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starlight
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Hi everyone, I'm new here and am just looking for some help.
For the past 8 years, ever since a stressful event in my life, I have sometimes experienced auditory hallucinations. The 'voices' don't actually tell me to do anything or say anything critical about me, etc, they are just random words that jump into my mind -words totally unrelated to what I'm thinking or doing. These often occur when I'm a bit tired or have had a busy day at work. I am fully aware that there is a problem with my brain here and have never once thought that they are real -but I'm very worried that I'm on the edge of developing schizophrenia. I went to see my GP about my symptoms, but he catorgorically said that I'm not psychotic. I then asked to see a psychiatrist who also said that I'm not psychotic. As well as this experience, I also get a lot of mood swings, ranging from being very happy and energetic, to irritable and then to feeling low. I also asked my GP, psychiatrist and also a therapist if I'm bipolar -but they all said that if I was bipolar I'd experience a loss of reality.
I'm not sure if I believe them though, and because I've been diagnosed with various anxiety disorders I feel that the doctors/specialists assume that my experiences are all anxiety/neurosis based.
Anyways, I'm just wondering what others think -is this how psychotic voices are experienced -just as random words every so often (like once or twice a day -sometimes much more when I'm trying to fall asleep)? Also, do people who hear psychotic voices really believe that they are real?
I'm just really worried, that's all.
Thanks for any help and I'm sorry for the long post.
Love Starlight x
For the past 8 years, ever since a stressful event in my life, I have sometimes experienced auditory hallucinations. The 'voices' don't actually tell me to do anything or say anything critical about me, etc, they are just random words that jump into my mind -words totally unrelated to what I'm thinking or doing. These often occur when I'm a bit tired or have had a busy day at work. I am fully aware that there is a problem with my brain here and have never once thought that they are real -but I'm very worried that I'm on the edge of developing schizophrenia. I went to see my GP about my symptoms, but he catorgorically said that I'm not psychotic. I then asked to see a psychiatrist who also said that I'm not psychotic. As well as this experience, I also get a lot of mood swings, ranging from being very happy and energetic, to irritable and then to feeling low. I also asked my GP, psychiatrist and also a therapist if I'm bipolar -but they all said that if I was bipolar I'd experience a loss of reality.
I'm not sure if I believe them though, and because I've been diagnosed with various anxiety disorders I feel that the doctors/specialists assume that my experiences are all anxiety/neurosis based.
Anyways, I'm just wondering what others think -is this how psychotic voices are experienced -just as random words every so often (like once or twice a day -sometimes much more when I'm trying to fall asleep)? Also, do people who hear psychotic voices really believe that they are real?
I'm just really worried, that's all.
Thanks for any help and I'm sorry for the long post.
Love Starlight x