Ok so I’m supposed to believe that a chemical imbalance is causing hallucinations torturing me but I get real medical problems from the torture. How can that happen? How can it say to another one I’m going to make him the hunch back of Notre Dame then 2 hours after I literally get a ruptured disc and I couldn’t walk? I wasn’t doing anything strenuous either. Then another time it was clawing my lungs and torturing me and making comments about my blood clots. Then 2 days later at an ER I get diagnosed with PE ( blood clots in the lungs). Another time I got kicked in the arse. Literally felt the shoe and kick. It has to be real right?
3 Likes
No, it isn’t real. The voices felt you had pain and made things up to go along with it. Or you just imagine they said those things.
Our brains are not well.
If you find yourself in need of help, just tag a moderator. Type the @ symbol, then our names
@anon4362788 , @Moonbeam, @rogueone, @Bowens, and @anon55031185
Enjoy your stay with us!
4 Likes
I thought I was being tortured by aliens. What was really happening was that my sick mind was building a delusional framework around existing health problems. I saw the health problems as “proof” of my delusions. Meds helped get rid of the delusions to a certain extent and reduced what was left to the point where I can recognize them as such and manage them. The health problems are still there, unfortunately.
Welcome to the community.
4 Likes
Welcome to the forum!
I hope you hang around @Huckleberry
2 Likes
Welcome to the forum.
Since our brains are sick all kinds of things go hay wire.
1 Like
Did you read what I wrote? The torture happened and what was said happened before I got diagnosed and it was correct. So you’re saying my “hallucinations” should’ve been a Dr instead because they can diagnose injuries they cause me and be found correct by dr.s at an ER.
1 Like
If they are finding real injuries at an ER (I have no idea if you’re hallucinating this bit or not) then what has happened is that your mind built a false narrative around them and you see the injuries as the confirmation of that false narrative. It’s very common here and most overcome this.
4 Likes
Please read @shutterbug reply, as he summed it up perfectly.
1 Like
Welcome to the forum! Glad you found us
A few tips on things that confuse newbies:
Cake day is the anniversary date of when you joined.
The 1515 or other numbers at the end of peoples posts are because there’s a 15 character minimum to post. So people put 15s after until they get to the minimum characters to post.
To tag someone, put the @ followed by the name.
1 Like
How can my mind build a false narrative of being tortured hearing what the torturing is saying it’s going to do and then have real life injuries diagnosed when I go to the ER when I can’t take the pain anymore? It’s all in context when it happens and the order in which it happens.
It’s demons for me. I honestly think they can and do present themselves as whatever they want. But it’s still the same entities doing this.
2 Likes
Demons aren’t real. Nor are “entities”.
What meds are you on?
3 Likes
To me voices come from the subconscious and are part of the brain. Like the brain they can make predictions. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are wrong. No need to obsess about it.
2 Likes
In a lot of cultures it’s normal to see them as entities. The Western view is different.
3 Likes
@TheFountainPen sure, in all the mythologies.
3 Likes
I don’t use meds. I really don’t think you’re hearing me. I get physical injuries from the torture. Meds make me apathetic and slow.
I struggle with thinking that entities/demons are real and out to get me.
I hear and see them sometimes.
You’re saying you don’t use meds and are completely unhinged,
I say give the meds another go and see what happens.
3 Likes
I hear you. I also have extensive experience with mental illness. You’re either making the injuries yourself or making connections that aren’t real.
It happens. All of us have experienced similar.
3 Likes
I’m not unhinged. I work like 60 hours a week. It’s hard but I don’t believe I’m crazy. These things are real and they even let me know they know I know. Like they like to know that I’m suffering because of them and they are actual people but like 2 places at once. A spiritual being and flesh being.
1 Like
I was completely unhinged all through college.
It’s possible to be functional and delusional.
3 Likes