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I don’t have schizophrenia but I have multiple conditions including severe OCD. I’ve started developing paranoia and it’s so scary and embarrassing. I worry I am being investigated either criminally or to be exposed for past wrongs. It sucks.
I am paranoid about how others view me, paranoid that I am not being normal. Paranoid about people starting a physical fight if I stare at people. Paranoid about every damn thing and it ruins your life. It's like you're always worried about some monster coming to hunt you down.
Paranoia literally sucks 😑 I remember when my paranoia was on peek, I won't even trust my own parents. Always thought they had an ulterior motive behind everything. Which sucked cause your parents are supposed to be the ones you can trust the most, so I felt so alone and lonely all the time.
Same, I would also check every room I was in if there were any hidden cameras, my paranoia worked along my delusion so thinking back feels so stupid but it's kind of crazy to think that I even was in a situation like that.
That happened to me too two years ago I had a mental breakdown (psychosis episode) and thought my family was conspiring to drawn me. I believe that delusion was build because of family disfunction and years of of having to coupe with that. They didn't know how to handle the situation and I mean we all do what we can. After this event I ended felling very angry with my family and society in general. And now I'm trying to build compassion for those that don't understand how the others are suffering, I feel that is the best I can do as a human being. Love is always at the end of the tunnel.
@@inuush sameeee omg that's like my main fear, hidden cameras. And it's so frustrating too cause you can't really share these baseless fears with anyone and just end up feeling all alone
It is hell for the family as well, you get little support, emotionally and financially it is very draining and at the same time you have to deal with your own issues. Sometimes you pay a tone of money just for a doctor to tell you shit you already knew, that doesnt help anyone involved and then they just give you a subscription to drugs u can hardly afford that may or may not work while the person you are trying to help may or may not accuse you of something depending on the day. Then sometimes you drink too much to coupe with it all and then you think would it be easier just to end it all but then you realize you cant because you have someone else that relies on you.
Anxiety and paranoia is just something that kept us alive back when we first romed the earth....now we live in a world too easy it creates more problems. Hard times create hard people, hard people create easy times, easy times make soft people. Wherever you focus your energy is exactly where your thoughts will go. The thing that helps me the most is staying in the moment and just dealing with whats infront of me....stop trying to control things you cant touch...emrace your feelings and make solutions not problems ..... Train your brain! Work out, eat healthy, stay put your head and in the moment, surrpund yourself with positive energy and understand the storm cant last forever hard times dont last only hard people.... You decide weather you want to suffer or evolve.
It’s strangely comforting to feel I’m not alone in having paranoid delusions. I have major depression disorder. Even when I’m not in a psychotic type state I still get paranoid at work that people are talking about me all the time and planning on firing me. It helps me to keep busy; I just wrote an essay about my cat, while at work yesterday and that kept my mind occupied on a slow day. It helps me to “reality check” with my partner (I’m lucky I don’t often get paranoid of him).
I didn't realise this was part of paranoia. I am struggling and totally believe my mental health team are plotting against me because they hate me and they are trying to kill me with a new mood stabilizer medication. I'm 54 years old and was diagnosed with bipolar years ago but only recently now been diagnosed with Schizoaffective disorder. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and support.
Thank you so much for posting this. Paranoia can feel so overwhelming. My attacks tend to happen at night, when I can't sleep and my husband works the overnight shift. I'm always open to learning better coping skills.
My daughter will be 30 this month & has lost a decade of her life already to mental illness has been diagnosed as schizoaffective, but she believes she is more of a paranoid schizophrenic which may be a perceptive insight by her into her condition. She is in a mental healthcare facility and does well for a long time until paranoia takes over and destroys her progress. In the coming weeks decisions will be made concerning if it looks like she will ever be able to live on her own again. The thing is that she likes where she is at now, but can't stay because it is not a long-term facility, because she feels "safe" there.
