Even when medicated I still feel like people are talking about me in public. I hate going out because if people are talking near me, it must be about me. If someone laughs, they are making fun of me. I feel like people are plotting against me, to hurt me. Hallucinations and other delusions (like delusions of grandeur) go away with medication. But this paranoia never does. Anyone else feel similar, what can be done?
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Mainly time I think. It gets better with age. That and exercise and nutrition. I feel better when I walk or jog and I feel better when I limit the caffeine. I got better as the years went by. It wasn’t easy. I mean I had some humps along the way. It wasn’t easy processing my thoughts, false memories, and delusions. It ain’t easy at all. It’s hard as ■■■■!
Meds help. Took 6 years to find the right combo.
I felt it in the beginning, right after being hospitalized. Today I deal okay with people, but sometimes I may think someone is laughing or talking about me. I remember once I was talking to my classroom at college and a guy laughed behind me and I thought it was about me. I questioned this thought and I realized that I couldn’t know if he was laughing at me or not. And if he did, I don’t care.
Looking from a psychological perspective, being worried about what other people think about you may have connection to guilt, shame and anxiety, but I don’t know in what degree it’s considered paranoia.
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