Everytime I have an episode, and end up in the hospital. I try to remember and relay the information to the nurses and doctors, which is incredibly difficult. I listen to music a huge amount, and all I can describe of it is that I start getting thoughts that feel like they aren’t mine, and I disagree with them in my mind. Then they perpetuate into loud voices, the more I disagree and if I physically talk back, they become worse and worse, I get visuals aswell. Whilst listening to music I’ll have some other being slowly controlling my body to dance and then I feel like my face and body changes into the angel version of Lucifer. It’s happened probably close to 100 times in the past 6 years.
Call me a wierdo lol. But all of what your experiencing CAN be controlled by you. Voices normally get worse when your anxious - and paying attention to them is only going to make it worse.
Realise that its all in your head. Just quietly and calmly ignore them. Its you thats giving them the power, by getting upset by them.
Not being flippant - but try to laugh them off. They cant do you no harm.
It’s a skill that can be learned. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and conventional therapy. I manage my stress to reduce my positive symptoms and CBT helped me change how I reacted to the positive symptoms that are left. Now it’s just noise I mentally shove into the corner of my mind.
I’m glad you’ve been able to overcome. Thanks for the response. Personally, I haven’t been on medication for a few months now. It was pretty bad for those first two months. The only thing I’m hearing now for the last 3 weeks is if I listen to a song, watch a video or his someone speak, it can repeat like a voice in my head for up to an hour. It’s so-so, not too bad just demoralising.
I’m so sorry for what happened to you friend. What I can recommend is that you look for a good antipsychotic that will prevent all these symptoms, you should try caplyta, I haven’t tried it but they say it’s very good.
Don’t be afraid to lean on the meds if you need to, okay? It’s not a sign of weakness if you need some help to shore up those mental defenses. I should also mention that it took me a long time to learn to cope with the voices. It’s one thing to “know” they aren’t real, but it takes years of practice to “feel” that they’re fake and safely ignored. That’s why I do my CBT exercises daily.
Thanks, I’ve tried most new atypicals. Even on a high dose of a depot or injection of paliperidone combined with clozapine, I was just depressed, non-thinking and constantly tired. Among many other problems. Thanks though.
Congratulations on being able do that. I don’t get commanding voices like the the nurses and constantly ask so I don’t think I or anyone else is danger. It’s just so derogatory and the only thing I can describe as demonic. Maybe one day could ignore them. I should probably look into CBT. I’ve also heard meditation and other techniques can help. I just hate medication so much. I just wish psychiatry would be more advanced.
Yes that the prize I pay for being medicated normal no thoughts or slow thoughts.
Most of you dislike that but to say it quite honestly I prefere that to being psychotic.
No danger of ending up in the mental ward. And no misunderstanding between me and the normis.
I prefere to be in control of my mind instead of my sick mind is in control of me.
I have felt what your feeling it’s really hard. Especially when your trying to sleep mine would always yell boo and wake me and scare the hell out of me. I also had visuals mostly at night.
Ozzy you are really a brave man that you are able to live without meds. To learn to live with loud voices and no meds is the most difficult situation in the world.
No, for me that’s going into crowded public places. I can push voices to one side when they’re bothering me. I can’t push a crowd of people to one side.
You got a point dude. I think the key is meds… But I get what they’re saying too. Meds are the solution but also ignoring them helps. Like even on meds if I tried to purposefully listen to them I think I could.