Schizophrenia - How it Feels 

She's probably had a bit of practice with it.

***** Your assumption was correct, and don't let others convince you otherwise. Nobody knows you better than you, Your subconscious thoughts create those so called voices you hear. How do you think the voices people hear are created? The more disturbing life an individual had growing up such as, domestic violence, physical/mental abuse, family death, bullying, etc.. will impact or distort the thought process. So if you had some messed up stuff happen, then your gonna a have messed up (distorted) thought process. Look into your past and whatever you find troubling (things you don’t want to talk about) and get assistance or help to cope with the trauma. Cope with it emotionally with proper coping technics, I don’t mean going to CVS to fill a prescription, you will just be altering something that is already distorted. Do that then see what happens. Those voices that don't feel like they are normal will start to

Darren Brown Many untreated with little or no support network end up homeless.

Death is permanent and you can't change your mind.

Shane Kaka It's like a war going on inside your head 24/7.

Shane Kaka It's like being on a spotlight. In the dark, the crowd keeps whispering, sneering and saying things about you trying to lead a pathetic life.

Thank you Tiffany for this response. My heart aches for what you have been through, yet you seem to have come out of it with a realistic and resilient outlook. Thanks for reaching out so that others might understand.

+Andrew Robson You may want to have an evaluation by a psychiatrist to see if this is something that sometimes happens with concussions, and to get an idea of whether/when it will lessen, or maybe some meds to take for a while to lessen the paranoia.

***** im not a psychiatrist but try this: focus on yourself, let go of what other people think about you. sounds like an impossible thing to do? its called withdrawing, isolating, and typically theyre labeled as bad things, but I'm of the opinion that they help, withdraw and letr yourself rest stop worrying about what others think and just focus on the things you want to do

You know, I had almost the exact same experience. Except that my parents are divorced, though. I never really knew my dad before he got the illness because he started getting the symptoms when I was 1. When I was around 9 he started to act really weird too, so my older brother told my mother about it, but my mother was told by my dad's doctor that she "had no right" to talk about my dad with him, due to that she was his ex wife. Weird. But yeah, she contacted my aunt (my dad's sister) so she could help deal with the matter, and it ended up with the police finding him wandering in the middle of the night on a deserted island in a fjord. Next day he called me from his ward and told me that my mother and aunt were responsible for the world trade center attack and much more, and that he didn't want me and my brother to stay with my mother for that and... well, yeah, I heard a lot of things that my memory cannot erase. He was never violent, though, so I suppose I was a lot luckier than you are. Since these comments are all so "let me tell you about my story", I thought I should contribute. Let's just say that I study psychology for a reason.

***** Let's hope that you're just "imagining" the "imaginations" lol. But if you aren't, it CAN be of a serious matter, and it might not. I'm not very adept in the psychology subject yet, but there's a dozen theories I've read about that can explain why people have little trust in the world around them. Because I think that's what's making you kind of trapped in your own head. You might have gone through some crucial experience in an early stage of life, and from then been less trusting to the world around you. That can happen with a person if they, as a baby, doesn't get answered when crying by their parents, for example (not saying that this is the case for you, but it's a potential possibility if you have those symptoms). And for people to change the view they have on the world they've had their entire life is hard, but can be achieved in small steps. Like for a person who's had a traumatic experiences with a dog, and are pissing scared at the sight of other dogs can lose their phobia if they, in small steps, gets to know that their fear for dogs were all for no reason. And that is only cured by meeting new dogs that are harmless (and preferably cute and funny), even though actually MEETING new dogs will be the last step in that phobia-curing session. The first steps are always to let the person know why they have the fear they have, to explain it to them exactly how fear works etc. I don't know how reliable my advice will be(if this was a therapy session, I'd ask a lot more questions lol), but I think that if you slowly, but surely, show your trust to the world, you won't be as trapped in your head as you feel now. Hallucinations are created by your mind. Created fiction, that makes a false reality picture for you, made by unconscious thoughts that are completely biased, and often based on your biggest dreams and fears. Being more open with the world gives you new impressions, and might push back fears when you feel that you can trust the world you live in. Because the REAL world gives you honest reality pictures. Your head never does.

***** If you are truly experiencing auditory hallucinations (you swear that the voices are real), this could be a symptom of schizophrenia or other similar disorders. You should consider seeking out a mental health professional. -Take care

sandy mandy woodorn I agree, normally people are admitted for psychiatric help from a family member. I hope Venus girl is in a state where she still has enough contact with reality to seek help.