How do I stop feeling paranoid?

I’ve been feeling paranoid recently, more so than normal. Especially today, I’ve been feeling extremely anxious the last few days too. Has anyone got any advice on how to help with this? I take sertraline 100mg and have a psychologist but I’m not seeing her just now because of the virus. Any thoughts are welcome.

[Hidden]

Try to get out of your head and into the moment. Think about what you are seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling and hearing in that moment. Do it outside, or somewhere peaceful. Or like take a shower and feel the water, smell the soap etc. It sounds like bs, but it helps get you grounded.

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Great advice, thank you, some of those things did work. I did go for a shower and felt the warm water on me, I needed to get out of my head x

[Lixus]

Hi,

I deal with my ocd and anxiety and I've never find a way to "stop" or get rid of my obsessive thoughts but I find some "tips" that helps me a lot when I feel anxiety:

1. Find someone you have a close relationship with and talk, when I do that I realize how incoherent my obsessive thoughts are and I usually feel better, it not always works 100% but it really helps me 95% of the times.

2. Music or some Hobbie that can "put" your mind away from what you are thinking. It helps me to distract myself and relax.

3. Breathe control exercises, specially if you have hyperventilation, it helps to relax aswell.

Good luck with all and feel free to talk to me if you need help or something

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Sorry you deal with ocd and anxiety too. Thanks for the tips. I did do some breathing exercises and meditation. I also think I was extremely tired and hadn’t eaten much yesterday x

[maryebread]

Hey! Do you mind sharing what kind of paranoid thoughts you are having?

Im sorry to hear about this, I also know that sertraline is helpful with mainly depression, so hopefully you can talk to your doctor soon! If not, if you feel like it is getting worse, you can call a helpine and they may give you information about next steps to take.

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I was having paranoid thoughts that people hate me and everyone wants me to die. I think it was lack of sleep and I hadn’t eaten much yesterday. Thank you for your comments x