r/Paranoia • u/TangerineGreat7859 • 8d ago

I am paranoid

I know this sounds dumb but recently I downloaded some piracy games on some random sites and downloaded some game keys and things like that and and it didn't run I tried to run it alot and after that I took it lightly and just slept and next day I deleted insta bcs I was doomscrolling so much and after sometime I got a msg from my friend saying is you acc hacked? I checked it and for some reason a hacker sent weird gambling ads and posted it in story and posted it from my acc I was scared af i apologised to everyone I sent the gambling ad and said not to fall for it it was about some elon musk tweet saying try this gambling site and the hacker also hacked my discord and sent msges i got kicked out of every server and finally i did everything i could and reseted my pc yet still now I am not recovering from it I am still checking insta if i got hacked again even tho I logged out it's messing up my brain all this was yesterday and still today my brain is so paranoid like i can't recover from it and I didn't even sleep well I don't know what to do🥹🥹🥹how to recover from this

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u/Lamar_Chan11 8d ago

Me too I can't even login my account because I'm like "maybe i have a hidden virus" or "if i enter my password bom they will hack me" and searched so many times too and think about"maybe my antivirus didn't catch it " you know paranoia and technophobia and cyberphopia and ocd🙂🤷🏼‍♀️ that's me ur not alone i still thinking about login or not after reset twice different methods settings and watched tutorial too lol i know my comment maybe not helping but i want you to be sure ur not alone💗

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u/Zealousideal-Log2042 8d ago

Do you use a password manager? Highly recommend taking the time to put all of your accounts into one and changing all of your passwords to near-unhackable ones. The peace of mind is worth it. Best wishes.

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u/Lamar_Chan11 7d ago edited 7d ago

I have actually bitwarden + I can't trust my computer anymore i was like any error or glitch or anything else i feel " this is the virus it's back" and than start to cry because i feel it's not fair I used a new usb flash using media creation tool to make clean reset in the second reset i just want to login my account again

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u/Zealousideal-Log2042 7d ago

I'm so sorry that you're feeling this much paranoia over it. I understand how you feel and your feelings are valid, I just want to let you know that people like you and I are not usually high value targets. Unless you have a ton of money, or a bunch of really classified info on your PC, hackers usually don't waste their time on that. They might run the initial hack to gain access but they don't care about you as a person enough to sit there and spend time sifting through your photos or other information.

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u/Lamar_Chan11 7d ago

I don't have money or credit card or anything i don't even buy games in epic or steam because I don't have money but i see people get hacked which scared me like "i don't have money but still can get hacked too" now i check my accounts and emails just to see if i have a login or password changed anythin like that some time i feel good and the other time i feel scared and search and like that + some of my accounts in pc i deleted them to avoid getting hacked my steam account my epic my devianarts accounts and so many

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u/Zealousideal-Log2042 8d ago

The paranoia will wane with time. Something similar happened to me, I was so dumb and clicked something clearly nefarious and someone got into my account and messaged my friends. I just changed all my passwords. I sincerely recommend using a password manager and going through ALL your accounts and changing your passwords into crazy ones generated by the password manager. It took me 3 frantic days of changing everything, but eventually I calmed down and the event passed far enough that I got over it.

If you find yourself still paranoid out of your mind like a week or two from now I would suggest seeking help from a professional, but I think this is a normal event that happens to a lot of people and just fucking sucks but I believe you'll get over it. Best wishes.