I was thinking about this today. I’m pretty sure a big part of my psychosis is a grandiose delusion on my part. When I first started hearing voices I thought I was being contacted by spirit guides. A lot of the time the stuff I hear would be sort of advice for me, like the first time I really heard them I wanted to drop out of school because of my anxiety and paranoia but they were telling me not to. Also when I ask them things they sort of answer. I’ve also rarely had negative voices.
A part of me thinks I’m spiritually on another level than most people and that I was picked out by the voices/spirits because of this. Then again that’s just pat of the delusion, right?
Yes you are deluded. It is not real and there is nothing spiritual.
You are diagnosed for a reason, and unfortunately you can not go school anymore because of it.
So, no it is nothing positive, it is an unfortunate illness you are dealing with.
Try to ignore the ‘voices’ thoughts etc and try improving the quality of your life outside your mind. By doing activities, studying, and also check with your doctor and ask them about a medication which would get rid of the voices for you.
Yeah you’re probably right @mermaid1. It’s just part of the illness, it makes it seem so real. I do think I have grandiose delusions though, I need to work on that. Thanks.
it is not and all of us have grandiose. just keep reminding yourself, you are a normal average human being, who wants to have a good life like everybody else on earth.
I sometimes feel exactly this. I’m pretty sure it is a delusion, but I’ll sometimes think what if it isn’t and I’m squandering this “ability” (or whatever you may call it)?
I was doing some reading, and honestly, I’m pretty sure that spirit guides/deva messengers/guardian angel type beings/things are real. Separate from this illness, which I do believe I have, I also think these things are real.
I once wondered whether everyone hears voices, and my voices confirmed that everyone does. What if in this world it was perfectly normal to hear voices but it was part of a big worldwide secret.
What if thought broadcasting was the norm and part of growing up, not saying that you’re not grown up, but that it was a right of passage. Love is the key I believe.
Honestly I think it’s more like a subconscious thing that some people are exposed to. I started hearing voices after smoking a lot of weed and meditating, so that makes sense for me. For others it may not. I’ve asked my brother if he hears voices and he said he doesn’t so I don’t think everyone actively hears them. The world would be pretty different I think if they did.
I didn’t hear voices whilst smoking weed or after it, I started hearing them after starting olanzapine which the doctors put me on for weight gain,coz I was so skinny which isn’t supposed to happen apparently. Pretty peeeeed off about that!
But my ex was telling me about something called the super conscious, worth reading about!
I had delusions before but not voices, maybe it’s just a coincidence that they started when I started ap’s! Who knows, but I was smoking weed and had started to take sertraline for depression and everything spiralled downwards from there!
And yeah exactly, it’s the idea that there’s a super consciousness, that we are all one soul that can tap into this super conscious! It’s hard to believe it’s not a spiritual thing isn’t it!
Regardless of what you decide is a delusion, if you are stuck with voices, it is good to get them to be nice to you. Have self confidence and hold a mentality that you want them to be nice to you. It’s like you said, it’s all about love.
I think it’s vital to believe in spirit guides. They can guide and lead us to such good energies and outcomes, sometimes miraculously. They help us transcend the mundane material world, they help us expand our consciousness in ways that we can’t do on our own. This becomes even more important if we’re struggling with psychosis. Positive, uplifting, therapeutic spirit guides might speak even more powerfully to help us out of our symptoms. In my case, favorable spirit guides have helped me overcome my symptoms very drastically.
Our task is to discern the real spirit guides from the delusions. For example, real genuine spirit guides might perhaps speak more subtly, not pushy, and will supportively guide us to mental health. They might inspire us to visit this very website, or read that helpful book, or find that SARDAA meeting, or talk to that resourceful therapist, or other things like that. Genuine spirit guides guide us to our true inner-selves helping us self-actualize in all ways.
I’ve learned that it’s a mistake to disregard all of my inner voices as delusional thinking.
