Paranoia?

[caz23]

Hi guys. Now this is probably going to sound like a really dumb question! But I'm just having a bit of a hard time working out if what I'm feeling is paranoia or just, I don't know, something else! I guess you can be paranoid about pretty much anything if you are of that disposition, but does it actually have to be a physical being or a situation, i.e being convinced that the person sat next to you on the train is staring at you or something like that. Or can you be paranoid about things that aren't there? I quite often think that there is something behind me, sometimes I almost feel it touch my back. I don't know what it is that I imagine to be there and deep down I know that there's nothing there, but I can't help but think and feel it and have to look over my shoulder. It's horrible, sends chills down my spine.

I'm sorry for posting a dumb question! It's just that this seems to be happening more and more recently and it's really starting to bug me. My head is all over the place at the moment and this is just on of the many things that I'm kinda confused about, so any advice or input at all would be great.

Thanks!

Cx

[caz23]

Hey, thanks for your reply and the useful link. I've recently (well, in march) been to my GP about everything I have been experiencing for the last few years and am currently being thrown between different people who don't seem to know what to do with me which is rather frustrating. My GP referred my to my local CMHT who after a brief assesment decided that I needed counselling. However, after an asessment with the counsellor she decided to send me back to the CMHT! So as yet I don't have one specific person that I can talk to about it. I see my GP every two weeks though so I guess I should tell her. I really do trust her but just find it so hard to talk about this stuff. I wish it would all just go away.