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Hearing Voices and Paranoid Delusions: Inside a Schizophrenic Brain
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Now and then, we've all thought we heard someone calling our name, or noticed a strange coincidence. But for people with schizophrenia, these can take on a much more nefarious quality. Dr. Vikaas Sohal walks us through what it feels like to be inside a schizophrenic brain.
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VIKAAS SOHAL:
Dr. Vikaas Sohal is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Francisco. His research has focused for years on cognition and functioning. He has written extensively on aging in schizophrenia, functional impairments in severe mental illness, the cognitive effects of typical and atypical antipsychotics, as well as studying the effects of cognitive enhancing agents in various conditions, including schizophrenia, dementia, affective disorders, and traumatic brain injury. Dr. Sohal is also a board certified psychiatrist and continues to see outpatients approximately one half day each week. He directs an annual conference on cognition that is an official satellite of the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research and the Schizophrenia International Research Society.
Dr. Sohal earned his A.B. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, his M.A.St. in Mathematics from Cambridge, and his MD, PhD from Stanford University. He completed his graduate work in the lab of John Huguenard, then stayed at Stanford to complete his psychiatry residency and a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Karl Deisseroth.
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TRANSCRIPT:
Vikaas Sohal: Many of us often have the experience of thinking we heard someone calling our name and then realizing that wasn't really the case, and we just move on, and we forget about it. Sometimes we notice coincidences, like, "Oh, there were a couple of cars on the street," and again, we pay no attention to it. But for someone with schizophrenia, these experiences take on a vastly different kind of feeling. So you might notice, "Oh, there were three red cars on the street," and instead of just forgetting about it, you start thinking, "Well, why were there three red cars on the street? Maybe it has something to do with me. Maybe these people are actually coming to monitor me or do something that would harm me," and you start working through some kind of plot or conspiracy related to that coincidence that you noticed.
The symptoms that people are most familiar with in schizophrenia are often hearing voices or having paranoid delusions and paranoid thoughts. We now know that, in addition to those kinds of symptoms, many people with schizophrenia have trouble focusing, paying attention, and remembering things. Many people talk about hearing voices and mean different things. Sometimes people will say, "Oh, yeah, when I'm thinking about what to do, I hear a voice in my head that tells me this would be the right thing to do, or this would be the wrong thing to do, or that gives me an idea." And when individuals with schizophrenia talk about hearing voices, they describe it very, very differently. It's really a voice, that they can't tell the difference between that voice and a voice coming from a person sitting right next to them in a room. And it sounds absolutely real. It sounds loud. Sometimes it's so loud that they can't stop paying attention to it. And sometimes the voices are just calling their name, but sometimes the voices are saying much more complicated things. Sometimes they're giving them commands, telling them what to do. Sometimes they're commenting on what they're doing, often in a negative or derogatory way.
It comes as no surprise that the brain is a complicated place. There's information flying all over the brain, and the brain has to get that information to the right place and decide what to do with it. We think that, perhaps, in schizophrenia some of the problems come because information isn't getting to the right place, or, sometimes when information does get to the right place, the brain doesn't know what it should pay attention to and what it should ignore. This is really important. In our everyday lives, we might hear a car alarm in the background, and we have to know not to pay attention to that, but we might also hear a baby crying in the background, and that probably is something that we need to pay attention to. And so, if your brain's not able to act as an executive and say, "This is what's important and this is what's not important," it becomes very difficult to sort .......
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[@ShawnRavenfire]

Sometimes it's hard to concentrate on what people are saying, because I keep hearing music playing over the end of sentences. I'm not schizophrenic; I'm just watching a Big Think video.

[@guyunger]

+Shawn Ravenfire hahah, bugged me too

[@LuekalanunFerdalan]

+Shawn Ravenfire thanks i lold

[@leggingsarepants3175]

lmaoooo

[@a.i.privilege1233]

+Shawn Ravenfire lol ^5

[@2014andon]

+Shawn Ravenfire Comment of the week award goes to...

