Can you make yourself go crazy?

[dbeck128]

Can you develop schizophrenia or physiciatic conditions by being obsessed with the fear of them?

I swear the last few days my mind is on edge and on the verge of not coming back... if it did, would I ever return to a normal state?

[Sillysausage234]

Do you smoke weed ?

[dbeck128 in reply to Sillysausage234]

No, I have really bad adverse reactions to anything.

[Sillysausage234 in reply to dbeck128]

🧘‍♀️....meditation maybe if you can get the peace and quiet slow your thought process down focus on stuff you enjoy doing

[Hidden]

im not a doctor, so im not positive. but i used to often worry i had something of the sort and would always bring it up to my psychiatrist asking “what if i do have something like this or that? “ and she would always remind me no you have depression and anxiety.. i know those fears are very overwhelming, but is there a reason you think so, or is it your fear of having them and your mind feeling weak at the moment?.. you can message me if you need to

also if it did your mind can return to normal ( i had an event of psychosis once, and its been several years now without any signs or symptoms of a condition other than anxiety and depression)

[dbeck128 in reply to Hidden]

What did your psychosis feel like? Thank you for the reassurance!!!

[Hidden in reply to dbeck128]

if you really want to know, i’d rather message you, i typed it out and decided its kind of a difficult story to share( and it could just make your anxiety worse by convincing yourself it’s happening) .. honestly i think its your anxiety weighing more heavily on your mind lately, there is a certain level of delusional thoughts and confusion with psychosis, and it doesn’t sound like you’re there( definitely bring up your worries at your next appointment, or make an appointment to talk about these concerns).. id suggest doing your best to get a good nights sleep and it should help some

[hypercat54]

The answer to this is no. Our minds are a lot stronger than we think and the trick is to get your mind to work with you and not against you. x

[Jeff1943]

Our sensitised nervous system can be very accommodating: if you think you have heart failure or pancreatic cancer it will provide the symptoms to back up your mistaken belief. But that doesn't mean you will actually have heart failure or pancreatic cancer: a scan will confirm your organs are clear of these illnesses. So I believe the same applies to schizophrenia.

I've never heard in 45 years of anybody's imagined illnesses due to anxiety disorder becoming the real physical version. And I don't believe it is possible.

The worst that anxiety disorder can do is to bring us to a breakdown where temporarily we cannot function mentally as normal. Our mind senses our extreme nervous distress and forces us to withdraw from our struggle and rest for a while. But this is temporary, we return to normal mental functioning after a while though we most likely retain our general anxiety disorder.

So, dbeck128, I'm no mental health professional but I don't believe you can 'lose your mind' permanently: normality reasserts itself when the breakdown passes through mental health care and rest.

I often say that anxiety can't send you crazy but what is the definition of crazy? To me it is someone who has developed unbalanced ideas permanently. That is something quite different to the anxiety disorder we experience.

dbeck128, we have exchanged views before and I must again suggest that if you haven't already you should seek the help of your doctor and a referral to a therapist. But my view is that you are experiencing anxiety disorder which temporarily exaggerates your fears and distorts your judgement.

So again I suggest you are looking in the wrong direction. You are concentrating on the fake symptoms of anxiety disorder rather than the cause which is over-sensitisation of the nervous system. You see, you cannot cure yourself of an illness you don't have no matter how hard you try. I would suggest that you refocus your quest for recovery on the cause rather than the symptoms and I have outlined before how to do this using the Acceptance method.

You are going to come through this difficult period. You will recover your quiet mind. You are in no danger. You will be your normal self once again in due course. Only stronger and wiser for the ordeal. I wish you God's speed in your recovery.