Do you have to hear voices to be schizophrenic?

Sounds like OCD to me but I’m not a doctor of course, but my partner suffers with ocd and he gets intrusive thoughts, that interferes with his day to day life. Since having my baby I get intrusive thoughts too, along with many other mental health problems. I’m glad you’ve seeked the help. You’ll be ok:) once you start your therapy and get the help you need I’m sure you’ll start feeling better

Umm not a doctor but it seems like it could be a number of things I know with my ptsd I can have really bad episodes where I'm debilitated by intrusive thoughts and trauma based paranoia. I will say it doesn't sound like schizophrenia to me but I do agree with that it could be some form of OCD but it's good you are seeking help

Im not an expert either however what you are describing is not consistent with schizophrenia. And you don’t have to hear voices to be schizophrenic to answer your question. What you are describing is consistent with many mental health disorders line depressive disorders anxiety ocd to name a few. And in many cases mental health disorders do not come unaccompanied. For example I have bipolar with mania adhd anxiety ocd ptsd and high functioning autism. It doesn’t seem right that a mental health clinic would have you wait for any length of time. If it’s possible for you maybe try an online doctor or therapist while you wait for your clinic. The sooner you get a diagnosis the sooner you can start a treatment plan.

Also sorry you are going through this. Since I too suffer from intrusive thoughts it pains me to see other people go through it as well. But the responses to your post shows you are not alone.

If you have ever been through any traumatic events, it creates thoughts in your mind that may be connected to pain or any feelings you haven't dealt with in childhood etc. The thoughts are lies, it's not your true feelings, if you can disconnect by rejecting these thoughts, don't claim them don't identify with them.
Also look into the root cause of your anxiety, anxiety is usually stems from fear what are you so afraid of and worried about? And resolve it from there. Praying for you 🙏

how do you cope hun? I suspect I have a few conditions of what you have listed here ☹️ my mental health has crumbled. There is no reason why I should be unhappy.

Thank you all for answering.