Why am I being so paranoid?

Question

For the past year or so I've felt really paranoid. When I go anywhere public I always think that people are staring at me and laughing about me. Idk y but it happens all the time. Also when I'm at home alone i think my friends and classmates (I'm a college student) are outside looking at what i do and laughing about me. And sometimes when i got to sleep I'm convinced that if i open my eyes that there will be some sort of serial killer there so lately I've been suffering from insomnia. Then i developed a new kind of paranoia, now at night when i can't sleep i start to see and hear things that arent there, like bugs crawling that arent there and hearing footsteps and distant voices and they freak me out, what is going on??

Answer 1

You have worked yourself up into a state of fear and it's an awful state to be in. Please visit a doctor and get some relief from this torment. My heart goes out to you. Maybe a visit home would help you. Certainly seeing a doctor would be good. People really are not looking at you, they are thinking of their own concerns. Really. People as a rule are not that interested in anything that doesn't effect them directly. Please see a doctor.  

Answer 2

Remember when it first started happening maybe there's a cause.  

Answer 3

hmm same things going on with me but for like 2 years i thought at first it might be anxiety but i always think someones going to kill me at night so its def paranoia of some kind but ive read that paranoid people dont realize that theres a problem.  

Answer 4

you most likely are in denial about something and are afraid someone Will find out. just cope with it or talk to a psychiatrist

Answer 5

ITS SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER OR ANXIETY WITH PANIC. GO TO YOUR CAMPUS HEALTH CENTER OR A LOCAL DR. FOR YOUR ISSUES TO GET HELP.  YOU CAN MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE BY LETTING IT BUILD UP.

Answer 6

it sounds like you have a severe social anxiety disorder. talk to your dr, they have meds for this type of thing.  

Answer 7

You should see a psychiatrist for an evaluation. The paranoia you are describing is outside the norm.

Paranoia, hypervigilance, and auditory hallucinations of this sort have to be sorted out and treated.