Minha filha TMB vive esse drama.não confiar em si mesmo. Tem 18 anos. Desde 16 desencadeou.,... tratamento da dando certo. Olazapina, lítio, certralina. Ta estabilidade já viajou só e dormiu 2 sem companhia 🙏🏼
It is fascinating to me how real it can feel compared to when I’m non symptomatic. Even on my best days I still really struggle with thinking that coworkers, neighbours, etc are talking behind my back or looking sideways at me. If someone I know even brushes me off or doesn’t return a txt I will have intense anxiety and obsess about it until I talk to them next and confirm that they don’t hate me/mad at me. And even though thought broadcasting for the most part isn’t a symptom I have I still somehow believe people hate me or know that I thought something bad about them
I can relate to the door example so much but because of complex trauma. Isn't it fascinating how different diagnoses can make you feel so similarly? I'm glad that my therapist picks up on these things immediately too, helps a lot!
Thank you as always for what you do. It’s so hard to find honest but hopeful perspectives on this topic. You balance it so well and I’ve been so grateful to you this year.
I have paranoia and a very creative mind. I come up with all sorts of strange explanations for innocuous events. I primarily have bipolar. But I think there is a hint of schizoaffective disorder.
Does anyone know a similar channel about major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder and/or generalized anxiety disorder? Where someone nice, like Lauren shares their experiences. It would be very helpful and interesting for me.
There is a channel called Therapy in a Nutshell done by a licensed therapist named Emma. She covers a lot of topics including depression and anxiety. She also has guided meditations and she can explain how anxiety and depression work in our brains. Pretty good stuff, her and Lauren have helped me a lot!
There is other channels better than this channel. This Lauren. In my opinion is definitely malingering. She's just in this for the money. Considering she recently had a baby. It's not a good idea with schizophrenia. Since its genetic also one time she was in a psychiatric hospital photograph was taken. They don't allow that in Canada or 🇦🇺. She also talk about smoking cannabis. It's a No-No with schizophrenia. Her stories don't add up. I believe that she's done a lot of research on schizophrenia. Just capitalizing on this. Always remember she says consider supporting me on patreon. Again I believe that she is malingering and she's in this for the money. There is definitely other people talking about schizophrenia besides her I personally suffer with schizophrenia. Nothing she says adds up.👎
@@joeadler5379 People living with schizophrenia will choose to have children, smoke cannabis or take photos inside a hospital even though it may not be a good idea. My husband is also living with schizophrenia and has done all those things. Of course she is in this for the money, but my question is what is the harm? Your point seems to be that she shouldn't make money off of making educational content about schizophrenia. Seems like her channel is helping a lot of people. Does it harm you in some way? If not, leave her alone.
@@joeadler5379 She went into her decision to have a child with full knowledge and the support of her husband and doctor. She is kind, resourceful, and open about her condition. None of that seems off to me. But...I don't have schizophrenia, nor am I paranoid. I love her channel and learn a great deal from it. I am super glad she is able to make some profit (I doubt it's considerable) as most people with her condition struggle financially. I wish her good financial (as well as mental) well being.
Hmm idk I feel like that can be a dangerous thing to tell people who suffer from psychosis. When my mom thought she caused 9/11, there was no element of truth to that delusion. Some delusions do come out of nowhere and those experiences are valid. However I agree that paranoia can develop from truths. For instance, my mom could sense when I was mad but trying to hold it in, not talk about it. Her paranoia turned this real observation into a belief that I was being paid to be passive aggressive. She picked up on a real tension but no the CIA wasn’t paying me to be a bitchy teenager
@@huu5807 what was the trigger for thinking that she caused 9/11? Just like the other example you gave there was a specific trigger based on a thought, and the thought was based on a Feeling which came from something that she perceived. Something in the real world happened that triggered the feeling and the thought to be twisted. That's why it's a thought disorder. Real-world events get twisted into something else that neurotypical people just can't connect the dots to, even if it is weird associations. We can't see what's going on in people's heads so we try to make the best sense of it we can. And sometimes invalidating somebody's words when they're opening up can be even more dangerous when what they're opening up about may not be as severe/ as big as what you're thinking. Maybe when she says she caused 9/11 you could be thinking something like she was one of the terrorists on the plane, and she could just be thinking that she gave terrorist information or something smaller that just help things add up to 911. Or to give a personal example: sometimes I think I shot somebody. The possibility is there, because one time at one of the shooting ranges I had a couple of bullets that did not hit the berm at the back of the range. A couple of days later I heard a news story about a farmer getting shot while he was working on his tractor. At first glance you wouldn't think the two would be connected. Upon further research, that farmers Farm was directly behind the range. So the possibility that I shot somebody is very real.
for me its like life becomes unreal and the paranoid fixation encompasses my psyche fully. I start to perceive their eyes on me in a metaphysical way and its all I can feel
Good video- paranoia is really hard to deal with, especially when it comes to medical services. Can be particularly difficult when ones freedom is involved or about to be taken away and you can be whisked off to a mental institution. As a sidenote- the professionals are trained to sit next to the door to make a quick exit if things go sour or the patient shows aggression.
