with mentalillness how can you tell if you here voices or not if there real or just in your head.?
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ask the person in the other room if he said something.\ndoes it happen when no one else is around,tv and radio off?\nwhat does the voice say? is it the same thing over and over? is it telling you to do something? (do something you usually wouldn't) or just talking in general stuff?\nmy brother hears voices and has for over 20 years. he's on meds which helps, but stress brings them out more so his meds are constantly changing dosages.\n\nwe love him and would not change him for anything. he's the most wonderful, kind, giving, loving, gentle, human who ever walked this earth.
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I have a friend who's into quasi Hindu/American Guru philosophy, and he likes to say, " This world is all simply an illusion, and the true reality lies beyond your perception".  Well I have a simple theory of reality, it's kind of like the duck theory?  "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like duck, then it must be a duck".   My theory is, "Reality is who you are, when you are, and where you are".   So, do you know who you are?  Do you know when you are?  Do you know where you are?  That is reality, and everything else is imagination, an illusion, or perhaps even a delusion.
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Maybe it's all in your head.
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It must be all those voices in your head. Get some PROZAC quick!
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I don't believe it's real.\nPeople who can seem to do such things are "reading" body language, vocal pitch inflections, etc.  They know people very well and tell a lot about them just by observing them.  HOWEVER, when it comes to things like "tell me what's on the card" and the like they fail to perform under scientific conditions.
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Some people with various mental disorders seem to be talking to themselves as in the case of schizophrenia but these people hear voices so they may actually be talking to the voices.  Also people with multiple personality disorder seem to talk to themselves, but it is actually their alter personalities talking.  Hope this clarifies things.
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Confused or slow in the head
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do you believe yourself?
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That is far too little info posted to make that determination...but if you feel the fantasies are interfering with your everyday life or are keeping you from pursuing healthy realities, speak with a professional. They will help you work out your doubts.
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IN YOUR MIND IS WHERE IT IS AT. YOUR IMAGINATION OR BELIEFS CONTROL WHERE IT IS.
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Hmmmm... does ANYONE hear the same voice when they think to themselves?  I don't think I actually THINK in a voice, and I guess it's kind of eerie if you think about it... I think in words, but there is no specific VOICE to it.  But, do stutterers STUTTER when they think?  I don't think so... the problem with stuttering is you think faster than your mouth can speak... or that's one of the problems.  As for the mentally challenged... wow, I don't know.  It's a very interesting question... I think they probably think in the same IQ level that they are, but if they talk out loud slowly, I don't think that they would do the same in their thoughts.  But I guess you'd have to ask someone who actually is mentally challenged to be sure...
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During a training excercise, all the theraptsts and social workers had to put headphones on that mimicked what it was like to be a schizophrenic who was having delusions.  There were voices that were audible saying all kinds of things making it very hard to differentiate what was really being said to you and what was "in your head".  My brother says it is very distacting, confusing and sometimes scary. The voices they hear, and delusions, are as real as anything.  Most of the medications make you very forgetful too. It is hard to even remember to take your meds.
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The voices inside my head.
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yes my brain u dnt know ?
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Inside your head it will echo.\n\nIf you hold a candle by one ear, you will be able to see it if you look through your other ear.\n\nDragon will tell you if you lost your mind.
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The voices tell me to do them....\n\nHonestly, I am not sure why I do all the things I do, sometimes I act before thinking...  not my best trait..
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you have to be real if your believing theses things...\nbad breath?????? how do you know that the spirit didnt simply fart ???