Is it weird that i don’t trust anybody? I’m trying my best to let go and trust but I feel like there is stuff I don’t know and it bothers me. Everyone says that i’m not being watched and that nobody knows me, but it feels like the universe responds to the things I do and say. Does anybody here know what I mean? Is it trust issues, residual psychosis or am I onto something?
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Out of those 3 I would say residual psychosis. The average person couldn’t care less about what you are doing. I used to have thoughts of being watched when I was in psychosis, so my own experience tells me that yours is probably related to this as well.
Of course, if you don’t trust anyone, who knows if you will heed my comment or write it off as someone trying to deceive you.
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It’s not completely weird if you have schizophrenia. I’m not sure that I trust anyone in real life either. At least not completely.
They’re right.
Both by the sounds of things.
It seems like you’re experiencing “delusions of reference” to a certain degree. Where you think you’re being given signs etc ?
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I vote for residual psychosis too, positive symptoms specifically.
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I don’t trust easily.
As a matter of fact I don’t trust most people.
I think it’s a matter of what your trusting them with. I think you can trust most people to tell you whether or not you are being watched. Trusting people to hold on to my life savings, for example, I would be more picky.
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Every time I go to the movies and see the trailers they have some kind of pertinence to what is going on in my life.
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It’s definitely symptoms of your illness. That’s very typical.
I am chronically paranoid so this is the main reason for my trust issues.
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Will it always be this way? I mean, if I reintegrate back into society, won’t I have to be in denial and, even then, still get triggered by things?
I don’t have an answer to that. Medications eliminated this pattern of thinking for me. Maybe you could work with your doc to try other meds? I’m not sure if therapy alone can resolve these thoughts. It may be able to help though.
I can’t honestly tell you if you will ever be rid of them. There are multiple people on this forum that never seem to rid themselves completely of positive symptoms, despite medication. I wish you good luck in your struggles though. Don’t give up without a fight.
I can tell you that I also made these types of connections when in psychosis though, and no longer do.
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That’s definitely “delusions of reference” then. You could tell your psychiatrist that you’re still suffering from that.
I’ve been on just about every med with no luck, but thanks. An incomplete truth is enough to drive someone completely crazy. I feel like there is a reason that these things happen and I just don’t know it. Maybe I just want to feel significant. Idk. I’m just struggling with wrapping my head around reality right now. I don’t want to be in denial of anything and I feel like I will be no matter what I believe 
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I get this when I listen to music, or watch videos of fictional stories. It’s why I stick to true crime and documentaries, and even then there are parallels.
It’s also quite something when you’ve had a saying repeating in your head for weeks, only to be told it in person by someone in front of you, and then it stops repeating in your mind.
I’m not sure I’m being sent signs, I wouldn’t say so, but I do think I’m on a frequency most people aren’t.
And yea, there’s no one out there to trust.
I think I might know what you mean, but I absolutely love that feeling, as if the universe is alive and I’m in tune with it. Have you seen the documentary “The Secret” (2006)? On IMDB: The Secret (Video 2006) - IMDb
-Albert.
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This is the way I am when I am delusional. They report what I’m thinking and doing on the news.
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