I find paranoid symptoms increase do to the weather. Low pressure and cloud cover the worst. Medications don't work as well. Stay in house with air conditioning and ceiling fans on to raise air pressure helps. So does over the counter migraine, cold compress, seems to reduce swelling.
Paranoia and delusions have been some of the worst and scariest symptoms of my illness. I try to have open communication with my loved ones but it never seems to be enough when I fall into a delusion and isolate myself from the world. It's exhausting feeling so unsafe and unloved all the time. I would give anything to be a normal person that can trust others.
TY again for helping me be able to understand and better help my GF who has schizophrenia and had occasional bouts of paranoia, I wanted to ask if there are grounding excercises that you find favor with and can be done with a partner, so that I can help her be more focused as that is one of her challenges and I’d like to be able to be more helpful and understand more. TY for all your videos as they are helpful, I still have a lot more to watch with my GF as she watches them with me half the time but she has a great deal of respect ( as do I ) for what your accomplishing with this channel as it really has helped thousands of people. TY again
Yeah I completely agree with the fact that is crucial to first address the how the person is feeling instead of trying to disprove the dilution. I also thing that is required empathy, love and a great sense of really want to help in order to be a good metal health provider. I also have the impression that the scenario you pose proves the degree of empathy and humanity on the side of your mental health specialist.
I guess I’m lucky that I never thought anyone close to me meant me harm, I always think unknown people or forces mean me harm. The closest I got with relatives was this one time I believed I made them all sick and they were dying because of me and wouldn’t tell me, but it didn’t made me aggressive towards them.
Thank you for this video. It's helped me. Recently, my father passed away unexpectedly and unfortunately, this has made my paranoia worse. What I am taking away from this video is to identify with my therapist my triggers which lead to my paranoia getting worse.
I experience paranoia as a result of CPTSD. My therapist says it’s not a “psychosis” or “schizophrenia” but is something that gets triggered because I’m working so deeply between the layers of my trauma.
Do you uh have any more information about this? Like I wanna talk to someone about my paranoia so I can get help (I also have CPTSD) but I’m scared of doing so. So I’m looking for resources to build up confidence.
Great video. The medical system has too much judicial authority without oversight. Anyone would be well advised to be guarded dealing with anything government related now.
Small noises and thoughts of home invasions at night been keeping me up, im not sure if i have a disorder. But i will definitely be talking with le therapist about it.
Very good series. Learned a lot. Seems like this way you're discussing subjects you otherwise wouldn't think need an explanation (but they do and help to really understand the people suffering from the illness).
Focus on some other things and thus distract yourself away from it. Do this everytime when you feel like absorbed in not useful things. In simple terms ignore it and refocus your energy, thoughts on some useful things instead.
@Joe Adler my mother had Schizo-Effective disorder and she is my true hero! She taught me much about life, especially compassion, and was the source of unconditional love!
Really great discussion! I have a lot of paranoia about the CIA, my best friend and BF's neighbors, my BF himself, etc. I have Schizoaffective disorder, right now I take Rexulti to help me with hearing voices and paranoia.
Oh man. I once was convinced that my husband was conspiring with my dad about me behind my back. I found out that, in this instance, they actually were. They were because I wasn't doing well and they were working out how to get me some help. The realization that they were meeting behind my back is what tipped me over into psychosis and sent me to the hospital. When my husband dropped me off he said "take care of yourself" and it just sounded like something you say to someone when you leave them for good. He left as the ER sent me to an in-network hospital in the back of a police squad car. So I traveled in handcuffs in the back of a squad car to a hospital in an urban center that I had never been to before. I had always been to a different hospital where they knew me from frequent visits and were very kind and understanding. This new hospital was in an urban center, and was horribly under-funded and under-staffed. Every other patient was in for drug-induced psychosis and detox, and upon arrival they strip searched me (this was so terrifying as I was admitted with paranoia and extreme fear). On the first day, I left my water cup sitting out unattended and then became too fearful to drink from it once it was unattended. They told me, "too bad, if you left it unattended then we won't get you another, you can drink from that one or none at all." There was frequently urine on the community bathroom floor that was rarely cleaned up. When I left I went to the community health center for a hepatitis test. I refuse to report or complain officially because I know it was a funding/staffing issue that wasn't anyone's direct fault.
