Dealing with Paranoid Thoughts and Fears

This is a portion of what I deal with in my psychotic features. I have a lot of paranoia that primarily stems from PTSD. Had a year straight of a delusion where people were breaking and entering my house at night to hurt me. I was isolated at the time and isolation always makes it worse. Had to have my boyfriend stay in video calls over night just so I could sleep feeling safe. Ive been untreated for these issues as well and I understand your pain. I do not have schizophrenia but Living Well with Schizophrenia on youtube has helped me gather more insight into what I deal with and how to cope. Lauren focuses on that disorder but her channel can be helpful to a lot of different people. General psychotic features can be hard to pinpoint because even major depressive disorder and PTSD can have them. The youtube channel might be able to help you find more triggers and how to avoid them.

ive had very minor paranoid thoughts before, but ive had a span of time where i thought there was a ghost living in my room after i binge watched true crime. im not too experienced with paranoia but it does sound like some type of it. perhaps grounding exercises like meditating could help? i wish you good luck 💕