Hearing Voices

[paranoid_cataclysm]

I thought of a question that interested me... how many of you who hear voices hear them from inside your mind, from outside of your mind or both?

[Xila31]

Yeah, I can see people mistaking a child imagining vs. actually seeing something. Like I had imaginary friends as a kid, but they really were just run-of-the-mill imaginary friends. So, I think it is harder to realize something is going on in a kid.

And, unfortunately, even if a kid really tries to express like "I really do see a monster" people still dismiss it. Like recently, my 3 year old came in our room and told us that a monster was standing in the dark and it had a round face and feet. Now, this put me and my husband on alert. On the one hand, it is probably just his imagination. But... still worth taking note of. You know?

[paranoid_cataclysm]

Yeah it's hard to tell with a child.  Children who are just using their imagination can swear they are actually experiencing these things but on the other hand I read it's rare for a person to hallucinate before the age of 8 I think it was.  I can understand though the people not taking me seriously but at the same time it kind of irritates me because people constantly complained and disciplined me because I looked like I was in another world and wasn't doing well in school and was extremely socially inept and everything so I don't see why no one made the connection there that something was wrong.

[Xila31]

I am starting to come to the conclusion that a lot of people are failed by the adults around them when they were children. My own experience asside, my husband has probably had ADD his whole life, always got bad grades, dropped out of school, never able to read a book all the way through, always jumping from project to project, and so on. His brother also has ADD, it wasn't like the family was completely oblivious to it. So.... why did they help his brother and not him? He just was diagnosed  only a few weeks ago. I mean, it derailed his whole life, you know?

Is it because the adults are in denial that something could be wrong? Or is it just easier to ignore it and blame a kid? I mean, I felt blamed for all the struggle I went through, and like I said somewhere that knowing that I have an illness and that I'm not actually a complete failure has actually been a relief to me. At least now I know I have done the best I can with what I was given. :(

[HoneyNut]

When I am in a psychotic state I tend to hear and see things.  I can't say I've ever heard voices inside my head, minus myself, or when I'm recalling a situation involving what another person said.  But, I do hear imaginary rings, beeps, buzzes, my mom calling my name when she's not even in the house, the radio, people talking, etc.  Now as for seeing things... I've had a mental breakdown because of one when I was younger, and then the occasional seeing something that really isn't there.

Good Poll!

Thanks,

HoneyNut

[paranoid_cataclysm]

I also experience things like your imaginary rings and such but it's more things like my alarm going off which sends chills up my spine in itself because that means I have to go to work.  Hahaha just kidding but yeah I do actually hear it when it's not going off sometimes and it does have negative connotations attached to it because it means I have to wake up when I'm tired.

[Xila31]

I actually do not like the sound of ringing phones, to say the truth. It actually gives me a nauseous feeling every ring. Which is awesome since the majority of my job requires answering a phone. I also really don't like talking on the phone, it drives up my anxiety. Again... awesome for my line of work. I'm sure it has something to do with my past experience.