[@joaoaugusto3361]

Living with someone that most of the time can't diferenciate reality from what's on your mind makes you think a lot of questions related to life itself. My father has schizophrenia and in all of those years i've never seen such a video describing how the person feels. Extremely accurate.

[@joellaz9836]

Be careful you might get it as well.

[@joaoaugusto3361]

+Joella Z Yeah, there's a probability under 25%, if i'm not mistaken, that sons of parents with schizophrenia develop the condition. Individual therapy was something fundamental in my life. I'm taking care of myself, thanks for the advice.

[@user-nf3hh8kn5r]

+João Augusto 0_0

[@leafyclass]

@@joaoaugusto3361 Hey! How are you holding up 5 years later?

[@Zombuu]

@@leafyclass Joe mama

[@halcifer9000]

My mum currently has voices calling her a pedophile, child abuser and accusing her of raping people. She works for the Police so her line of work is often dealing with brutal cases and her voices manifest in the form of crimes. She is terrified and in the psych ward currently. This is a heartbreaking diagnosis to live with and I hope everyone with this disorder recovers.

[@DigitalMediaPatriots]

Wow!

[@moggingyou]

any uodates?

[@caribaez5711]

I’m sorry 😢😢

[@user-ed7rk1od6l]

​@@DigitalMediaPatriots im starting 2 think some of us get this threw trauma

[@drstrangelove4925]

Crazy how a barely 5 minute long video explain it better than every teacher did in 30 minutes

[@YouHolli]

9 out of 10 voices in my head constantly make fun of me. The 10th is humming the Star Wars theme.

[@Satsaru]

+YouHolli Sounds like that 10th voice is hype for the force awakens.

[@keeper0523]

+YouHolli That is not a mental illness. the voices are designed to break you down mentally. Then an infection develops either externally or internally. The point of all of this is to break free the soul from the body.

[@goddamnthedamned]

Mine now hums the game of thrones theme. Though pretty awesome both of them.

[@mar8014]

do i have a soul?

[@snatchedwig8777]

@@Satsaru .

[@Jeudaos]

more people NEED too see this. More videos similar to this NEED to be made. Mental health is such a SEVERELY unrecognized disability, all over the world still.

[@Orrphoiz]

As a schizophrenic, I support this video and attest it correctness.

[@TnEEn]

+Neopterix Frosti you have my deepest sympathy 2 of my friends, one of them being my best friend since grade school and my uncle suffered from this condition the only advice i can give you is please take your meds and stay on them until your doctor says other wise. i wish you a speedy and full recovery

[@briankelly85]

+Neopterix Frosti god bless you and i wish you a happy life...

[@doomerbained]

They're coming... They're coming... THEY'RE COMING/!7,&:'zmxmkskakkd 9798777797545465666449

[@Orrphoiz]

Anthony Delara I'm schizophrenic, not stupid.

[@briankelly85]

Anthony Delara please don't make fun of people with schizophrenia. it is a serious illness. it is like making fun of someone with cancer...thank you

[@tracerseven7564]

Nobody should have to put up with that :'(

[@svr1245]

+Kieran Turner Your right ;-;. Bad thing is that i am schizo. No one should have it. WHY GOD MADE THIS. i hate creepypastas

[@tracerseven7564]

Eyesaur Guy Wait, why do you hate creepypastas? Hey, sorry to hear you have it.

[@svr1245]

Kieran Turner Creepypastas gave me schizo

[@the_jr-laffing4933]

+Vyrvin how?

[@VeronikaMackyK]

+Vyrvin that's practically not possible..

[@timestocles5185]

Also I HIGHLY recommend looking at schizophrenia in different culture- in the west the voices are sinister but in Africa the voices are playful

[@the_soggster3464]

Can you suggest any videos about it?

[@purplesea6295]

it's true...my mum's from nigeria and i cant believe at what she told me she was hearing in her head it's ....awful as hell

[@aaronjennings8385]

my voices arent sinister... where do people get that?

