Suffering from overthinking (maybe paranoia) ruined my life.

First of all, I know that what I am about to tell is complete nonsense, and I want to point this out before writing. I think since last year, I’ve started to overthink even the smallest – even the most ridiculous – events. At first, I was really obsessing about serious situations, I had a punishment situation when I was in high school, and I started worrying about that. -no, I was not punished- But later on, this situation became constant and tiring. To give an example, today, while I was in the toilet with my phone in my hand looking at the story my friend posted on Instagram, I started to think that my naked photo was magically sent to my friends. Even though a few hours have passed, I still think the same thing and imagine what bad consequences this will cause me in the future. As I said, what I said seems like it was written for a troll, but it’s true. For example, a few weeks ago, I thought I would catch tetanus and die because my hand “touched” a rusty nail. These kinds of small, stupid worries last for about 2-3 days and are then forgotten in my mind, but when I say I have forgotten something, at that moment I start to feel anxiety about another, more ridiculous event. In addition, I keep thinking that all my friends – even strangers I don’t know – are plotting out secret plans against me. I really need help solving this. It destroyed my whole life for a year.

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