People with mental illnesses, when did you finally admit to yourself that something was wrong?

One time Idr what set it off but I was CONVIENCED my then boyfriend/now husband was spying on me through our walkies/cameras at work, then thru my phone from the camera and mic and watching my screen actively from a different device I don’t think I’ve ever been that mad at him I stopped talking to him for the rest of the day and was fuming mad the entire time, put stickers on my phone, I think I was like.. talking aloud kind of telling him to fuck off etc even tho he was no where near me since I was at work at the time

Other times have been being convienced people around me could see/read my thoughts in a cartoon bubble over my head and every single whisper or laugh I heard was about me, seeing all this judgement in people’s eyes when in reality there probably wasn’t any at all

Those are he worst most involved ones I’ve had Smaller more frequent ones would be thinking my close friends are mad at me or purposely ignoring me so I’d cut them out of my life for a few days to a week without saying anything at all. Eventually I decided to not start talking to them again cause I got tired of putting them thru that shit.

a few times I’ve been convinced some of my animals were mad at me because they wouldn’t be around me but they really were just more comfy hanging out in the garage because it was cooler/warmer or they were sick and just wanted to hide and nap etc

I don’t think I notice the small ones where I’m just irrational about stuff but it’s harmless

I only realize the ones mentioned before are irrational in retrospect like looking back on it, none of those things make sense realistically now.

But I’m sure the level of paranoia or delusion vary in people so yours could be different

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