Hey /mental/ I know there are quite a few schizo-somethings here, and I had a question about the auditory hallucinations. How do you distinguish those from just general speaking to yourself in your head, like when you're planning something out or doing cri

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Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 00:04:46 No.4643

Hey /mental/ I know there are quite a few schizo-somethings here, and I had a question about the auditory hallucinations. How do you distinguish those from just general speaking to yourself in your head, like when you're planning something out or doing critical thinking? Say I have different voices for every situation, an intense and energetic one for when I'm angry, an older and calmer more rational voice for when I'm thinking, etc. How do you guys distinguish something like this from an auditory hallucination?

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 00:44:17 No.4647

>>4643
I'm really confused about what you are asking here. Personal I don't have an "internal" voice for difference situations (floating text = thoughts). So what are you asking? Like how to tell what is real or not? Don't you need like a absolultima observer for that?

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 00:51:18 No.4648

>>4647
Do you hear voices? If that is part of your schizophrenia, how do you it's not just internal dialogue but more advanced and clearer (i.e "lets do this", "go over there", "that makes no sense"). The little voice that tells you things in your head, how do you distinguish that from just internal dialogue like most people get?

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 01:06:08 No.4650

>>4648
I still am really confused about what you are asking for. Its seems like you are trying to ask how do I know what is real and for that I really can't know. One has to have someone verify existence to validate something.

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 01:24:17 No.4651

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>>4650
Why do I get the feeling this thread is going to play out like this comic

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 02:58:32 No.4653

i know what youre saying. im not sure how to describe it either, but ive asked myself this same question more than once.

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 03:15:23 No.4655

>>4643
>>4648

Not sure you understand what a hallucination is. It's not an inner monologue or a thought. It's a literal physical voice, not just your inner thinking.

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 05:30:34 No.4667

>>4655
Look I know what a fucking hallucination is, I was wondering how that auditory hallucination differentiates from general inner dialogue, but you're getting closer the the answer, fantastic.

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 12:16:26 No.4675

You don't make a difference between hallucination and 'reality', you do it between 'reality' and pseudo-hallucination.

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 14:53:45 No.4678

If I hear a voice say something to me, it sounds like someone is just saying it. It doesn't sound like one of my thoughts because I'd swear it was being said by someone around me and going into my ears.

Think "I like hotdogs." Then say "I like hotdogs" out loud. That's the difference.

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 15:25:31 No.4680

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>>4678
I don't like hot dogs, can I say pizza instead?

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 21:13:54 No.4682

>>4680
No.

Anonymous 12/10/14 (Wed) 21:46:29 No.4684

>>4678
Perfect, thank you.

AverageGuy 12/10/14 (Wed) 23:46:35 No.4685

I mostly have visual hallucinations so i can't really say.

I can tell you what makes those different from regular immagination if you're interested.

Anonymous 12/11/14 (Thu) 01:01:29 No.4692

>>4685
Yeah, absolutely. Thanks for responding, I find this stuff genuinely interesting.

AverageGuy 12/11/14 (Thu) 07:22:41 No.4704

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>>4692
They are different by regular immagination because when you imagine something, you have full control over what you're imagining.

Hallucinations are like a lucid dream.
You start seeing things, and you can focus on them, making them more detailed.
You can also suggest to your mind things to see next.

For example, once i got into an hallucination, and it was just me floating into dark space.
I told my mind "what if i'm in deep sea, where the light can't reach?".
As soon as i thought that, bioluminescent giant jellyfishes started coming out from below me, dancing around me.

Also, they are a lot more complex than normal imagination, but less detailed than lucid dreaming.
They're kinda in the middle.

Anonymous 12/11/14 (Thu) 20:01:10 No.4710

>>4704
Jesus that sounds fucking amazing, are you sure you're not on LSD?

AverageGuy 12/12/14 (Fri) 11:55:26 No.4725

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>>4710
I never did drugs, nor smoked.
I get drunk like twice a month.
All this shit is in my head.
And yes, it is that amazing.
But sometimes i'm scared.
Scared that i could be fucking up my brain this way.
My grandma had Alzeimer, so i started having thoughts…
But there's something worse.
I'm sure there is a place in my mind, where i can live, and find eternal happyness.
What if i reach it, and i will not want to come back?