I am extremely scared of any noise is it due to psychotic illness
hi for further information consult a psychiatrist online
hi doctor I am 27 years of age I had gone to study in abroad I was extremely lonely there I am a huge hypochondriac and when I started getting sleep problems I started thinking I had some fatal disease subsequently just three months ago I somehow became convinced that I had schizophrenia and vigorously started searching about my symptoms on the internet I started feeling extremely detached from my surroundings and from everything around me I also started feeling detached from people nowadays I feel extremely scared of any noise made by inanimate objects around me even a running air conditioner scares me though I know that it is a non living thing it seems as if I have lost the ability to process things a bird chirping scares me while I know it is a bird chirping I still get scared of that noise a newspaper moving in the air scares me even though I tell myself that it is a newspaper I know this does not sound good my question is there any possibility this is not a psychotic illness could this be anxiety or depression and if it is a psychotic illness is it possible that it might go away and not last like schizophrenia will I ever be able to work please help me