Okay this may set off my anxiety but here we go. Why do I feel a bit of paranoia with anxiety? Not in a delusional way but in a way where my body feels more alert to things I guess you could say. Like for example Ill spot something at the corner of my eye and I just look straight away to the object just to make sure that I’m not hallucinating! The root cause of this i believe is linked to my mother being a schizophrenic and I’ve had anxiety ever since constantly worrying if I’m going down the same path and now my mind just feels more aware about it’s surroundings, basically making sure that what I’m seeing isn’t a hallucination and that I’m not going insane. Another thing is I’ll have thoughts in my head but then my anxiety basically tells me that I’m hearing voices even though it’s just thoughts but it freaks me out and I end up getting panicky about it.