[@AM-bn7ok]

@@aaronjennings8385 sadly I don’t think people realise that it’s a very wide spectrum. Some people may hear sinister voices, others may hear voices that they become familiar with and don’t cause them too much distress. Sadly most people associate schizophrenia with the sinister end of the spectrum. This leads to so much stigma and a fear from the general population of those who suffer with schizophrenia. Videos like this will hopefully help to tackle that stigma

[@Angie-qp5ti]

@@purplesea6295 would you be willing to share what she said?

[@MrBcollinsworth]

Thank you, it is always better to try to understand the challenges other people face in their lives, so you can deal with them with compassion.

[@svr1245]

+Bill Collinsworth I am schizophrenic. It ruined my life cause i am kid.

[@cherrykembel4347]

There is always someone willing to listen or even learn from what you are experiencing on the Internet before you make the wrong decision to listen to voices in your head that are not actuality there, they are just playing mind games, but if you are not sure, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE NET FOR A SECOND OPINION, BEFORE YOU ACT ON WHAT THE VOICES ARE TELLING YOU TO DO!!!!! YOU ARE LOVED XO

[@raversfantasy]

I'm a schizo and I hear voices when I'm going to sleep. Sometimes they are screams that make me become wide awake because it's so loud. I'm also so paranoid I see the grudge/ the ring girl (since I was 9) so I keep my tv covered.

[@jj-oc6cy]

Aly Ryanne some times I hear screams

[@raversfantasy]

***** yeah thats really interesting.. ive spoken with a few others that would see her too. i wonder why that is....kinda creepy 0.0

[@chaosgaia5774]

I remember a horrible nightmare I had as a kid a couple of times. There was an endless screaming/roaring. It was deafening. Luckily I have always been able to wake my self up from any dream, as I usually realize I am dreaming which is a really cool gift. I have used this ability to fly in my dreams, and to control them to some extent. I usually realize I am dreaming and then forget that I am aware again, so fall into the dream story again.

[@Pinkenstein]

That sounds absolutely awful. I am so, so sorry you go through that. I can imagine how frightening that must be. Have you found anything that helps??

[@ryanalving3785]

How are you doing these days? I have almost the same thing going on with voices when I go to sleep, shouting sometimes, startling me awake. Are you still holding up okay? I know how much this can suck, and if you need to vent I'll read every word. I feel your pain.

[@amyyoung2804]

to those living with schizophrenia and other thought disorders you have my utmost respect and care. great strides in treatment are being developed everyday

[@zer0creative930]

Thank you @ Amy Young

[@WolvenAvalanche]

I need to get a doctor. All the symptoms I have were named

[@videokitten]

Thias Nielsen Yes you need to pray and see a doctor right away so it doesn't get worse

[@nemanja4626]

What happend?

[@ms_midnight._]

Are you okay now???

[@gangreen.toenails]

UPDATE!

[@arvindyoyoyo3422]

Dude now you are just being paranoid!

[@MMR13]

I've read that schizophrenic people in first world countries usually have malicious, violent, and hateful thoughts. However, schizophrenic people in third world countries usually have nice, positive, and happy thoughts. Schizophrenia seems to be affected by culture.

[@MMR13]

I'm referring to people specifically with schizophrenia. Look up schizophrenia in third world countries. There are several studies.

[@TheAXXELLALAN]

Nah. Not exactly, schizophrenia is always negative, if not, why else would it be a disease and make people seek treatment for it? Some personal or cultural aspects may appear in schizophrenia, but they're really a superficial part of it, the fundamentals of schizophrenia are the same for everyone.

[@KyruDaGreat1]

+MMR13 Schizophrenia is based mostly on environment and social constructs. Mostly everyone that says he hear voices of God,demons, or angels were involved in some form of religious belief. Whether they were in it or heard enough about it . There are some people who in fact do hear good voices but is rare. Hearing anything to much can be annoying and cause paranoia. Think properly with schizophrenia is damn near impossible. i was diagnosed in 2012

[@meganmarie2173]

Intersting

[@the_soggster3464]

Yeah I can see that, in first world countries stress from living in a society and having to deal with obligations such as work or school is honestly probably the reason for it.

