ELI5, Schizophrenic Voices. Are they “legitimate” voices in your head, or more like an extra intrusive normal voice similar to you saying to yourself in your head, “I need to buy bread today”.
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For me, it’s like someone is speaking to me. Outside of my head. Just a normal conversation. The majority of the time, it sounds like I’m in a crowd of 1000 people and they are all talking at once. Occasionally I’ll hear a word or two and it will go back to the noise. Occasionally they will pipe in when I’m talking to someone and it’s hard to focus on the conversation. During episodes though the voices take turns yelling things at me, telling me to do things. They just get louder and louder. I’ve heard voices since I was a kid, just thought it was normal. They got worse as I aged. In high school I was hospitalized 3 times in like 6 months. But I was put on meds and those helped them stay quieter. Then I turned 23. I started having even more symptoms like visual hallucinations and delusions. My life crumbled around me, I lost my job, I was hospitalized two more times. But we got a good balance of meds now and I’m doing okay! It’s been a wild ride.
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