My psychologist told me today I’m not psychotic because I can use logic to identify and somewhat ignore…or atleast not obey my voices.
My voices talk to each other, they mock me and tell me to kill myself. I can’t sleep without music in my ears because of the loud talking.
How common is it to not be psychotic and still hear voices? How do I get rid of the voices?
Well you can always try niacin. I can’t really tell if it’s working or not I bought the flush free kind. Anycase my voices seem happy today which is a first. No one on the planet knows any sure fire ways to make the voices stop.
How about paying attention on duty or activity of interest?
Psychotic just means under the influence of psychotic symptoms, I sometimes experience symptoms but am not psychotic, I don’t do anything out of the ordinary because of the symptoms, I recognize them as symptoms. Well, at least that is what my shrink told me. Technically I am slightly psychotic and legally sane, experiencing psychotic symptoms is psychotic in my opinion. There are different interpretations but also literal definitions.
But yes, you can hear voices and not be completely psychotic.
As for getting rid of them, medication, plenty of it.
I’m considered stable… I’d like to think I am… and sometimes when I’m out alone I can still hear the whispers in the back of mind.
It’s when I am not doing well that they become loud and hard to ignore. But when I’m not psychotic… I can in fact ignore them.
My sis is NOT Sz and when she has high stress she hears voices… (she doesn’t like admitting it) but I can tell. Once the stress is gone… the voices are gone too.