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]

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. :(

[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]

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]

I have gone through the same thing where people played along and didn't get me help but then I was a small child when that happened so they probably thought I was just pretending.  I wish I was..

[Xila31]

It was all very scary, yes. The playground was the first thing I ever saw that wasn't there. It was weird but it didn't scare me at the time, because I like playgrounds. The other things were scary because I honestly believed people were out to hurt me, maybe even kill me. :(

But, what really makes me mad is the fact that my so called "friends" all played along with it. Like I was some sort of joke or game. I am glad that I stopped being friends with those people years ago, but I'm still mad. I really needed help and no one cared. :(

[paranoid_cataclysm]

Yeah I'm fine I guess, thanks for hoping.  I would say the six wheeled cars coming after you in and of itself would of been scary and the sparkling playground would of been a bit unsettling.