She thinks it is, but I have my doubts. It just started when she stopped taking her medication from the last time she heard voices. Should we pray or call 911?
2007-06-18 02:06:44 · 23 answers · asked by RealRachel 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually, I'm not joking at all. She did have another "religious breakdown" from stopping her prescribed meds. But it made me want to put forth the question to my R&S experts.......What's the difference between a mentally ill person who thinks they're hearing god, and the writers of the bible?
2007-06-18 02:20:59 · update #1
I pity the fool who dont hear the sky daddy talking to them
2007-06-18 02:19:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Auditory hallucinations are a common manifestation of schizphrenia. Visual and tactile hallucinations have also been known to occur.
I have a number of friends who have been diagnosed schizophrenic. One in particular, who has a PhD in Philosophy, often wryly comments that, in an earlier time, he would either have been venerated as a prophet or a saint, or condemned as being possessed.
It is not entirely improbable that the Pauline Chrisianity we know today is the product of a schizophrenic hallucinating on the road to Damascus. Schizophrenia would also account for every account of people "being spoken to by god", seeing burning bushes or dead people.
2007-06-18 09:14:16 · answer #2 · answered by Nodality 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where is the line drawn? Hearing voices telling you to do stuff = schizophrenia..but people hearing gods isnt schizo? Not much of a dif..just a matter of degree
2007-06-18 09:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
¬what kind of meds is she on? I am a firm believer in the super natural, and psychic phenomenon, but it sounds more like this could be related to whatever condition she has the requires her to be medicated. sorry.
Blessed Be.
2007-06-18 09:15:18 · answer #4 · answered by BitterSweetDrama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call a PERSON for help , you know like a psychiatrist so she can get back on her meds or drive her to a hospital.
2007-06-18 09:11:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe God talks to us, but i do believe some people are delusional sometimes as well.
What kind of things are the voices saying?
-B
2007-06-18 09:22:00 · answer #6 · answered by The Brian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't a medical emergency that would warrant a 911 call, but I would contact her doctor and let him / her know what is happening.
2007-06-18 09:10:11 · answer #7 · answered by Hogie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd say get her back on the meds. I figure, if something really is a god, it could get past the meds.
2007-06-18 09:10:17 · answer #8 · answered by Kharm 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Like Machaira said, if medications "blocked" God's voice, then it wasn't him. Get a doctor and see if they can explain.
2007-06-18 09:39:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you a serious you know better than anyone else that you Mother Suffers from Schizophrenia! You said yourself that she is off of her medications! Call her Psychiatrist...............
2007-06-18 09:23:48 · answer #10 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