[@santainatlanta]

I am not schizophrenic but in 1995 I expertenced a serotonin storm that was made worse by a doctor who was not a psychiatrist treating a really deep depression. The voices were very real and trashed my life for several years. I was dismissed as not being aware enough to be listened to, I still suffer from the after effects

[@tim844]

Loneliness also has a huge effect on your mental health. If you are alone most if not all of your days, your mind wanders, hear voices of people you knew in the past speaking to you or about you, and have a difficult time finding out what’s real.

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons and/or elementals. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you get to access angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@judithlight1111]

The thing is who really knows what's real or not? Hearing voices bc ya to much on your own? I think it has much to do how your childhood was.When you felt existing in a not relaxed...high in constant tension family and no real privacy.We are also living a society were boundaries are rare...simple living in a toxic society effects many humans.

[@Nancy-ow9wy]

​@@judithlight1111exactly

[@christophermiller3031]

Thanks for making this video. My mom has had schizophrenia since I was born and I've had to deal with so much misinformation. Hopefully this will make people understand the illness, thereby making it less intimidating to deal with. I would like it of you could discuss the various forms of medication. When my mom changed her medication due to her age and heart problems, it has changed her personality. I am still confused how her various drugs are affecting her.

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons etc. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you'll access mostly angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@kaboomboom5967]

I hope your mom get better, Everyone are different i am schizophrenia paranoid, when i changed my medication it really like feel the same and different i dont kniw how to describe/define it, i just feel like everything i do/eat i feel great, every newday i feel very good, i feel sympathy and empathy to your mom my friend, i just hope god can cure her,

[@christophermiller3031]

@kaboomboom5967 thanks for your kind words. 😇 I understand how big of a change switching medication can be. It took a while for them to figure out the right dosage... I will admit... I love my mom and her humor! So sometimes... like when she switched meds after reaching over 60 or whatever. They had her like a zombie. I had to complain and make sure they were helping my mom with meds... but not like... making her entirely boring! Ack. My ramble is meant to express empathy, I fear I ramble too much

[@Alliaaa]

my delusions make me think my bf is trying to hurt me, break up with me, cheat on me or he hates me i know it's not true but sometimes it's hard, i need constant reassurance

[@specialgradetre]

my ex-friend has schizo and he had all of the above. he was okay when he actually took his medicine though. he thought his medicine was poison so he stopped. he was interesting and i knew him before he had it (drug induced), but i had to stop being his friend because he started becoming sketchy. the last time i saw him, he threatened to "thunder punch" me because he thought i did something to him, mind you, i was in a completely different room at the time he came and started shouting at me.

[@Nancy-ow9wy]

Maybe he were having delusions

[@user-dz6sh8md9j]

"thunder-punch" eh? I might use that on my mom and her friends

[@erikamoreno1987]

I wish I understand this illness more, I have 3 male siblings with schizophrenia & and it’s so hard for me to process this

[@Akyro---X]

Too accurate especially about the damn voices... it feels as if you have an invisible earpiece in both your ears that real people are talking into. These voices are clear and can have actual conversations with you. My voices depended a lot on my thoughts... If I was in a bad mood they would provoke me or try to calm me down

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons and/or elementals. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you get to access angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@Akyro---X]

@@napoleonaquino3829 I can believe that. I honestly thought I was possessed by spirits. I even saw one come out of my wall, she took the form of this blue holographic image... she walked closed to me and was trying to comfort me when I kept having horrible visions of me dying. She sat next to my bed and carressed my face and told me in a soft tone "I don't ever want you thinking about that again" and started to fade, but her voice remained. I could feel her touch, her presence... it was such a mystical experience. These voices taught me so much about myself and helped me change as a person... I really miss their guidance, they were definitely guardian angels/guides of some sort trying to help me choose wether I wanted to live or die and to have value and worth in my life. They often said "we're trying to be your conscience".

[@Nancy-ow9wy]

​@@Akyro---Xare you okay now? Did you ever took medication for it?