Paranoia is very stressful idk who to trust these days. I can't even go outside somedays unless I am with somebody. That feeling of people's presents and feel like they have an alternative purpose watching you is very unsettling. Too scared to see Dr's and think my partner is an imposter and always up to something to make me uncomfortable. Every plane helicopter that Flys over I feel uneasy and look up. It's to the point I dont want to be here. How does one get help if its too much to deal with?
Doing the Wim Hof Method has massively helped me over the last 4 months. Not only does it give temporary relief from paranoid ruminating it also helps to release feel good chemicals naturally and lowers stress levels. All for free. The interview with Novak Djokovic was good enough validation for me to commit, research loads more, buy books on the subject etc. Hope it helps - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tnuW6Xn2ChA.html&ab_channel=WimHof
Great video. I liked your story about the positioning in the room. I have experienced that too. Would you be able to do a video on knowing your rights when going inpatient? For example, under what circumstances are they legally allowed to administer medication without your consent? It is such a scary and traumatic place for many, and knowing our rights might help feel a little more in control.
I’m schizo affective and I guess I could say in remission from paranoia and persecution . I’m just on 2 mg Abilify I use to take a second antipsychotic for paranoia but not any more. I guess I can thank my psychiatrist of 25 years for her commitment to me to help me discern between delusions and reality . Keep taking the right medications and stay in therapy with someone you can trust. All the best
Does anyone else struggle with paranoia of their partner cheating? I completely trust my partner and I never worry about infidelity normally but sometimes when my paranoia acts up, I get really scared about it. I try to bring it up in a healthy way by just asking him questions about it and how he’s feeling but I still don’t think that’s the best way of handling it.
My husband gets paranoid about this quite often and as his spouse the way i try to deal with this is by clearly telling him I'm not cheating and then resisting the urge to get insulted about the accusation, but instead lead the conversation towards his feelings. So if I'm sensing that he is worried about it, i might ask him to talk about why he's worried and then try to validate his feelings and I also reassure him that I'm not cheating. It takes a lot of patience. On my husband's end (and your end, as the person who is experiencing the paranoia), i think it's important to open up about your feelings fully to your partner so they can understand and see you are willing to talk it through, so that will hopefully lead to a more calm communication overall (as opposed to conflict)
My dad did this constantly with my mom. He was told over and over how these cheating situations were not possible and never could accept it was paranoia. She should have got away from him because she herself had a mental breakdown! The best thing you are doing is acknowledging you are paranoid! This is how you are helping yourself!
@@robinmarks5638 although probably an unpopular opinion, I think being in a marriage or romantic relationship with someone who has schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder is too much for the average person to handle. I would not want to raise a child with someone who has paranoid schizophrenia and I wouldn't feel capable of dealing with a partner with this type of pervasive mental illness. I'm not saying that people with schizophrenia shouldn't have relationships, but it takes a very special person to have a successful relationship with someone who has this disorder. Most people know very little about it and therefore do not fully comprehend what they are entering into when they start a relationship with someone who has this illness.
