[Serious] Schizophrenics: What were the first signs you experienced before you were diagnosed?

Oh good because I had been wondering if I just wasn't very good at mind reading and I couldn't quite make out what people are thinking.

But quite often I'll ask people "Did you just say something" or "Did you just say ___?" And they'll be like "...No." And I just never know if someone is yelling at me through my door or banging on my door because it almost always sounds like there is...so I have to check all the time.

Would it be normal for voices to sound like people I know and especially people in the same house? Or maybe just an unknown voice saying my name plus some stuff that's hard to hear?

And when it's dark, I never know what I'm seeing. I like honestly cannot tell if something bizarre is there or not just by looking -- things frequently turn out to not be real after I check. Maybe my eyesight is just that bad?

Are these symptoms, because I've been worried about this ever since my marijuana induced psychotic episodes in my early 20's, and my ongoing sleep problems and crippling depression, and frequent paranoid/panic episodes. Or am I just paranoid?

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