I’m sure it’s a huge No-No, but it seems incredibly hard not to interact with the voices in my head from time to time.
Sometimes it’s to tell them to screw off, sometimes it is to ridicule them, and other times it is to laugh at them for their stupidity. I know I should not interact at all, but this is a difficult road to walk.
Does anyone else have this experience?
Thanks
I use to think one voice was my thoughts (had it so long) the other was mean and I’d tell it no
After 25 years of this BS, I still have a hard time discerning if someone is mumbling to me (like my wife - and I just can’t hear her because of my crap hearing), or if it’s a hallucination. If I go haywire and my meds are way out of whack, I’ll respond to them and tell them to shut up or f- off.
Yeah, I talk back to the voices sometimes. Mostly to tell them to go away and other times to laugh at what they are suggesting. It is hard sometimes to not react for sure.
No, I don’t interact with the voices. I let them pass like clouds.
Thanks everyone for the feedback. I have never had someone with schizophrenia to talk to before, so it’s hard to know what is normal, whatever that might be
Cheers
I often answer what I think is my husband only to have him say he wasn’t talking. The incidence has really dropped on meds.
Which medications are you on, if you don’t mind me asking Zombie Mambi? I am taking Abilify, but it doesn’t seem to treat the symptoms
I am on 441mg Ariata every 4 weeks. I’ve always responded well to meds from Risperdal to this. I was on Invega which gave me secere negatives.
Usually I hear them talking very rapidly and I write them down, I have no time to reply. But other times, they say die or ■■■■ off, and I reply “you ■■■■ off” and they get aroused and curse me more.
Interacting with the voices is a sign that my psychosis is taking a toll on me.
I talk to my voices most days. It are only brief interactions and I try to limit them in time.
I have to respond to them often. I do not like to. It takes me away from the real world. They argue using cheap tactics pretty often.
yeah when i was unmedicated i would talk back to my voices all day, now they are rare, usually at night before bed, now when i hear voices, i just say to myself, “it’s no big deal, im schizophrenic” and curl up in a ball and try to sleep and not get too worked up by them.
I ignore them for the most part. If I interact with them it gets worse. Occasionally I snap back at them in frustration.
Not that any of us are happy about it, but it does give me some relief knowing that others face the same struggles as I do.
There are days where it’s very light, almost no interaction at all. But then there comes a day when the voices are all day, Relentless. I can’t help but snap back sometimes.
Thanks everyone for your input
Cheers
Yes. Sometimes I tell them to s t f u ----- but usually I have a devastating thought and swear under my breath
My voices seem like esp and are frequently evil people trying to brainwash me. They probably know what I say, and would like to get rid of me.
If you are symptomatically stable, you can actually have intelligent amusing conversations with them.
Probably can even play chess and checkers with them, with notation (e4, d5, meaning pawns move to those squares.)
I feel for you Brenda, my voices certainly don’t mean me well.
I know what you mean by the game of chess, . Naturallycured I’m probably not as advanced as you are at it, but I do love playing the old Switcheroo and yanking the rug out from beneath their feet. Gives me a good chuckle on a good day LOL