u/Inevitable_Physics34

Is it common in OCD to sometimes question if you are going crazy? Or developing schizophrenia? I had an intrusive thought that I have schizophrenia and then I kept thinking I was seeing shadows in the side of my vision. I was sleeping with the sound machine on and my brain was giving me the thought you’re hearing a lawn mower. I heard the lawn mower as we had had yard work done earlier in the day (it felt like a memory like when you hear a song on repeat in your head) but it also did sound very similar to the sound machine, so it felt as though my brain was trying to trick me I was going crazy. I ignored the thought and told my OCD brain to stop and it went away. Anyone else experience similar things? I’m newly diagnosed with OCD.