Literal Gaslighting

Was having a normal day not many voices and even got out the house for a gp appointment its cold today then around 3.30 pm im sitting on the verandah happy as and mum says while looking over at the neighbours they’ve had the gas company change their gas three times this last week and look what there doing now, i didnt look i didnt want to be rude and my mind was else where assuming they were changing the gas but then i realise later that seems like alot (we dont have gas idk) and there doing it themselves this time, then enters the bad thought of “they are trying to blow up there house” so i shove it away and try to distract my self forgetting about it till after dinner im sitting in my room on the other side of the house then i hear a hissing sound immediately think gas then i can taste it and smell it and stand up and feel dizzy which has been happening lately so not a big deal on its own but im freaking out now ive shut my window and have my fan on trying to get rid of it too scared to light a smoke but also knowing full well this could be a delusion idk what to do i can still taste it and smell it but there is no hissing since i shut the window still no voices which is usually my main problem when im unwell. Any advice?

Sorry for the long post.

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You do the same thing I do. You imagine these horrible scenarios and get yourself all worked up. There’s no gas, that’s a hallucination. I think, anyway. When I get like that, it just takes time to calm down and time to see that what I’m fearing isn’t true.

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If there is no gas line to your house, your neighbors can’t blow up your house. Even if they filled their own house with gas, it would all dissipate before getting to yours.

Odds are, they were just fixing a leak or installing something new. Or maybe they weren’t working on the gas at all, just the plumbing or electric. There’s no way of knowing. But you’re safe in your own home.

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Thank you i am feeling a bit better now.

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