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Believing or overthinking?

User Profile: mechanicalgemm94
mechanicalgemm94 May 27th, 2022

So I'm pretty sure I have a sort of psychosis. I hear people talking outside, I hear cars pulling in the driveway, and footsteps outside my window. My boyfriend of 2 years the father of my only child tells me I'm overthinking, that my mind is playing tricks on me because I think he's outside with someone... I've caught him messaging other women 2 times in our relationship. The last time I was pregnant and told him I was leaving him. He swore he didn't mean anything he ever said to the women he was messaging and that he was in a bad place mentally. The voices didn't start when I started dating him. They happened with two previous relationships. I have a feeling the psychosis I have was drug induced. Staying up for too many days when I was younger and stupid, before my felony charge. The voices and sounds are so vivid though... I don't know if I can overthink something so intense..

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User Profile: RarelyCharlie
RarelyCharlie May 27th, 2022

@mechanicalgemm94 I am not an expert, but based on what I've read I would agree with you—it does seem like a sort of psychosis, and psychosis can sometimes be drug induced. However, there are a lot of other possible causes, including anxiety. And anxiety could also look like overthinking.

A doctor would be able to work with you to figure out what's going on. Depending on what you decide the cause might be, there might be medications or therapies that help.

Charlie