help ! I can hear voices but im not mad !?

Question

When im laying in bed usually when im quite tired or really relaxed i start to hear voices. Not the type telling me to do things or saying my name or anything like that. Its a bit like your in a busy pub .. you can hear people but not really understand what they are saying! The other night it was a womens voice but because i was so tired i cant remember what she was saying. It was like she was talking to me but i wasnt really listening almost like a background conversation..!
But i do remember thinking of words or picking up on words and then she would carry on... so it did feel almost like i was talking to her but wasnt! really strange.. trying to describe as best i can!! totally weird.! I dont recognise the voice to anyone I know either! i dont feel like im talking to myself as i would of thought the voices would be clear... so does anyone know or have experience of this?
please let me know if you think i need to see a shrink!!

Answer 1

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, published by the American Psychiatric Association, you are fine.

The DSM IV says that audio hallucinations are "within the common experience" when you are on the edges of being asleep. You have zero need to worry.

Answer 2

hearing voices does tend to lean towards the psychosis end of the scale. But this doesn't mean its a problem because many people experience the same thing or other such phenomenon. Psychosis is common amongst many people not in the mental health systems and most aren't sever enough to warrant expert help. The answer seems to lie in how you feel about it! Do you think you need to address this.. if not and obviously if no one else is affected by it. Then relax- evryones different..

Answer 3

It might be a strange tinnitus. I get that all the time and have done for years. Tinnitus isn't only buzzing but can be many noises.I hear heating pipes banging. My Dad hears a car engine running outside. It may be something like that? When I'm tired it's worse or stressed out. Main thing is - don't worry. If you are worrying then get it checked out. You may have to just put up with it. Mine annoys me but I look on it as just that - a nuisance. Don't start thinking you're possessed as some posters are suggesting. U R not!!! Good Luck :0)

Answer 4

Gosh i used to get that all the time! no ur not going crazy! i think its only cos ur thinking alot and thru the day u might remember someones voice saying something! mainly i used to hear the voices when i was stressed... it actually was like i was in a noisy room and couldnt make out what ppl were saying! its nothing to worry about i dont think... i havent had it in a while and tend to only get it when i've been thinking too much or i've actually been in a really noisy room! if u are worried go see a doctor but they wont help u much to be honest... u dont need a shrink! just need to stop stressing out about it and it will go away!

Answer 5

Your question has helped me to realise, I'm not the only person with this problem. Lately I've been thinking along the lines of other dimensions or the paranormal. I have found myself talking to a person, who no one else, can see, or hear. Then the "real" person with me asking who I'm talking to. I turn to find hes gone. That has happened to me 3 or 4 times, in the last 20 years, that I remember. Mostly the voices are at night and just sound like a babbling brook of many voices. Hope this is of some help.

Answer 6

Don't listen to none of these ppl!!!!!!!!!! they have a hard time understanding things they can't see and hear. Talk to your voices and tell em to go talk to everyone who answered your question calling you crazy! and seriously don't listen to the voices ignore them and what you see, act like they aren't there even if they are in your face, don't answer them and don't talk back for any reason!! Even if they threaten you ,your family or friends!! And don't try to stop them from doing anything because in the end you will get blamed for doing it.....just ignore them so they will go bother someone else.....if you feed in they will stay =( Then go see a DR.,a doctor can help you ignore them. . . and they will probably tell you i am lieing and not to listen to me or anyone with good advise on here but it's true you have to ignore them and your doctor needs to hlp you do that!

Answer 7

Ah, the power of the mind. I know that the mind can be quite persuasive concerning unreal events, especially in the presence of stress, the lack of physical stimuli (like the silence of night), and the intense activity of the thoughts of the brain. I know the feeling of which you speak (and more), and would strongly advise you that while none of it is inherently dangerous, it should not be taken as real, until you can have the exact experiences confirmed by multiple real witnesses over the course of time. The reality of these witnesses must be acknowledged by family and friends. The importance of time is that the mind tends to "change its story" over time, so inconsistencies over time are great indicators of purely mental constructions (unrealities).

If anything doesn't make sense, or is transitory in nature, then it is likely to be unreal. These voices are likely such echoes of memories with which your mind is trying to find resolution.

Answer 8

I'm not quite sure...but you might have more developed the sixth sense than the others and you hear other worries and concerns.

If you one to be calm...buy a big balloon...and just sit and jump a little.. .( how can i put this...like riding a horse) on the balloon it is good for your aura, and you it will clean your head ...and you will be calmer.I repeat not ordinary balloon, but those balloons that kids use ti sit. I know this becasue of my friend who had the same problem.

Hope that I helped you a little bit.
Still it would be better if you talk with someone about this.

good luck my yahoo friend.

Answer 9

I also want to hear voices. Where do I tune in? Girl there are lots of people out there that claim the same thing as you. Honestly i would keep it to yourself. People like to cause trouble for others that are a little different. They find it funny. contact Brenda she said she experiences the same thing. Maybe she will be able to help.

Good luck with those voices.

Answer 10

hey... you might think im crazy, but think with me...do you think it could be angels or something like that? because, maybe God has given you these voices so that you may be able to do something with that... Hey can you concentrate on what they say and tell me next time? i would really love it. [e-mail]