At this stage of the game Sumu, if you had schizophrenia you would have already broken from reality to some extent and would probably be in a hospital getting treatment. You probably wouldn't care about posting here with your questions.
7 months ago when DPDR started for me, I was convinced I was schizo. 7 months later I still have that fear even though not one thing has changed lol which is proof I'm fine. It's part of the DP process-- worry worry and more worry about things that will NEVER happen. You are just really anxious right now because you're experiencing different emotions and perceptions, and believe me, anxiety can make you think and see WIERD stuff and freak out for wierd reasons. But know this, if you were to be schizophrenic, someone would tell you, so you don't need to worry about it =) You actually SEE and HEAR things as if they were real. Schizos think everyone else is nuts for not aggreeeing with their false beliefs!
I have read many different accounts of the first stages of schizophrenia that actual family members of sufferers noticed, and they were all pretty similar. At first it seems like the person is depressed, but VERY RAPIDLY (like weeks) the person becomes drastically different. The families noticed their loved ones begin to do ODD things like speak made up languages, talk and have conversations with voices no one else could hear, and stare at walls for hours giggling. One person said his mom was an alien from another planet and the other family members were conspiring to vaporize him. One kid would sit in his room talking to his voices, then run out of the room screaming in laughter. Others said objects were moving and that bugs were on the walls. One kid asked his mom why her eyebrows pointed upward and why she was wearing face paint.
In any case, the point I'm trying to make is that these people didn't know it was happening to them--their FAMILIES did, and their families suggested treatment. The sufferers didn't sit in their houses worrying if they were going insane; they just went insane without a wonder. The families asked the loved ones if they were hearing voices, and in most cases they denied it. But sure enough, the families would hear the sufferers talking to them when alone. You are NOT going nuts. If you can put together sentences, hold down a job, maintain friendships, and live life, then you are NOT nuts. Hang in there. You may worry yourself to the point of thinking youre insane, but you will not go insane.
7 months ago when DPDR started for me, I was convinced I was schizo. 7 months later I still have that fear even though not one thing has changed lol which is proof I'm fine. It's part of the DP process-- worry worry and more worry about things that will NEVER happen. You are just really anxious right now because you're experiencing different emotions and perceptions, and believe me, anxiety can make you think and see WIERD stuff and freak out for wierd reasons. But know this, if you were to be schizophrenic, someone would tell you, so you don't need to worry about it =) You actually SEE and HEAR things as if they were real. Schizos think everyone else is nuts for not aggreeeing with their false beliefs!
I have read many different accounts of the first stages of schizophrenia that actual family members of sufferers noticed, and they were all pretty similar. At first it seems like the person is depressed, but VERY RAPIDLY (like weeks) the person becomes drastically different. The families noticed their loved ones begin to do ODD things like speak made up languages, talk and have conversations with voices no one else could hear, and stare at walls for hours giggling. One person said his mom was an alien from another planet and the other family members were conspiring to vaporize him. One kid would sit in his room talking to his voices, then run out of the room screaming in laughter. Others said objects were moving and that bugs were on the walls. One kid asked his mom why her eyebrows pointed upward and why she was wearing face paint.
In any case, the point I'm trying to make is that these people didn't know it was happening to them--their FAMILIES did, and their families suggested treatment. The sufferers didn't sit in their houses worrying if they were going insane; they just went insane without a wonder. The families asked the loved ones if they were hearing voices, and in most cases they denied it. But sure enough, the families would hear the sufferers talking to them when alone. You are NOT going nuts. If you can put together sentences, hold down a job, maintain friendships, and live life, then you are NOT nuts. Hang in there. You may worry yourself to the point of thinking youre insane, but you will not go insane.
