Only thing is, I had some symptoms pop up after a long time of being stable (knock on wood!).
Had the thought: Can my coworkers read my mind?
It only lasted about 30 seconds, but it was enough to make me worried for a bit.
Not only worried about whether or not they knew what I was thinking, but also just the fact that I’ve been stable for so long and now this is happening again.
Maybe it was first-day jitters, but things are only going to get more hectic as the holiday season approaches, and I’m nervous that my symptoms might pop up with more intensity.
What are some things you peeps do to help you battle symptoms in public?
its probably just a bit of a flashback to old thinking. Just try to use cbt to be aware of it, then just let the idea that “can my coworkers read my mind?” is meaningless and try to let it fade.
Or distract by getting more focused into the work your doing.
True @LevelJ1, could totally just be a flashback to old times.
Going to try to remember some CBT, and let the thoughts come and go.
Defos going to use work as a distraction as well. Hopefully once it gets busier, I’ll be so focused on the task at hand that my brain won’t have any time to come up with nonsense haha.
For me personally mild positive symptoms simetimes try to creep up when I’m under stress.
Maybe you are just a tad nervous cos you have just started a job and once you get into the groove of things/adapt to the job, you won’t even be thinking about it…
After getting diagnose at age 20 I spent a decade in the workforce. Working helped build my social skills and overcome my paranoia. I had to learn how to communicate with people. It helped me in the long run but I had to go on disability because work was inconsistent and I need my meds. I had gaps in my employment with no health insurance and was getting free samples from my doctor. The samples ran out and I couldn’t afford my meds. I’d like to work but I need my meds. I can’t afford them when I’m unemployed. My medication is $1200 a month.
Stick with it and tough out your paranoia and fears. You’ll come out stronger in the long run.
Try to keep your mind occupied and applied to a task. The more you stay busy the better your performance and less time for frivolous thought you will find. Also understand that your symptomatic thoughts apply to the same area of your brain as free/random thoughts. the only difference is you are appropriating an emotion to the processing of the thought which is making it stand out. The best way to combat it is to let it flow and go as freely as it came. You can accomplish this by redirecting your focus on a task at hand or finding a new task to affix your attention too. If that doesnt work you can always search for your happy place and develop thoughts surrounding that depiction. You could also keep a song stuck in your mind and play and sing it out simultaniously with your imagination in efforts to avoid the bad thought from manifesting as center in your mind. good luck
you got this 
