Hearing Voices

Enigmatic Affliction · Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:00 pm


	JaneDoe wrote: As long as it's your voice, I don't think you have anything to worry about. If you started hearing other people's voices, especially telling you to do things like kill yourself or kill other people, then there would really be something to worry about. I have my own voice in my head, but I daydream so much that, even though I know it's my own voice, it's sometimes hard to tell. I have thoughts telling me to kill myself sometimes. These thoughts come out of nowhere & usually happen when I'm under a lot of stress or walking down the street. Like, if I see a car coming down the street, my voice will tell me to walk in front of it. I've been high up in buildings before & my voice has told me to jump out of the window, even though I'm terrified of heights. I know this just happens because I'm suicidal. Even if I'm not feeling suicidal at the moment, I am suicidal overall & it's always something that's on my mind, even if it's at the back of it. So, when I'm presented with any sort of opportunity, like cars or windows, to do it with, my voice will automatically tell me to do it, even if I'm feeling fine at the moment. I don't worry about hearing my own voice, but I do worry about hearing the suicidal urgings because I know that's not normal & I'd love to be able to stop having those kinds of thoughts & urges.

I'm not a doctor, but it sounds like you have some form of schizophrenia if you hear voices and they're telling you to do bad things. I was recently diagnosed with schizophrenic tendencies, so I'm familiar with the symptoms. You might want to see about going to a doctor and telling him this. I also have a voice inside my head which is my own. I thought this was completely normal and the only time it would cause problems was at night when I would stay up hours having conversations with myself in my head. The voice never told me to do bad things (it was actually more helpful than anything), but it still caused problems. I've been on Risperidone for a few months now and the voices are almost completely gone and it's become much easier to sleep. I recommend you guys visit the link below for a list of symptoms related to schizophrenia. If you experience a lot of those symptoms you might want to see a doctor about this.

http://www.schizophrenia.com/earlysigns.htm


	Deafmute wrote: Hearing voices is not normal... I mean actual voices that you cant control you need professional help if you do hear such things. I'm sure that isn't the case for most of us... As for me, the only "voice" is me thinking to myself... I am often overly critical about myself and that voice feels more like "another me" that is trying to convince me that I'm a bad person... For example, if someone compliments me, I usually suspect them of simply being sarcastic while in real life I say "thanks" or something like that And if someone insults me, I think to myself that they're actually right and even try to convince myself of it even though in reality I'd just ignore them or tell them to shut up.

I agree it isn't normal hearing voices, but I wouldn't be surprised if a good number of people on here hear voices. People who seclude themselves are actually much more likely to develop schizophrenia than people who live a normal life. I actually believe my schizophrenia was developed because I started secluding myself. Being a hikikomori is dangerous to your health, so if you do hear voices and experience schizophrenic symptoms I recommend seeing a doctor.

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