Is it okay to be scared of schizophrenic?

[Anzietyxxx]

I’ve had anxiety for about a year ever since a family member of mine passed. I’m a 15 year old and Lately I’ve been having this fear of of schizophrenia ever since one of my family members showed me How a person with schizophrenia lives. I don’t hear anything, sometimes I’ll get scared of hearing something and then ask someone “did you hear that?” But they did too. Or I’ll be afraid of one of tv actors start talking to me. Also, apparently people with schizophrenia have a fear of people ‘out to get them’, I sometimes have a thought of “what if someone were out to get me” but I tell myself who would be out to get me? Literally no one I know would. The thought of this scares me. I’ve also heard that my mom was somewhat schizophrenic? She said she was witchcrafted (black magic from someone) but I’m not sure if that tire with schizophrenia. She would see things, and think someone could talk to her on te tv..I’m just very scared of getting to that point.

[Paxiled]

When someone dies you don't get anxiety, you suffer from grief and perhaps a fear of your own mortality.  This is what happens to everyone.  When it sticks around for a long time and affects the way you think about everything, as it seems to be doing, it's time to talk to a professional about it so you can get past it.  There's no sense in being afraid of getting any severe illness, whether it's schizophrenia or any other illness.  At some point in your life, most likely when you are old, something will happen.  But there's no way to predict what will happen.  Just because a family member has something or might have had something doesn't mean you will get it -- even people with genetic predispositions aren't guaranteed to get something, it raises the probability and indicates steps to take to prevent it if such steps exist.  With schizophrenia they really don't, so worrying about it is useless.  What's happening to you is you're just plain worrying about things because you've gotten insecure about life and you have unresolved grief.  So again, it might be time to talk to someone who can help you regain your innate sense of balance before you talk yourself into a chronic problem.  You're very young -- and thus very resilient, even if you don't notice that part of you.

[Paxiled]

And in your post you ask, is it okay to be scared of this.  Everyone is scared of things -- the question isn't if we're scared of things, the question is how much does this impede our lives.

[Anzietyxxx]

Thank you so much. I’ve recently started seeing a therapist so I hope she’ll be able to help me. Thank you for commenting