Hi, I’m 17 years old and I may be in the early stages of schizophrenia. About February last year I was speaking to my friend and I heard a reply so I replied back, and she was very confused as she hadn’t said anything and questioned me on this. This then scared me as I thought I was having an auditory hallucination. However, I got over this and forgot more or less about it until June when I developed OCD, one of my obsessions targeted schizophrenia and the thought that I had it. After I got over this obsession everything seemed fine. Last week however I heard someone on the bus called my name once but I just ignored it and it seemed like it didn’t have a source, and then yesterday afternoon again I was on the bus home from college and for about 3 minutes straight, I heard someone saying my name constantly over and over again, and it was the voice of a girl on the bus. This scared me as this girl has never spoke to me before, and when she got off the bus she didn’t attempt to talk to me or even acknowledged that I was there, so this made me think that it wasn’t her, and it was an auditory hallucination. Could I have some advice from people on here? I know I can’t look for a diagnosis on here and only a trained psychiatrist can diagnose me but I’d really appreciate your opinions and advice. Thanks.
Your young. If you have a family history might pay to be worried. Really it’s nothing to hang a hat upon.
It’s all about function. If your starting to lose function in your life then it’s a problem that needs to be addressed!
Otherwise just live and see how you do! I’m an internet hack. You can’t get any diagnosis here but self diagnosis is extremely rare. Most of us hit the health system hard with psychosis!
Don’t stress. Look to improve and if you lose function book a term with a shrink.
I don’t have any family history as far as I know. Since last night, it’s made me feel a bit emotionless but I think it’s because I’m worried and stressed and I’m spacing out because of that and I’m feeling a bit weird but I’m just going to leave it and see if I get any weird stuff happen again, if not I’ll see what happens. I feel a bit disfunctional today but I think it’s just because I’m exhausted.
You don’t need to worry about having sz. Lots of people hear voices now and then. It’s not a sign of impending doom, and there’s so much more to sz than just hallucinations.
“it is not uncommon for those with OCD to obsess over hearing voices, and they might worry in particular about developing schizophrenia. Perhaps they fear they might already have the disorder, and then turn to their trusty computer to check out information and symptoms. This compulsion only feeds their growing obsession, and before you know it, OCD is off to the races.”
I’m closing this thread. You should try not to think about this. It’s not good for your health.