Paranoia Support Group
Paranoia is a disturbed thought process characterized by excessive anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. It is often associated with psychotic illnesses, sometimes schizophrenia, although attenuated features may be present in other primarily non-psychotic diagnoses, such as paranoid personality disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.
So far, I have had two incidents. The first was several months ago. I was laying in bed asleep at about 11 at night. A knock on my bedroom door woke me up out of a deep sleep, I jumped up and said "coming!", and opened it to find no one there. I know for a fact no one in my family did it, not even as a prank. It is to this day unexplained. I was so certain of it though, that it wasn't a dream or anything, I started crying and freaking out.
The second incident happened about a week or so ago. I was up at 3am with a sore throat and came downstairs to the big family room to Google cold and flu remedies on the internet. After about 30 minutes I heard a sound like a radio come on and then static like if it were a walkie talkie and there were three definite clicks/pauses in the static. Then it went off. I went to my room and got in bed quickly and cried for like an hour. It's random things I can't explain and I feel like something is after me. That last static incident MAY be explained by, embarassingly enough, a toy in a pile of yard sale stuff in the corner of the room. But for it to randomly come on, that's still fishy.
These two incidents have me flipping out and now the smallest things like a noise or a shadow out of the corner of my eye makes me so paranoid, I'm always on the verge of running to the nearest bathroom and crawling up in the floor, I want this stuff to stop. I know it probably seems silly to anyone else and believe me I feel like a freak, but I can barely function... Something's gotta give!
The second incident happened about a week or so ago. I was up at 3am with a sore throat and came downstairs to the big family room to Google cold and flu remedies on the internet. After about 30 minutes I heard a sound like a radio come on and then static like if it were a walkie talkie and there were three definite clicks/pauses in the static. Then it went off. I went to my room and got in bed quickly and cried for like an hour. It's random things I can't explain and I feel like something is after me. That last static incident MAY be explained by, embarassingly enough, a toy in a pile of yard sale stuff in the corner of the room. But for it to randomly come on, that's still fishy.
These two incidents have me flipping out and now the smallest things like a noise or a shadow out of the corner of my eye makes me so paranoid, I'm always on the verge of running to the nearest bathroom and crawling up in the floor, I want this stuff to stop. I know it probably seems silly to anyone else and believe me I feel like a freak, but I can barely function... Something's gotta give!
None of these things can hurt me--though they make me anxious! Consider that you might have a problem with auditory hallucinations and consult a doctor...
But technically you COULD have been dreaming that first time and the second time the toy could have been long perched precariously and just finally slid down enough to make a sound.
There's probably a logical explanation! And if not just keep telling yourself there is! ;) See a therapist and get this all out if you can!
Hang in there!