Is this OCD or generalized anxiety?

Question

I took a course and it talked about mental disorders at this point I became afraid of developing something serious I was afraid that I will go crazy, I couldn't handle it. So I became so anxious and so afraid and I think because of this fear and the anxiety that came behind it I was able to trick myself into having "OCD" by thinking to much of it and repeating thoughts in my head, it's kinda like if I tell you don't think about apples obviously I would assume that will only make you think about it. I was scared of developing mental illness, tried to not think about it, made it worse and perhaps fooled myself into having OCD. But I'm not sure maybe it is OCD or maybe it is generalized anxiety. Before the course I had social anxiety so I did experience some sort of anxiety.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

i don't know if you can "trick" yourself into having ocd.  what i do think is that if you already had some sort of anxiety this course just really scared you and gave that anxiety something else to bother you about.  you are not crazy and you are not going to go crazy.  i understand how hard it is to stop thinking those unwanted thoughts but you are really going to have to put your foot down and say out loud, "stop!  i am not going to think about this.  it is not true and you are nothing but a liar."  it's not easy but you can do it.  god bless.  you're going to be okay.

Answer 3

u seem to have a VERY small case of paranoai, happend to my brother once, he was thinking about sleeping and couldnt go to sleep, dont worry, it will fade inshallah.