Can people see me through the screen?

Unusual Beliefs
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Hi. Lately I have been having psychotic feelings. I feel as if people can see me watching them through the screen when I watch a video of theirs.
I pick up on the most minuscule details and attribute many of the things they are saying to myself - always in a negative fashion.
I want to know whether it’s possible for some people to see me through the screen when I am watching a video or looking at a picture of theirs.
I feel they can see me and are making fun of me.

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i have a piece of tape over my laptop webcam to make sure i am not being watched

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I can’t see you, sorry

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How did you get their pictures to watch?

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It happens when I watch any video. I feel they can also see me watching them.

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It is not possible, interestingly also my grandmother with dementia thinks that the people on TV are speaking to her and ‘spying’ her.

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It’s called ‘delusions of reference’, which in turn causes ‘delusions of persecution’…

I’m on medication for both of these conditions. Are you on any meds for this?

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I used to have that, thought the news people could see me

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I used to do that too but not anymore, because i don’t believe anymore in these things

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I thought: “if they like spying me, let them have fun”

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I’m not doing anything nasty so i don’t have reasons to believe such things :smile:

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Yes. I am on Xeplion 100mg.

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I feel like I’m being watched right now but not through the screen.
It’s making me panic a bit,

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If the device has no camera, it is not possible for anyone to watch you. If it does have a camera, just put a piece of tape over the lens like @sigarino and I do.

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I have been there before. it passed. everything passes. go to a doc.

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@sigarino TBH, it’s not a bad idea to tape over your web cam. I do that too and so do many folks I know. After all, you never know when some bored nerd will decide to try and hack your camera.

Just don’t get all caught up in thinking you’re being specifically targeted. That’s not the case. It’s just a matter of odds. Some small number of people will be hacked so my feeling is that it’s not a bad idea to reduce those slim odds even further.

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When the psychosis was bad, people on TV seemed to interact -with- me, where their comments and reactions matched what I was thinking. Very hard to shake the experiences off, but thankfully, my memory is bad. That state of mind is eerie, for sure.

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I remember the people on tv said something about a band I liked and went on about something else which seemed like a message to me from someone I know. Then they just stared through the camera at me with a stoic look on their face which freaked me out even more.

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I have felt attacked by people on tv .
Specially by a female news presenter.
So I stopped watching live tv but even when I watch recorded films or series I still feel attacked by some of them.

I do watch tv but I can suffer when I do due to this.

When I lived by myself I hardly ever watched tv.

Hope you will feel better about this.

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It’s so weird how psychosis is worse with live TV.

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