somebody help please

HI

Can somebody please help, I suffer from social phobia and evey time i leave the house people cough and yawn at me like when i walk down the road people will fake cough or yawn at me, I know people obvisoly do this but it hard to get someone to believe me. i have had this for 4 years of my life and dont know what to do , My doctor reconmened me to have Hypnosis which i did for 6months but did not have any effect on me, I just want to know what it all means. Also when im driving i notice every one doing like hand signal under the nose at me, I know this sounds abit stupid bit its just a nightmare for me.

It is total strangers that sniff,cough yawn and do these things to me, which makes it more Worrying for me, i just cant leave the house anymore and thinking of commiting suicide,i have seen a psychotherapist and he said it was Chronic anxiety but it just getting worst for me, I know 100% that people are doing these things to me but i just cant explain it.

It all started when i was about 23 i have a job in a warehouse packing lenses, i didnt mix with anyone, i could not have a Conversation with anyone i just felt the odd one out, people would just walk past me and cough loud it wasnt just one person doing this it was quite alot , ive had a few more jobs since then but the same happend again but worse, and i Could'nt cope with it anymore. I have stayed in for a 2 years now, every time i go to the shop or pop out people will stare at me and cough or sniff loud purpolsy as if to say there disgusted at me, and now ive notice people yawning when they see me as if to say youre boring or something may be its my personality but im a very shy person, i just dont know why people do it to me.

I have a schizoid personality disorder (S.P.D.), which means that I hate being around people, although I am not socially phobic.
One of my problems is that as well as hating people generally I hate the way that people move. I mean basic fidgeting, foot-tapping, messing with your hair and any repetative movement that a person can make. People whistling would also set me off into a psychotic rage.
Anyway, when I eventually spoke to a clinical psychologist about this he asked me a few simple questions;
1: Do you believe that people are doing these things deliberately just to annoy you? If so why?
2: What is your evidence for them doing it deliberately just to annoy you?
3: Is it possible that they are oblivious to you and are doing these things for other reasons?
After a few sessions going over these questions he suggested cognitive behavioural therapy (C.B.T.) as a method of learning to be more tolerant of people.
I can't say that C.B.T. was a total success, but it certainly helped a lot.
So perhaps as a starting point you should talk to a clinical psychologist and see if C.B.T. would work for you.

I have used C.B.T. for all my mental problems with great success. Much research shows that it is very effective.
Jim S

Have you ever been on any medications for your phobias/paranoias? If so, what were they? I hope i don't scare you by saying this, but what you've described sounds like a paranoid delusion, or a delusion of refference. Maybe an antipsychotic medications, like Abilify or Geodon, would help the problem.
Do you have any other symptoms besides this?

I have paranoid schizophrenia, so i have lots of 'delusions' about people and their motives. I hate being around people and i don't trust anyone. When i am out driving , i see spies following me around in black infinati cars. They have been sent by the government to keep watch over me and scan my brain. They send me signals with their headlights which tell me they are spies and to provoke me.
Also, i see messages in lisense plates and street signs directed at me.
Whenever someone looks over at me and then laughs, i know they are in on the conspiracy of deceiving me.

good luck

-becka