned out to be!
Thanks for any help/info!
So my question is, can anyone give me a safe, non anxiety provoking explanation of what schizophrenia is? Or do i need to know? am i just fuelling this in myself? I have never had hallucinations or heard voices (touch wood!) and don't believe the FBI are tracking me from space! Although i do worry that one day i may start to believe these things.
Dumbly enough this worry started because i used to work in the same office as a team who worked with people with early onset psychosis and i picked up a basic idea of what the illness was, but it was always a bit enigmatic and i never fully researched it...a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. Funny though, because most of the people they worked with lived quite indepently and recovery rate was high...so maybe its not as terribly scary as i have pictured it to be?
This fear has recently because worse because of a UK soap opera called hollyoaks in which a character has schizophrenia. I guess thats what i get for watching crap TV. Although its worth it for the ladies!
Some quick question this turned out to be!
Thanks for any help/info!