This is a new symptom. Im not diagnosed with schizophrenia, even tho I had transient psychotic episodes that put me in the hospital. I have BPD only.
I’m starting to hear voices inside my head recently (a few months ago). I remember last year there was a period, before my hospitalization, where I started to hear thoughts in my head, they were voices with diferent personalities. Males, females…But after months they went away.
Now I hear voices like they are thoughts. They come from my mind but I don’t think them, they appear automatically. I call them voices even tho they are not auditory. The weird thing, they appear only when I’m with others, in social situations, it’s rare when I’m by myself. I don’t know why.
So when I’m with others, I start hearing full sentences, that make sense. For example, I was getting a massage yesterday. When I entered the room I suddenly heard voices. These voices mimicked the lady that was massaging me. For 50 mins they didnt shut up.
They say things like “how are you? Im fine. There is a bad weather today. Whats’ your name? My name is ___” etc so neutral sentences. In rare situations they are negative, like “kill yourself, kill others, kill” but very rarely.
Tomorrow I’m going to see my psychiatrist finally after months. I’m afraid of telling him this. I’m afraid he’ll say I have schizophrenia. I dont know how to start this conversation. I dont know why the voices appear when I’m with others only.
I’m starting to isolate myself so I dont have these voices all the time. Because by myself I rarely have them. They make me feel anxious, and very distracted.
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I heard the voices of two former coworkers in my head the first time I got sick. And when I woke up one time in the ward in Australia there were a female voice in my head talking weird things.
My aunt was schizophrenic when she was alive. She had hallucinations, seeing people, hearing voices outside. But I researched about schizophrenia and I don’t have the symptoms. Except having voices inside.
These experiences arent hallucinations. I’ve only recently learned the term, it’s called mind popping. It happens to me nearly constantly and is part of thought disorder. Basically semantics of conversations or songs pop into your head without intent. That’s the logic side of me. The other side says it’s me reading peoples.minds
Schizophrenia is an illness that really does have to be diagnosed by a professional. If you have sz, then it’s unlikely that you’ll be aware of all of your symptoms. Like, you can’t definitively determine whether or not you’re delusional, because delusions, by definition, seem just as real as everything else that you experience.
They are not only one phrase tho. They are articulate sentences, like a thought that is forming. I call them voices in general. I will tell tomorrow to my psychatrist. I’m scared of telling this.
Talked with him today.
About these voices, he said they are not tipical voices of schizophrenia. He thinks they are more like automatic thoughts. He doesnt know why I have them in social situations. He said it’s kinda weird
He upped seroquel to 150 mg only. I thought 200. But he said try with 150.
He doesnt think I have schizophrenia though.
I’m like you. I hear the voices inside my head. Spanish is my second language so my voices often talk to me in Spanish. From time to time Portuguese since I’ve started learning Portuguese.
I don’t know why.
