Coping Skills for Schizophrenia

[Ares]

Hello,

I’m trying to find new coping skills for people who hear voices.
Some background information.

I’ve been suffering from schizophrenia for over ten years.
I hear the voices, regardless of what I’m doing.
I also suffer from tactile and visual hallucinations.
I could be eating breakfast, working, taking a shower; walking down the street.
Regardless of location as well.

I try listening to music, watching tv, praying, taking a walk.

However, regardless of what coping skill I use; I still get scared and stressed out because of the auditory hallucinations (voices).

It’s a battle between the voices and I.

May I ask, what coping skills you all use?

[Blossom]

Hi, @Ares! I talk to my husband when I’m struggling with hallucinations/symptoms. Do you have someone you can be open and honest with about your hallucinations? I find it helps to “share the load” by venting to someone and describing what I’m dealing with.

If that isn’t an option for you, have you tried being consumed by a hobby? To distract your mind and also to destress? Like painting, listening to music, doing jigsaw puzzles, going for a bike ride, swimming, going to the gym, baking, cooking, etc…

I wish you the best.

[Ares]

Hello OcelotKitty,

I have a mental health care team who I can discuss things with, although I feel like I’m no getting through at times.

I will look into a hobby.
I haven’t because I’m not sure I can afford one.

Thank you for your reply.

[ATARI]

Hmm. . .

Hope All Is Well. . .

I Have Been Coping For 15 Years. (First Diagnosis).

My First Voice Appeared When I Was Around 10-ish Years Olde. (Demon).

Tactiles~ ‘Appear From A Void’. Visuals Can Be In Anything And Everything. Slow Moving Pictures.

Yes!, All Of These Spectrum’s Of Illusions, Delusions, Surreal, Unreal, Reality 24/7.

I Love Music, I Don’t Watch Tv, I Love To Pray, And Nature Is Perfection.

It Has Once Been Said, Fear The Truth Of Fear In An Of Itself. FEAR NOT THE LIES.

Voices Need Not Be A Battle. Unless You Have No Real Sense Of True Faith In Clear Purity.

The Purity In Your Very Own Heart!.

I Seek Coping Skills Every Single Day. And Rest In Endless Searching.

There Is So Much To Discover In Thus Endlessly Expanding Universe.

Why End Your Own Road Out Of Fear Of The Meaningless?.

It Doesn’t Even Exist.

Good Luck!.

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@Ares

May I ask, what coping skills you all use?

I visit with a therapist, do therapy books, and do cognitive behavioral training (CBT). They have really helped me minimize the effect of symptoms on me and to function on lower doses of meds. I stopped taking the voices and delusions seriously some time ago. I still have to stay on APs to maintain insight, but I go farther on lower doses now.