Episode of hallucinations/paranoia at work. How about you?

I began hearing the CNAs talking about me, saying I don’t do anything and I’m worthless, and the nurses said I was in the way and inconsiderate. Then I got away from them down the hall and I could still hear them all like they were next to me! Very scary!

Ended up going home.

Tell me about your experiences at work?

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My poor son, who was paranoid sz, also heard his coworkers talking bad about him at work too. I think he was hearing voices too. Actually, I know he was.

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I’m sorry. It’s a hard thing to go through. hugs

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I hear it every night I am at work. I hear them and I get a sense that they have a business like attitude about treating me like ■■■■. It’s like they are nice to my face yet I get a cold shoulder feeling from them. They seem to make snide comments about me and it’s like we are in a war with each other. It’s almost as if I offended them by doing things in my own personal life. It’s exactly like Truman Show syndrome for me. I realize it’s not real unless my delusion of a world wide conspiracy is true which in my heart I know is actually not true. I get better on my days off then I am thrown back into it for 4 nights. My life revolves around winning the battle against them as well as the voices of people I used to know from the past in my head. It’s not easy but I think my life is slowly improving and by removing negative aspects from my personal life I am hearing them less and less at work. Meds and supplements help also.

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I am glad to hear that you are getting better. I am at a setback right now, and the thing that scares me about it is that it may not be only temporary. I guess I should be optimistic and hope for the best, that it will get better again soon, but it’s hard to do.

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I feel that way sometimes that I am going down a path that is just leading to more negativity and hate but I find if i can manage to get the right treatment it can change that. I think it all depends on your meds, what you’re putting into your body, and how well you can remove negative aspects from your life that you think are holding you back.

I hear coworkers whispering incoherent gossip at work, behind my back. Even though I can’t hear what they’re saying, I always feel like they’re talking about me. I also hear my coworker, who sits directly behind me, whisper my name to get my attention a lot. So I frequently turn around to see what she needs only to realize she wasn’t saying anything and is working on her computer.

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I was hearing all of my co-workers talk and I even had a conversation with one of them. They would talk to each other, talk to me. I was really bad about not moving my mouth when talking so they started to catch on that something was wrong. Before long they fired me for being catatonic. That was the last job I ever had, coming up on 2 years in September

I’m sorry you lost your job, Moonwalker. :disappointed: I wish you better days.

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Thank you OcelotKitty, things have gotten better for me in many ways. Also I’m not sure if you saw my pet picture but he’s an Egyptian mau which some people have exclaimed looks like an ocelot :smile:

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How did that happen?

I was so involved with the voices/entities, there were/are many that I was unable to do anything else but stare straight ahead.

As for the firing m, I was hired thru a temp company so there were no benefits

I generally don’t hear voices - just music, my name sometimes, or what sounds like people in a flock of geese or other noises - but the one time I did it was at work.

My boss had gone to a retirement party in another building across town and I was meant to go with her but was left behind. I was getting supplies out of the supply cabinet and clearly heard her say, as if right next to me, that I was a drag and would have been awkward at the party and she couldn’t stand spending time around me.

I knew it wasn’t real - I was alone in the closet and she was across town - and it was just my own anxieties in her voice, but it sounded 100% real.

I had experiences like that before I went totally psychotic. I’d be in the bathroom and hear a comment about me, but I know no one was there because there were two doors to go thru to get in, and it was located ina hallway outside the office.

Later, and to this day, my experience is of having long conversations with them. Back and forth debates. And other stuff more reminiscent of a video game