what's it like to hear voices in your head?

Question

can someone describe it for those of us who have never experienced it. I am trying to better understand a schizophrenic relative.

Answer 1

For me its like someone talking to me,someone is talking to me like you would normally converse with someone..I actually sometimes have to tell them to shut up.They don't tell me what to do or try and make me do bad stuff,but they always are trying to put there two cents in. And they help me solve problems sometimes.It is not a pleasant thing,to have voices always in your head.always.Try and have patience with this relative.

Answer 2

little3 has some insight..it's not any fun..i remember when 'they' werent..and i was just alone.. it isnt avoidable, there is no where to go..

when 'you' talk to your 'self', you can change topics, moods, rationality, comphort level, interest, ...all kinds of things, and stop .... ...but i cant... it has to run it's corse...until i am tired..

sometime is worse than others...sometime is too much and makes me confused and scared or angry or try to think really hard on something else, but that dosent always work..

my thinking gets difficult because i am distracted trying to stay quiet...it;s not easy to explain..

sometime i force my thought to do what i want to do..i can 'think' through [?] around [?] over[?] the voice for a long time somtimes, but in the end, when im done, they are still there.

med's help...but i am aware of differance in 'how' thoughts come and 'how' thoughts work differently on the med's...thats not fun eather..

wish i was more help... good luck with your friend... love him / her any way... one thing about it is... he /she will seldom bore you...confuse yo,...but never bore yo

Answer 3

for me its like sumone is always listening and "putting their two cents in" as 3n said. most times i try to sing in my head to keep the thoughts away, but its really mentally tiring to fight it.

i remember one time, while on yahoo answers, when i was reading a question, and i suddenly actually HEARD he words being spoken that i was reading in my mind, at first i thought it was so cool, and then i began to realize that the voice sounded ghostly, then i heard a deep laughing and freaked out.lol. i get goosebumps just thinking about it. but basically its just really hard to keep straight thoughts.

Answer 4

Ok. Well I hear my guardian angel speak to me but that's rare in some occasions. It sounds like a female speaking and she sounds ghostly it's really creepy and she is saying my name.

Answer 5

Well it's like your never alone, you always have someone to talk to.