[@user-dz6sh8md9j]

Do you ever consider telepathy? Timothy Leary, a famous psychotherapist said schizo folk were naturally endowed mystics, however I think the painfulness of the whole experience makes it not so. I am convinced I am involved in a telepathic situation, but nobody cares. It would really make a difference if someone wanted and was qualified to scientifically look at what I'm going through but people get licenses to practice their profession from the same folks that want you to keep quiet and remain silent. I've injected methamphetamine for the past 100 days now and want to quit.

[@69eddieD]

You just described my brother to a T. The red cars analogy - he could obsess for HOURS over something as insignificant as this. But things he should be thinking about - like his hygiene or cleaning up his pigsty of an apartment - you could not get him to focus on that for a single moment. And he never stopped talking! I could never make any sense of his maniacal rantings. The day he died I swear he didn't have enough strength to sit up in the bed, but TALK TALK TALK his jaw was still flapping after he expired.

[@Nancy-ow9wy]

I talk alot too

[@Squids_Vlogs]

i work with someone who has it, its really sad to see how certain they are that there is something there that isn there. we may even have to let her go if she keeps bringing it to work

[@zakmclaughlin8450]

Sophisticated White Man you know the problem is for alot of people it begins and starts up for the first time at work. there are laws in place to protect people's jobs if they are fired for an actual illness or disorder. firing that person could make the illness worse. everybody needs to work. getting state aid for these types of mental problems takes alot of time, documentation and witnesses writing testimonies in order to help. just because a person has mental disorders does not mean they are dangerous to themselves or anyone else. that person just needs help. examples: temporary part time, temporary light duty, positive reinforcement in the work that they are honestly trying thier best to do, an extra break or two to help them come to thier senses. they can get healthy again, it just takes time and patience

[@chiquita683]

@@zakmclaughlin8450 you assumed his race Nazi

[@zakmclaughlin8450]

@@chiquita683 no that was a guy's name on youtube and then he deleted his account or something because now there's no blue link. I could care less what race anybody is that was the guys name tag on here

[@snowyowl1826]

Thank you for this video, it explains everything I've went through.

[@paulgonz1850]

i been suffering from severe schizophrenia and psychosis for the last 9 years and that is really bad sometimes i cant different reality and the voices in my head are bad they want to hurt me but only i can sleep with the tv loud in my room so i cant hear the voices. i always end up hospitalized in psychiatrics hospitals 2 or 3 times a year but i always fight so i dont get hospitalized i had a really bad experience the first time i ended in the hospital i was beaten severely by the staff i ended in the hospital because i could breath i did fight back but they were 6 of them i really hate psychiatric hospital i am lucky the police in my neighborhood knows me and when i get a psychotic episode and the ambulance arrive to my house they always arrive too and they talk to me and make me feel better. i never remember my psychotic episodes but my neighbors or the police always tell me what happened. having severe schizophrenia is the worst think that can happen to someone.

[@WhitneyDeivory]

This is the best video I seen on schizophrenia. Thank You 🙏🏾 🌞

[@skatharaki]

Our downstairs neighbour has schizophrenia. As a result he watches us from the window all the time, leaves the building door open all the time, has stolen post and parts of my bike and is following and asking our guests what they're doing here many times. One time he was hiding between the bins when I went to throw out the the rubbish and he scared the life out of me. Any advice on how to deal with him? We want to be sympathetic towards the fact that he has a mental illness but on the other hand this behaviour is annoying, dangerous (one time he picked on the bike breaks and I only realised after I had started cycling, now I carry the bike up and down my second floor flat every day) and borderline criminal when he steals things. We have thought of calling the police but I don't see how that would help or if they would make matters worse... Advice?

[@KyruDaGreat1]

+Vassiliki Sin talking to him with might help decrease his paranoid because he is familiar with you. If he trust you he might not be as paranoid . Only call the police if he commits a crime and tell the dispatcher he has a mental illness. This would send him to a mental hospital instead of a jail. He might just need help or he might be a criminal.

