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greysea
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Hi,
(i hope this is in the right catagory)
I was wondering what exactly do people define as 'voices'?
I'll try to explain as best i can but i think it could get a bit confusing ...so apologies in advance ^^.....
Basically, i doubt i hear auditory hallucinations (i've had a couple of those in the past due to fatigue etc) and these 'voices' certainly don't come from outside of me. They mostly feel like they are a part of 'me' or are 'me'. Some of them are very distinct from one another with certain unique traits, but they don't feel like other people.
I'm not very good at describing it, actually i'm not really that good at talking at all... it's a bit like someone holding many balloons, sometimes all the balloons are together and sometimes there are different groups of balloons together or even the occasional balloon on its own... all these balloons are being held by the same person ('me') and sometimes the groups of balloons being held together can change.
Another way to describe it is a bit like a Ven diagram... each 'voice' can have its own circle, or it can share it with others. There are many circles. There is also the intersection between each circle... when things are good there are fewer circles, but when things get bad it's like fracturing them up and each 'voice' has its own circle and has no intersection with the other circles at all.
So they can seem quite distinct at times....
I was also wondering if anyone else thought a bit like this? or knew what it could be... or not as the case mey be.
I did vaguely attempt to explain bits of this to a close friend, but all i got was the very strong impression that this was not quite right... yet i don't know if that's in general or just that the people i spoke to about it happen to think differently to me... so i'm not sure...
I'm sorry this is so convaluted and abstract, it's probably not a complete picture but i hope someone will be able to help
Thank you so much!
(i hope this is in the right catagory)
I was wondering what exactly do people define as 'voices'?
I'll try to explain as best i can but i think it could get a bit confusing ...so apologies in advance ^^.....
Basically, i doubt i hear auditory hallucinations (i've had a couple of those in the past due to fatigue etc) and these 'voices' certainly don't come from outside of me. They mostly feel like they are a part of 'me' or are 'me'. Some of them are very distinct from one another with certain unique traits, but they don't feel like other people.
I'm not very good at describing it, actually i'm not really that good at talking at all... it's a bit like someone holding many balloons, sometimes all the balloons are together and sometimes there are different groups of balloons together or even the occasional balloon on its own... all these balloons are being held by the same person ('me') and sometimes the groups of balloons being held together can change.
Another way to describe it is a bit like a Ven diagram... each 'voice' can have its own circle, or it can share it with others. There are many circles. There is also the intersection between each circle... when things are good there are fewer circles, but when things get bad it's like fracturing them up and each 'voice' has its own circle and has no intersection with the other circles at all.
So they can seem quite distinct at times....
I was also wondering if anyone else thought a bit like this? or knew what it could be... or not as the case mey be.
I did vaguely attempt to explain bits of this to a close friend, but all i got was the very strong impression that this was not quite right... yet i don't know if that's in general or just that the people i spoke to about it happen to think differently to me... so i'm not sure...
I'm sorry this is so convaluted and abstract, it's probably not a complete picture but i hope someone will be able to help

Thank you so much!