What does it mean?

Question

I have woken up startled two times in the past week. Both times it feels like someone is slowly crawling into bed with me. I live alone and have all the doors and windows locked. I am also hearing things such as voices and a radio. Does this mean I am schytzo. Do I need medication to stop these things.

Answer 1

If you hear the voices/radio around the time you are falling asleep/waking up, then you are experiencing (most likely) a hypnagogic hallucination. These are regarded as normal sleep phenomena. Same with the worry about something crawling into bed with you. The anxiety you feel might also disturb your sleep, making you more likely to experience more such events.

If you are hearing voices etc when you are not falling asleep, then you are experiencing something more significant. About one third of people who hear voices are diagnosed as schizophrenic, the rest are apparently psychologically normal. It depends partly on whether you find the voices distressing or commanding.

For a diagnosis of schizophrenia, you should have other symptoms: difficulty relating to people, difficulty making yourself understood, a feeling of apathy or demotivation, a marked difficulty in concentrating, 'magical' thinking where you feel ordinary effects relate to you particularly.

Note: these symptoms can be caused by sleep deprivation as well.

Finally, medication is not very effective in stopping these things. But some forms of therapy can help you to deal with them better. You might just need to take sleeping pills or anxiety meds for a bit, to stabilize your sleep patterns.

Answer 2

No it is only lack of proper circulation of blood in the brain. Do the following yogic exercise 2 or 3 times a day and your problem would be solved.

Sit down crossed legs and close your mouth and breath in and out very quickly 20 times and on the 21st time breath in to the maximum of your lung capacity and hold your breath as long as possible. Then when you can no longer hold, your release your breath through nostrils very , very slowly and relax for 2 minutes and repeat the exercise again . You can do this 3 to 4 times in one sitting and you can have any number of sittings as time permits in a single day.
This is known as bhastrika pranayanam ( breathing exercise, very best and must as this controls BP, prevent lung diseases, increases the brain power, improves blood circulation , induces sound sleep and you will never get cough or cold and controls your anger and other violent emotions, brings in crimson complextion to the face etc,etc)

Answer 3

Before considering that the problem is psychological, try to discount the physical possibilities ei.

Do you have neighbours, live near a road (voices/radio could be real)?

A cold draft could make your subconscious believe the bed cover was being lifted?

Anything is possible - or what?

Answer 4

No, the same things sometimes are with me, when I'm alone at home - I start to be so tension and leasten for something to hear, and afraid to hear someone is there in my home...But should I say it's all in my head. So I guess you should find someone to be there with you so you'll not hear that voices and some other scary things...

Answer 5

Get a Dog or some kind of pet it'll probably make you feel more safe. You might just be paranoid being in a house all to yourself. Your mind can play some weird tricks on you, I don't think your Skitso. Good Luck.

Answer 6

Quite possibly medication may be helpful. If you can find a psychiatrist to go to, tell them all your symptoms and concerns and they will ask questions to determine what is going on. You will need to see a psychiatrist, not a regular family doctor.
Good luck my friend, it is a battle.

Answer 7

pray before you go to sleep