Posted by baseball55 on January 2, 2014, at 19:14:05
In reply to Suspect=paranoia » Jeroen, posted by chinaboy on January 1, 2014, at 23:51:42
I think suspecting you have some kind of disorder is not psychosis but hypochondria, which is probably a kind of anxiety disorder. Psychosis is when you suspect some external force is harming you, like neighbors talking about you, etc.
REading about mental disorders and then thinking you have those symptoms is hypochondria. Medical students and nursing students and psychology students often go through a phase where this happens -- I get severe headaches, so maybe I have an aneurysm. I feel strange and unreal sometimes, so maybe I am psychotic.
Reading about mental illness and trying to diagnose yourself is not helpful Why does your psychiatrist feel you are psychotic? Do you hear voices, believe people you don't know are thinking about you or persecuting you? Do you experience things that other people tell you are untrue or express ideas that others find bizarre?
These are signs of schizophrenia. Not believing you have a mental illness when you don't.
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