Do you talk to your voices does it help or is it best not to talk to them.
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Do not talk to your voices. It gives them power over you. 
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I do my best to not even engage with them, talked no to them only ever led me to a bad time
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I ask sometimes for advice to my voices. I know it is not healthy but it’s a habit.
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In the quarter century I’ve had this illness and have been around others with it, it’s my experience that those who interact with and play with their voices almost always make themselves much sicker. There are some who’ve gone so far down the rabbit hole that I think they’re beyond meaningful recovery now.
Don’t do it if you want to recover from SZ.
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I ignore my voices as much as possible. If I pay too much attention to them they get worse.
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Yes, I talk to my “voice”. I’ve been doing it for fifteen years now. I think it helps. It certainly gives it more power. It has total power over me now.
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I talked to my voices I just couldn’t help it
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I try my best not to talk with them, but sometimes I need to put them in their place
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Even if it’s a nice conversation, the longer I interact with them the harder it is for me to shut them out later, when I have stuff to do in the real world that demands concentration.
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Thanks guys ive been trying not to talk to my voices today and it seems to be working a little.
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I refuse to engage with my voices. I choose to ignore them as best as i can. I don’t believe anything good can come of engaging with them.
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Sometimes I answer internally with my mind not by speaking out loud. When a bad voice talks, a good voice defends me. I just observe them.
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I don’t talk to the voices. When I have, I end up looking like a mad man.
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I talk to mine with my mind as wel. It’s very hard not to. They constantly engage me in conversations and I end up having in depth conversations, I’m at the point now I think their real so I guess it made me sicker although I always thought they were real, just so intelligent. It’s too hard to ignore them, narrating every thought.my pdoc says the more you talk to them the more elaborate and intricate the voices become.
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You guys have all given me an idea. I’m going to quit talking to my voice and see what happens. Years ago, I didn’t want my voice to talk to me and I got mad at it every time it made contact with me but that didn’t stop it. It kept on pestering me until I started engaging it in regular conversation and started cooperating with it. That’s when it quit badgering me and became my friend. But, I’m going to try not talking to it and see what happens.
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