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Default I think I have paranoid schizophrenia? - 01-15-2009, 09:47 PM

I'm 13 years old and I often feel like everybody is watching me at school or whatever. like, everybody is just.. spying on me. this only started recently, maybe 8 months back. Recently I keep hearing voices in my head. Me and my friends were on the Ouija board like a year ago and we met these 7 spirits. they were really nice and stuff. Well, i am always hearing them in my head. they compel me to do things and sometimes make me refuse to do things. sometimes i just want to scream because i feel like they just won't checkup this part is really strange, but i have these fake butterflies all around my skylight in my room and at night, when the moon shines through my skylight They make a weird shadow and I feel like the butterflies are just.. i don't know, trying to contact me? i feel like i hear them whispering in my head or whatever but I can't make out what they are saying..

also, when it's rainy and windy, and I'm near a window, the hissing of the wind freaks me out. makes me feel like some thing's screeching outside. Like it's going to.. huh... grab me? This happens a lot in science class. me and my friend sit at a table together, and there's a huge window behind us. plus it rains a lot where I live..

I didn't think this was very weird. i thought this kind of stuff happened to everybody. then me and a group of friends went and saw the movie 'the roommate' and I'm not like Rebeca i don't obsess over my friends but i looked up schizophrenia and i was like, 'oh my gosh.. that's.. me??!1?"

I'm very uncomfortable talking to strangers about this, but it's more comfortable than talking to my mom about it..

I don't burst out in public places with any sort of attacks or whatever.. I'm not weird.. i have a lot of friends and stuff and everybody thinks I'm super normal.
I just read this over, and it sounds really fake Hathaway. but seriously, I'm not lying.

and i didn't make my question clear enough. what I'm basically asking is, a I schizophrenic, and if i am, is there anything Should do about it?
i would just like to say my sister's friend is schizophrenic and knew she was schizophrenic before she visited a doctor and was diagnosed with it, so yes, people can know they have these things.
no no, the spirits that talk to me are real. i met them on the Ouija board.

and the butterflies, i like them. i realized they weren't real when i saw the roommate.
   
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Default 01-17-2009, 09:47 PM

Best think to do is go to the doctor or speak to a psychologist. At least you want help so that's a good sign.
   
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Default 01-22-2009, 09:47 PM

I think you should see your GP/doctor and talk about your symptoms. You might get sent for a scan or something. Hope that helps and good luck!
   
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Default 01-27-2009, 09:47 PM

Whether your friend has it or not, it is still apparent you do not. From the looks of it now, all it seems to be is you are TRYING to get someone to say you are schizophrenic, vs actually having it. Why? Attention maybe?





If you think you do then you're already sure you don't. Psychosis and delusional behavior isn't really "detectable" by someone who has it. I mean would you question why you eat breakfast? No because you see it as normal we all do. So you would have no reason to question your thoughts, what you are seeing, you would simply accept it as a part of life which would cause others to notice it happening with you.

Sounds like you just have anxiety like everyone does. Especially at your age with you going through puberty and tons of hormonal changes its not unusual to start feeling a little off. Anxiety can do a lot of weird things.You don't need to do anything. You already acknowledge that none of this stuff is real and you already told us you "see" things. Major illness like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can't be hidden just because you don't want people to notice something. You simply cant because you don't know what is right and wrong.

Basically if you had something as wrong as schizophrenia you would have been noticed by now. Talk to your school counselor about whatever problems you may have.
   
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Default 01-31-2009, 09:47 PM

i think it sounds a bit like schizophrenia. But if you are able to see that the voices you hear and the butterflies you see are not actually real and just your imagination then you are not properly schizophrenic. it's when you are not able to distinguish between what's real and what's your mind and your imagination that you might have a problem. but if it's not causing you distress and not negatively affecting your life too much then i don't think you really need to worry.
   
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Default 02-01-2009, 09:47 PM

TELL YOUR PARENTS! That is the first thing you need to do. If you are just looking for attention then find another game to play because being la belled schizophrenic will destroy your future. Childhood onset schizophrenia is usually progressive and chronic with a poor prognosis. Antipsychotics are just as debilitating as schizophrenia itself. Once you are in the mental health system, your parents will have a hard time getting you out of it. The stigma of schizophrenia is longer and more deeply ingrained than any other mental disorder. You will feel like a second class citizen and be treated as though you are a second class citizen and being declared mentally incompetent will just make it official.

You could be describing early signs of schizophrenia however from your writing you aren't showing any of the tell-tail signs of cognitive impairment. That could be a good thing. There are many possible causes of psychosis and schizophrenia is the rarest.
   
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