HELP!!! Philosophizing is making me go crazy!?

Question

I guess this all started when I was trying to understand things more, and I was thinking about the mental processes that go on in my brain when I read, but then feeling guilty that I'm not really aware of the process while I'm reading, and thinking it's so important I have to be aware of it while I read, and I gradually questioned more and more things until I was questioning reality, what I accept as real (common sense), science (it seems we can never really be sure if what we perceive is real or science and common sense are right), things I have learned to do (like reading or playing the piano), things I have learned (like math - all of the things I have learned in it; what it means to understand), and questioning and trying to find a reason/explanation for everything I do. Often I can't find the answers, but I feel like they are so important/baffling for me that I have to think about them, but I realize it's bad because always worrying and thinking about it makes it difficult to do things like schoolwork or normal activities. I've been worrying all of the time about philosophical problems and why I shouldn't worry about them, and this has made it difficult to concentrate on other things. (clearly I've become obsessed with these things that most people probably just shrug off - they worry me almost all the time, except for when I'm really into something and forget about them) I'm trying to find a reason/justification to accept reality and science and common sense and what I've learned and stuff and not think about how I read and all those things.. Does anyone have advice, or a reason/justification to accept and not think about and question those things in the last sentence?

Answer 1

same thing happened to me i too at one point thought i was going crazy. then i tried to put aside everything and think about me and well i dont remember what i did next xD

how old are you?

Answer 2

Sounds like to me you worry about stuff and thats I don't know how normal that is, been there done that...But then again if we were all "normal" wouldn't it be a odd world??? best of luck

Answer 3

OCD

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic anxiety disorder most commonly characterized by obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or "rituals") which attempt to neutralize the obsessions. OCD is distinguished from other types of anxiety, including the routine tension and stress that appear throughout life. The phrase "obsessive-compulsive" has become part of the English lexicon, and is often used in an informal or caricatured manner to describe someone who is meticulous, perfectionistic, absorbed in a cause, or otherwise fixated on something or someone.[1] Although these signs are often present in OCD, a person who exhibits them does not necessarily have OCD, and may instead have obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) or some other condition.