Is it easy for you to describe schizophrenia? doctors and people I know asking me questions makes me nervous. How do you say it?
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I’m not sure what the difference between split brain and disintegration of ego/mind…
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I don’t understand what that means.
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Do you hear voices @anon69515362 ?
Sometimes. I don’t like to say what they say.
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I have thought broadcasting, intrusive thoughts, auditory hallucinations (voices). Learning the jargon helps you communicate your experience. And communicating helps a lot
You think people hear you in your mind?
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I say it’s a brain disease or mental condition
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Yeah my voices communicate with the people around me, tell them things about me and make trouble generally. They’re all about molesting me and the people around me (in my experience). I will also have intrusive thoughts that they claim to cause.
I can relate to not wanting to talk about what they say to you. It can often be embarrassing or alarming stuff.
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That is very scary.
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I’m in recovery so I should say that I recognize that what I experience would be described as delusion. It feels very real to me though
It feels real to me. I don’t like to talk about it it makes it worse. How long has this happened?
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It’s been happening to me for 12 years. I was prodromal with some psychotic experiences for 4 years prior to the onset. So all in all I’ve been struggling for 16 years.
Why does it make you feel worse? Do your symptoms increase if you talk about it?
Is your icon from Pee-wee’s big adventure? 
Yes. I’m Dottie!
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It gets worse when I talk about it or think about it.
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Then maybe for you hobbies and conversation off the topic of your voices would work best. I’m not a therapist so I can only offer you advice from my experience. It helped me a lot to start to say out loud what was happening to me, instead of keeping it all inside.
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you dont want to get mixed up with a guy like ne dottie im a loner, a rebel
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I know someone called Dot.
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