Hello ive been viewing this site for awhile but only just made an account so hello 
I wanted to know how you guys deal with voices when they are particularly loud and assertive, what helps you get through it and calms you down so you dont do what they say? Any advice helps thanks guys
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I never considered doing what hallucination told me to do because they are hallucinations. The voices are the symptom of brain cells not working correctly. Me doing or not doing something that hallucinations “speak” of will not apease them. My action or inactions in response to hallutionations will not heal my groups of malfunctioning brain cells. Those cells are not a person, so they do not make decisions like a sentiant being about how to interact with me. They dont any more than than a cut on my finger could make a decision about how to interact with me.
Dont get me wrong I know that some might temperarily become so ill they lose touch with reality and do what they hear. But I think that is more of what people would call a psychotic break, isn’t it? I would like for another poster to chime-in here to confirm or point out why I am wrong or explain better. EDIT: I dont want to give you misleading advice about psychosis. If you are wanting to know if you could be entering psychosis, it would be better to wait for someone with experience on that. Or if you do feel under the control of voices/ hallucinations, as if you are at their mercy, then I would at least tell someone like a family member. That person you tell should act as an advocate for you to do what is needed to get the hallucinations to receede or help you feel like you have a choice in doing what “they” want.
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Thanks for your response! I see where you are coming from though, i wasnt looking for any sort of advice regarding psychosis i was more interested in peoples coping methods to help cope with voices when they are severe and what helps people stay distracted from the awful things the voices can say, id be really interested in hearing how others cope with them when they are particularly bad and pressuring you to do stuff. Thanks for your response Macy was great hearing from you
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I simply use earphones and music. When trying to fall asleep at night, earphones not in use, I would hallucinate mostly music. I turned the tv on low volume and let it go through the night as it was quieter than music. Sometimes I used am talk radio channels to play through the night. I am thinking noise keeps busy the parts of the brain that makes the hallucinations. If no noise is there at all, I guess that part of the brain makes its own noise weather I like it or not. I thiink I should add I think some oyhers people have it much worse(shouting voices). I would think those people would just go back to their doctor and bluntly say the mrdicine is not working enough to suppress the voices. That is what I would do anyways.
I find headphones with loud music helps to an extent but yeah thats hard to do at night, it still helps but i cant have it at loud when im trying to sleep. I almost always have headphones in. Mine tend to be screaming when they get loud, very loud, its almost impossible to ignore, the medication im on doesnt really help with the severity of them and they are still there almost all the time it does help with how often the screaming/very loud type voices occure though.
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To distract myself before bed I imagine shooting marshmallows and other non dangerous thing up in the air and then watching them as they go up, thru the clouds and into space. I keep doing this till I can fall asleep. Spinning drink umbrellas too
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Thats such a beautiful idea! thanks for your input Moonwalker
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