Hey everyone. I post here because I (15M) was having dinner with my family and was talking about my anxiety.

I told them how I used to be religious and thought that God (capitalized for good luck) could hear my thoughts, but now that I'm an atheist, I always get the feeling that it's telepaths. Like, I know telepaths aren't real. But I also just get the feeling that people around me, even people I know, are secretly reading my thoughts and changing ones they don't like. I know this isn't possible, but it feels real in the moment. I asked if they ever thought things like that, and my grandma told me that wasn't normal at all. My aunt agreed, and my mom said she only believed that when she wasn't on medication (she has psychotic depression). This confused me because I thought everyone thought things like that, and just knew they weren't real in the back of their mind.

I also asked if they sometimes hallucinated things in the corners of their eyes when they were scared or anxious. They all said they didn't.

Other things I sometimes believe but aren't true:

\-People in public are trying to record me

\-Everyone in cars are working with the man who tried to kidnap me

\-My neighbor who is rarely home is plotting against me

\-There are cameras behind the posters in my room

\-I can control animals/the weather telepathically

\-I am cursed

\-My school hacked my phone to sell my info to Meta

I also become really focused on some kind of danger (electrocution, kidnapping, etc.) and I feel unlucky and like I have to do something symmetrically to prevent it. I am very superstitious, but I think that is common among ex-religious people.

Putting it all down like that, it sounds really bad, but I know these things aren't true. It just really feels that way sometimes. Luckily, I don't have any mood swings or feel depressed or anything. I used to think everyone thinks things like these sometimes, but I was hoping you guys could give me some advice on if this is normal or not.