var title = 'Psychology and Mental Health Forum Psychology Feed'; var url = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/random_blogs_c-3.html'; var site_url = 'https://www.psychforums.com'; var site_desc = 'Psychology and Mental Health Forum'; var time = 'Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:31:58 -0400'; var data = new Array(); data[0] = new Array(); data[0]['title'] = 'separation anxiety'; data[0]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/separation_anxiety_c-3_u-383654_b-10563.html'; data[0]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/separation_anxiety_c-3_u-383654_b-10563.html'; data[0]['username'] = 'donttouch'; data[0]['blog_id'] = '10563'; data[0]['blog_message'] = 'my father always was suspicious as to why i get really anxious any time my boyfriend leaves. he thought i was doing drugs with him or something - i'm straight edge, so no, i'm not doing any drugs that cause some sort of anxiety disorder. though i did think about how whenever my boyfriend leaves i get anxious. even so when i'm with him i start to get anxious because he's leaving soon. this only happens with him. i automatically assume i'm never seeing him again. i panic and feel as if i cannot feel okay without him. i absolutely hate this, i don't know how to change it, the only thing i've tried is distancing myself but that only leads to emotional distance in the relationship and makes everything worse. i don't know what to do. i don't want to depend on him to feel okay.'; data[0]['blog_time'] = 'Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:03:45 -0500'; data[1] = new Array(); data[1]['title'] = 'Am i getting over my OCD or is it getting worse?'; data[1]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/am_i_getting_over_my_ocd_or_is_it_getting_worse%CA%94_c-3_u-157601_b-4356.html'; data[1]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/am_i_getting_over_my_ocd_or_is_it_getting_worse%CA%94_c-3_u-157601_b-4356.html'; data[1]['username'] = 'Archer808'; data[1]['blog_id'] = '4356'; data[1]['blog_message'] = 'Im really looking for help, just insight from people who have been through this tough and stressful road... (Cant afford, to see a therapist at the moment, insurance doesn't cover lol)
21, young..
I love people... I would give my last dollar to someone who says they need it.
Have trouble keeping a job, but getting one is easy as cake, I just get bored real quick..

Now that we've been introduced, :)

For a few years now I've been struggling with panic attacks and high stress...at first it was just that id get dizzy and start panicking, and my heart would feel like I was just lifting a fridge. ha

But as the years progressed I started looking up things like schizophrenia, and ADD and OCD, and for about a year and a half now my obsession with being scizo has consumed me... what sucks is that I developed a mean phobia of people doing things to my food.. I was afraid someone had done something to things prepared for me if it be in a dinner or already packaged food.. I would come home and think, what if someone broke in and tampered with the food my mom made.. Or if the delivery guy was late, did he do something to the food... I stopped eating mushrooms (because of the fear that I may eat a magic shroom lol ) I lost alot of weight because of this...lol Which would bring me to the conclusion ( and i know self diagnosing myself is bad) but that i may be scizo...

Well I started attacking my fears head on, and began eating again, anything, and everything... Things got better.. and worse. I still get the occasional panic attack but my mind is now consumed by other thoughts regarding me being scizo for other reasons now...

My mind is stuck on the what if idea that one day I snap and kill someone, or hurt someone i love.. My attention has been targeted to one person, (for a small period of time) then sometimes just anyone.. i started to push myself away from sharp objects and such.. STOPPED that early. ( i knew that once i went down that road id be screwed with more weight to carry.)

I also read that if you loose emotion towards these ideas, and instead of fearing them you become excited, or question what if you might just enjoy murder, that you may be deranged. So I (being the hypochondriac that I am) started to question this as well.. I get these weird and obsessive thoughts but now I try to laugh bout it and keep moving but i cant tell if im just getting better or tricking myself and just getting worse....

I also adopt symptoms as i read them, like i read that someone with scizo will have difficulty speaking or writing, or doing certain things, or they may hear noises or see things, so I began finding myself watching myself, (and almost forcibly) started having difficulty with speaking, or seeing things out the corners of my eyes, or hearing things around my house... I feel great when i write or talk about it, i just want to know if anyone is on the same boat as me. Am i crazy, is this normal OCD, or am I wierder than i think lol. I can get a job, I have no difficulty getting woman, Im kind of a metro sexual so i take a little to much care of myself, I like to talk, i can get along with anyone..Im just so lost rite about now, I want out of this fear, and what feels like limbo!!!

What scares me the most out of all of this is that i know how to write well, and speak well, maybe my grammar is horrific on this little yahoo answers piece, but when i really want to throw down i can... And thats what scares me, am i sane, and just obsessing over being crazy or just crazy pretending to sane...?

please leave a line, much love
Richie'; data[1]['blog_time'] = 'Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:34:21 -0400'; data[2] = new Array(); data[2]['title'] = 'What should I do (urgent!)?'; data[2]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/what_should_i_do_%28urgent%C7%83%29%CA%94_c-3_u-91117_b-3090.html'; data[2]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/what_should_i_do_%28urgent%C7%83%29%CA%94_c-3_u-91117_b-3090.html'; data[2]['username'] = 'IdaColeman'; data[2]['blog_id'] = '3090'; data[2]['blog_message'] = 'I've been looking everywhere online for advice, and everyone I talk to says I should go to some sort of psychotherapy. I don't know about it, though.. I finally had the courage to tell my sister what's been going on - I've been hallucinating, I can't sleep too well (3 hours a night is my current average), I get very nauseated whenever I eat so I've lost a significant amount of weight. There's headaches, dizziness, fear (of nothing, really), anxiety, trembling, it's hard to breathe sometimes, too. I had a panic attack about two weeks ago, it lasted for maybe fifteen minutes. My dad says he used to have panic attacks, and I read somewhere that it's more likely for me if it runs in the family. I can't stand being alone because these hallucinations get worse when I am. I'm also being cold(-hearted) lately towards my mom and sister. I feel very anxious -at night especially- and self harm calms me down. I started scratching my wrists and digging my nails into them. I don't want to do this, but it's become very addicting and even soothing. My sister wants me to see a psychiatrist, and put me on anti- depressants. What should I do about this? Please help.'; data[2]['blog_time'] = 'Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:33:04 -0400'; data[3] = new Array(); data[3]['title'] = 'Wanting to Die.'; data[3]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/wanting_to_die._c-3_u-258910_b-7009.html'; data[3]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/wanting_to_die._c-3_u-258910_b-7009.html'; data[3]['username'] = 'shortsnorts'; data[3]['blog_id'] = '7009'; data[3]['blog_message'] = 'I am so tired of complete #######4. I don't see the point of anything anymore.'; data[3]['blog_time'] = 'Fri, 30 May 2014 17:57:01 -0400'; data[4] = new Array(); data[4]['title'] = 'Posting a blog'; data[4]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/posting_a_blog_c-3_u-266421_b-7499.html'; data[4]['url'] = 'https://www.psychforums.com/blog/Psychology/posting_a_blog_c-3_u-266421_b-7499.html'; data[4]['username'] = 'jizzyjo_45'; data[4]['blog_id'] = '7499'; data[4]['blog_message'] = 'Hi I need to list a blog but want to make sure tigers listed in the correct section so as it yo upset anyone. How do I do this ?'; data[4]['blog_time'] = 'Sun, 21 Sep 2014 07:46:49 -0400';