Posted by xbunny on August 9, 2005, at 5:01:07
In reply to What is a Psychotic Thought?, posted by rjlockhart98 on August 8, 2005, at 19:27:34
> I looked at the mouintains and measured each one for one person in their personalites.
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> I realized what the hell i was thinking, and had a panic attack.
>Sounds to me that you have developed a fear of going crazy. You seem hypervigilant for anything that supports your idea that you are crazy and when you find something that slightly supports your idea you panic. I think this is called phrenophobia and from my breif research seems common in panic disorder.
> Is this a psychotic thought?
I would agree with declan that this is your imagination and creativity at play. For me a pyschotic thought is a beleif of something off the wall (eg electricity pylons mark out witches hexes) that I beleive to be true and usually of great importance and that I dont recocognize as off the wall. Another example of psychotics thoughts for me is thought insertion where I get thoughts that do not originate from me in my head, they can be ESP, messages from the TV, again they are entirely real. If I got one and thought "hey up thats psychotic" then it would no longer be a psychotic thought. It would be something else, maybe just a weird thought or something!
> Am i going Crazy?
Crazy is such a loaded word. One school of thought goes if you think your crazy your not. And that probably applies to you, your not psychotic crazy I think your very very anxious. Coversely people also say if you feel crazy you are. You certainly say you feel crazy so who is anyone to say whether thats 'actual craziness' or not, theres no denying the significance of what you feel.
Best regards, Buns
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