Be me
>18-year-old male
>No friends, cut them all off and barely speak with family.
>Constantly talk to myself in my head
>Recently the voices have been getting louder, and speaking on their own
>Was bullied growing up and has led to me being spiteful towards people
>Have developed severe trust issues and now believes everyone is my enemy
>Thought someone was coming after me and fixated on 4:30PM
>Tossed a rock near a cat by accident, Cat gave me a death stare, now I'm worried that cat is after me
>Got sent into a panic attack when I thought someone was different about a painting I own.
I fear that I'm starting to develop Schizophrenia due to my chronic loneliness, whenever I'm not with someone or at gym there's a voice that speaks to me and I can't shut him up, I think he's lucifer (The devil)
The things I listed happened like two weeks ago, I feel fine now, is there any cause for concern?
do you smoke weed?
No
If that stuff is true then you need to get to a psychiatrist or someone else who can diagnose and prescribe psychiatric medication
I've been fine recently, Should I get a psychiatrist now or just wait and see if anything happens?
yes and tell him about the voice you hear
Yeah, if you want to get the baker act and red flag laws used against you, have fun ruining your freedoms by seeking false help
Go see a psychiatrist. They'll be understanding of what you're going through and will be able to give you the support you need.
Definitely go now. The sooner you seek help the sooner the paranoia and anxiety goes away.
I'll try, but since I live in the uk, it's gonna take like a month for them to get to me, might be too late by then
Book the appointment now and then try get through the month. Might even be beneficial as you might show even more concrete symptoms. If you're actually schiz it's a lifelong illness so a month is nothing. Also it's actually an incredibly manageable illness.
Please, seek psychiatric help. It will get worse the more you wait to see what else happens. Medication is far from perfect, but it can make your life much more comfortable to get through. Keep going, anon, you'll be fine
>now I'm worried that cat is after me
If you were schizophrenic, you wouldn't be criticizing your persecutory delusion, you'd straigth up be 100% sure of it and no one would be able to talk you out of it. You are just paranoid.
>t. know a thing or two about psychiatry
I'm blaming you for breaking his mind
Stop doing meth
Good news Op, you can paranoid AND a schizophrenic! I salute you, based schizoposter.
You can get your life together. Eat right and exercise. It will help you deal with these thoughts and give you some space
Op here. It definitely helps. Interestingly enough the schizo attack happened when I kinda "Gave up" goignt ot the gym and fell into a short depression. Gym is the only thing keeping my sanity together
>Am I Schizophrenic or just paranoid?
Looks like neither, looks normal
> whenever I'm not with someone or at gym there's a voice that speaks to me and I can't shut him up, I think he's lucifer (The devil)
Oh right, that's delusional and could be schizophrenia.
Yeah mental background noise exists but it's not religions, your brain just does that.