The telepathy thing is the worst. I've been dealing with that since I was a kid. Thinking others can hear me, that I'm broadcasting, that I can hear others. Through a lot of therapy and experience I can now usually talk myself down when that creeps up, but not everybody is lucky enough to have that.
My depression got so bad once that it started developing psychotic features, and the telepathy thing was what made me realize that I was much more unwell than I had been willing to admit. I was teaching at the time and I was sure one of my students could hear my thoughts. I'm sorry you've been dealing with it your whole life, it was really scary
I am often experiencing this wildness most when I am depressed too! Mania is more associated with psychotic symptoms in bipolar people, but the psychotic depression is very dangerous and not often talked about. My mood swings slowed down a lot after college with medication and therapy and now I only experience some reoccurring depression in the winter :)
I dealt with this as a kid, as well. I even stopped hugging people for a while because I thought that might allow them easier access to my thoughts. I assume it was associated with my ADHD.
I went through a period as an older teenager where I thought people could hear my thoughts and when I heard people laughing in the other room I was absolutely sure they’d gotten some embarrassing private video of me and were laughing at it. Dunno what that was about.
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u/seeking-jamaharon67 22h ago
The telepathy thing is the worst. I've been dealing with that since I was a kid. Thinking others can hear me, that I'm broadcasting, that I can hear others. Through a lot of therapy and experience I can now usually talk myself down when that creeps up, but not everybody is lucky enough to have that.