My partner get paranoid about cheating. It makes him defensivr or rude to my friends especailly male friends. We have lots of talk of reasurance and using grounding skills
Since the other responses to this seem to be (presumed) cis men experiencing the paranoia and then making their partners deal with it- I’ll share that I am assigned female at birth, non-binary transmasc, I am polyamorous, and in the current relationshipS I am in, very early in to my primary relationship with the beloved one I now live with, they cheated on me. Unintentionally and drug induced but they bypassed a boundary I had thought I had expressed adequately. I felt deeply uncared for and also mad at them, and later at the other partners they’d cheated on me with, for this. I was diagnosed as schizoaffective ten years ago, but I’m not sure I identify with the diagnostic label. At that time I certainly had psychosis at the very least combined with TBI. That said, I have persistent paranoid delusions that people who are closest to me talk badly of me behind my back, collude or conspire to abuse , use and or laugh at me, all kind of genuinely unpleasant and hard to live with things. Unlike cis men I’ve been raised to decenter my own feelings and understand that relationships and Especially trusting relationships are a collaborative process. The way I deal with my paranoias is to seek out resources like this video, other peer media, check my water and food and sleep levels, breathe, write, draw, and sometimes, Sometimes, ask for reassurance. I feel what Lauren shares here about the instant rebuttal of the delusion itself not helping as much as cutting thru to the thing beneath- being convinced others don’t care about you. Hearing from someone my brain is puppeting in a delusion to convince me they hate me, That they actually are sorry I’m going through that because it is probably scary, feels both not alone and also understood. I decided to date the two people my partner cheated on me with. Sometimes like right now I have fear that my trust is misplaced. But the paranoid (to the level of annoying, can’t sleep at night sometimes, all day delusions sometimes) experiences double as an opportunity for me. An opportunity to choose how to relate to the delusion and offer myself the care. And if I can’t do that self soothing, to reach out to others. Because I date three people, I experience that much more care and love. I try to minimize the reassurance seeking behaviors. I know it’s part of healthy relationships - for some of my partners their past emotionally abusive relationships makes being emotionally depended on very challenging along with not having been raised to decenter their own emotions and insecurities to feel another’s emotional state and how best to support. All in all, it’s a fucked up world and it makes a lot of sense that we’re all sick. I don’t personally prescribe to the medical model of schizophrenias existence beyond the idea of perhaps histamines playing a role in combination with many other factors resulting in a bouquet of identifiable symptoms. The label I think is more useful to the state in creating both the symbol of the hysterical woman and the mad out of control rebellious black body. But I’ll save the topic of psychiatrys usefulness to the state and systems of oppression for another time. The best times I am able to self soothe? It might be like 8 hours of suffering… then one hour of me laughing at my own extremely unrealistic head pictures once I calm down enough to see them for what they are. And the funniest head picture to laugh at once I’m able to cope..? The idea that I’m someone to betray. The idea that I’m someone not worthy. The idea that my suffering is a loved ones favorite hobby. Abuse survivors know this is possible. When I can laugh about paranoia being paranoia, what I’m laughing at is the idea that the past is the present or the future. Fun fact: it’s not Also to all the creepy eugenecist comments in here saying mentally ill people and their partners shouldn’t have or be allowed to have kids, absolutely fuck you lmao wow examine your sense of self worth and where it comes from before it crumbles when you so much as experience incontinence or memory lapse for the first time while aging or whatever. To everyone else reading have a good day…
Great video Lauren. Just letting you know that the description of this video has the wrong viewer submission, it has one about moving away and creating a support system rather than the paranoia one. Hope this helps x
Im soooo scared rn. All my friends are leaving all their group chats without telling me and im scared of being left out alone. They might be hating me and plotting something against me. Im just.. so scared rn.
it is very difficult when one has a condition like schizophrenia to have a relationship because they and their partners think that everything can affect you and that you can trigger everything
The true circle of paranoia is believing someone made you that way and going full circle and then believing you can make others paranoid, or simply thinking you can induce mental health issues in others. Studying the causes of mental health problems, most disorders are a chemical imbalance in the brain, there for impossible to induce and impossible to cure, things like PTSD are not mental health disorders, more an inability to deal with severe psychological trauma, people in the forces and services often have trouble dealing with the trauma they witness. And the simple fact is that if an individual is deliberately trying to make you paranoid, means it isn't paranoia you're feeling. If someone with severe OCD has become pathologically obsessed with another person, that obsessive behaviour might be invasive and make you feel a little uneasy and cautious. Now days kids use mental health as an oppressive or defensive technique, what you talking about, you've gone mad or you're paranoid. People with mental health disorders are usually very psychologically orientated rather than physically aware of physical behavioural characteristics, often choosing to believe what's in their heads over what they physically see or experience.
I agree --- this is a crucial issue for me, too. I wonder if you've done any research or come across any tools for people with psychotic conditions who live alone? I live alone in the country, and when I get paranoid, it can go on for months before I realize what's going on, especially if I'm between therapists. Do you have any thoughts on managing this kind of thing totally by yourself?
