I hear them internally, mostly nonsense on a good day, full sentences on a bad day, and on the worst stressful days it’s a woman calling me a whore. It’s like I hear others thoughts, it came from thought broadcasting and stayed even on meds. But its mostly okay, they don’t bother me that much. Delusions are worse for me.
My voices are very easy to understand. Have someone stand behind you and call your name. That’s what my “voice” does. It sounds no different then someone actually calling your name. The only difference is when I turn around, there is no one there.
When I was not doing well… it was all my voices at once… trying to have their own conversations in my head. Sometimes it was so solid… I thought I was actually hearing the neighbors. Sort of like hearing a loud radio in a different room.
when the voices were like that… I had no ability to shut it off… turn it down… I could barely concentrate or even hear my family members who were talking to me. It was just a jumble of human noise. There was no room for me in my own head… and I didn’t get much rest
It was like trying to do anything with 5 different people barking 5 different orders at you while your trying to do it.
When the meds started to kick in better… it was like a room full of whispers… with one or standing out here and there. coming to the surface. They started feeling more internal then external.
Now it’s just a muddle of nonsense noise and some bubble up and then fade. I’ve been able to have more moments of peace in my head these past three years.
One thing that surprises me… my sis has huge exam panic… and when she’s over the top on the stressed out level… she’ll hear voices too. She hears people screaming for help. She used to run to the window and see if someone was drowning in the water near our place…
when her exam’s are over… and the stress is over… she says the voices are over too.
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@minnii @turningthepage. @anon40540444. @SurprisedJ and @Jonathon , wow guys thank you, you described it just in the way I could imagine it myself…I mean, to the certain extent, because the whole experience remains so freaking scary.
How can you sleep at night… If the noise won’t shut up?
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I take Trazadone for sleep; it works great.
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I watch stuff on netflix on the bed to fall asleep. But as I said, for me isn’t that bad. It was worse without meds, completely non stop verbal harassment. Now it’s chill, today I don’t think I had any, don’t remember anyway so probably very few to none.
I didn’t even know you had the voices minnii… 
Yeah, it was worse without meds so I don’t talk about it much. Last sunday when I had to take that sos zyprexa it was nonstop all day. It’s been cool since then, no worries.
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I take a muscle relaxant and Elavil (sedating antidepressant) to help me sleep. Lately I haven’t been getting much sleep thanks to a noisy head. Mostly when I fall asleep it’s from being sooo damn tired I just can’t stay awake any longer. Physical and mental exhaustion.
Dear God, alien99…■■■■■■■ unbelievable… 
I call my voices a chorus. It is not that organized. It’s like they’re all vying for attention. If I deliberately listen and can focus them into one at a time (almost) one voice will intercede by fading into another in different locations where I will turn my head side to side. The more disturbed I am, the more they affect me.
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Mine are out right absured but can be so slick and decieving that the next minute ill be doing something I wasnt planning on doing.
I was just about to ask, how do you stay concentrated…? As the girl in that video says, you don’t have a remote control to shut it down when you want…
And does it help to have some coping strategies like the one I tried for tinnitus: sound therapy ( listening to some sooting music or any relaxing background noise, or recordings of natural&environmental sounds. Because if the contrast between the inner noises and your environment is lesser, it makes it more bearable).?
It’s tough, and the voices are out of control. I want to start my new veggie/keto diet aswell as meditate more. I cant commit fully until my ssdi kicks in for financial reasons. Being a picky eater costs money.
Sugar exaserbates my symptoms. Drugs do to, but I dont do drugs anymore.
When I have something important to do, I just force it even if the voices are bad. For tinnitus and voices I just practice mindfulness and bring attention to my ears mindfully
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only in acute psychosis i heard voices, the last time was 5 years ago
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try…anderson cooper tries a schizophrenic stimulator…you tube.
to me this is very mild stuff…but you get the picture.
then add actually seeing the demons screaming in your face…etc. 
seeing ghosts’ 
bugs
aliens talking to you 24/7 ( which actually is comforting ) 
dark beings just standing there. 
i could go on…blah… blah… blah… 
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take care 
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Most of the Seroquel in my diet I take before bed.
Very sedating.
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:left speechless and sad:
( i tried Anderson Cooper’s simulator…)
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Thanks for sharing your experience…it means a lot.