by Bert the Turtle » Sat Oct 15, 2016 7:04 pm
Interesting. When I was about six I had a very similar fear to Snaga, where I obsessed that I might stumble into an alternate reality where everyone and everything looked the same ... but was somehow empty of reality or meaning.
Regarding OP, what you're describing could be a variation on health anxiety or harm OCD, or it could be something more along the lines of paranoia. If I was guessing I would say the former, since you seem very self-aware and have feelings of guilt about your thoughts. Either way you should treat this seriously and seek out a therapist. Because the symptoms you're describing sound a little ambiguous, I would advise trying to find someone who's got experience in both OCD and paranoid disorders and telling them what's going on in careful detail to help ensure a correct diagnosis.
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