I feel your pain. I pray to Jesus and ask Him to show me the truth. This may take a while because we live in a fallen world. I guess we will have to run its course before we "wake" up. It's tricky as I have to remind myself that God knows I have auditory hallucination so He wouldn't talk to me (to create confusion).
We are lied to all the time. It is normal to react this way. Sometimes it's only a feeling of discomfort in your body or it can be totally debilitating and ruin your life. It all depends on how deep the lie is in your psyche. Good luck to you all.
I'm diagnosed with Bipolar disorder with Psychotic feature for 2 years now and paranoid delusion still lingers in me. I couldn't listen to new music such as Taylor or Ed because I hear voices telling me that they hate me and that I should stop listening to their music. What I did is I unfollow their social media accounts including youtube and took a break from listening to music. For now, I enjoyed listening to old songs.
what stopped me from getting help was my paranoia that telling the therapist about my “great knowledge” would land me with the government wanting me for information
and then the paranoia i get when i see people walking on the street more than once. the paranoia i get at work cause i had a crush, fixation, even though im over it a part of me is constantly paranoid about it
Hi you came up in my feed I watched your initial video and subsequent videos. Some things you expressed rang true with my experiences. I've always had difficulty going out ie school then work. When I was younger it was problematic but I coped. Of late I noted a physiotherapist asked if she could write my dr re my blunt affect. Then I starting crying at work no reason I moved my desk downstairs where no one worked. Now I'm trying yo work from home. Sundays fill me with dread with regards to going to work. My socialization is down to 98 percent at home. In addition I'm having chronic pain. Did any of these feelings happen to you. I see a counsellor for 20 years but she refuses to provide a diagnosis as she don't believe in labels.
These are essentially tormenting spirits. We have the authority to bind these spirits up and cast them out based on the Word of God and in the name of the Lord. These types of spirits work in clusters and the reason why people experience the same issues - fear, rejection, depression, isolation, rebellion, lust, anger, suicide, fantasies, and delusions. Paul was struck down with these spirits on the road to Damascus. Frank Hammond has some great books that explain the issues and solutions.
I have a paranoia that everyone at my new apartment is talking about me, at my previous apartment the people talked about my daughter condition who is in therrapy, now every little miatake i made i feel that people will speak ill about me
Can you do a video on "Trauma bonding" with others? Like when you meet another person with the same traumatic past and you become friends based off that. I'm convinced that it's just a term that abusers use against victims to get them to not talk about their traumas.
Sometimes I am afraid that they will drug me or the devil or satan rites or mystical things I think this is paranoia I am also diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder
Hello! I have been on medication for a year now and at the start of course it was not as effective so I had some hallucinations auditary and some paranoïa too. But now my symptoms are mostly gone 🤞. Do you know if I can relapse while on my meds even if I have the injection that is more effective? Thanks :)
My brother has paranoid schizophrenia and in his delusion he thinks I am a police man and he is really afraid (he was homeless and I guess he was criminal by this time, yet he is not being persecuted afaik). How should I deal with this?
I am a 19 years old girl and I study medicine. The problem that I have is that I get paranoid delusions that I am having the diseases which I study. I see a reletable symptom, and I can't stop thinking that I am having a serious disease or a mental problem. I kind of try to deal with it, but if someone can give me advice, I would be thankfull.
It makes life almost impossible to deal with. When you go through an episode you will belive the most bizzare things. It helps when someone calms you down it helps to talk with someone with the same issiues normal people will never understand what its like
What is safegaurding, i revealed my intrusive thoughts. They say that they are not going to tell family, but I'm scared. Think it could be paranoid thinking, but unsure. Help please
thats funny cuz i have alot of paranoia too...but usually it starts already before the event.... and the event itself only confirms my paranoia and then nothing will convince me its not true :(
Never let two people talk to you in your mental health office at the same time, it's intimidating and unfair. You need someone who is not affiliated with the clinic to be there like a family member or friend so it's not two or three against one.
I hate, hate, hate it when I have an appointment and the room is filled by 5 damn people who do not introduce themselves and just keep talking over each other. It's really intimidating, I don't know why they do this.. I don't mind that they're there, I can deal with the fact itself, but somehow what actually happens is that I hear a lot of mean-ish comments about myself, when they talk to each other and I'm right there.. like a whole meter away. I don't know who to respond to or what to do! Just had a gynecology appt ruined by that, had a massive meltdown and just ran away..