[@charlottegruen5315]

Vassiliki Sin talking might not make him less paranoid, but tell him straight up that him tampering with your bike has caused you injuries in the past and has put you in danger, and to please resepect your privacy.

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

What he described in the beginning is so true. And it is really hard to steer them to a more rational place when they're so convinced everything and everyone has a dark or negative agenda, including their doctor. "they're much harder to deal with... have problems with memory..." This. I really hope a cure can be found for them because they become so terribly angry and unhappy that it's sad. They're in that mind frame all the time no matter what family or friends try to say or do :(

[@Nancy-ow9wy]

That is so true 😢

[@Petro86]

Schizophrenia is just a catch-all term for forms of mental behaviour that we don’t understand. In the 19th century, there was a term “melancholia”, which we would now call bipolar depression, so forth and so on. But all forms of sadness, unhappiness, maladaptation, so forth and so on, were poured into this label “melancholia”. We have no tradition of shamanism. We have no tradition of journeying into these mental worlds. We are terrified of madness. We fear it because the Western mind is a house of cards, and the people who built that house of cards know that, and they are terrified of madness. Tim Leary once said - or I gave him credit for saying; he later told me he never said it - but whoever said it, this was a brilliant statement; someone once said, “LSD is a psychedelic substance which occasionally causes psychotic behaviour in people who have not taken it.” - right? And I would bet you that more people have exhibited psychotic behaviour from not taking LSD, but just thinking about it, than ever exhibited it from taking it - certainly in my family. I watched my parents both go psychotic from the mere fact that LSD existed; they would never have taken it. There is a great phobia about the mind: the Western mind is very queasy when first principles are questioned. Rarer than corpses in this society are the untreated mad, because we can’t come to terms with that. A shaman is someone who swims in the same ocean as the schizophrenic, but the shaman has thousands and thousands of years of sanctioned technique and tradition to draw upon. In a traditional society, if you exhibited “schizophrenic” tendencies, you are immediately drawn out of the pack and put under the care and tutelage of master shamans. You are told: “You are special. Your abilities are very central to the health of our society. You will cure. You will prophesy. You will guide our society in its most fundamental decisions.” Contrast this with what a person exhibiting schizophrenic activity in our society is told. They’re told: “You don’t fit in. You are becoming a problem. You don’t pull your own weight. You are not of equal worth to the rest of us. You are sick. You have to go to the hospital. You have to be locked up.” - You are on a par with prisoners and lost dogs in our society. So that treatment of schizophrenia makes it incurable.

[@sourcescience]

What utter drivel.

[@greasyharold2653]

+Nikola3Design 'Tim Leary once said - or I gave him credit for saying; he later told me he never said it - but whoever said it, this was a brilliant statement; someone once said:' Condense your points señor.

[@tyfenrir]

Show me a culture that manages mental health with a Shaman and Ill show you a culture that's never gone to space.

[@Fugue602]

+Nikola3Design TL;DR

[@greasyharold2653]

***** Oh right, then he should quote and reference señor. Tezza should also condense his sentences.

[@peopleunite3605]

The derogatory remarks below prove stigma is very high with this horrific brain disease that effects one percent of the population. It has been discovered that most of these individuals also have anosognosia. Brain disease in frontal lobe, it shows on autopsies, it is lack of self awareness. They have no idea they are sick, until medicated. We will continue to see these folks in full psychosis on our streets as long as schizophrenia and bi-polar are seen as behavioural problems and not the brain disease that it is, just like Alzheimers and Parkinsons.

[@iolet.9695]

Ty 💜

[@kimlampkin3581]

People that don’t hear voices or see things are so blessed to get to live a normal life this is the worst thing to ever go through

[@brucepaterson6731]

Thank you for making this video, it helps me to understand my loved one.

[@itzel8446]

My brother has Schizophrenia. He's 18 right now... and he's had it for over 6 years. Its hard to deal with him.

[@Ancin47]

I’ve often wonder if people like this… who hear voices… have a more of spiritual issue… they have a foot in both worlds…

[@Kieran-jq5kk]

That’s exactly what I was thinking

[@user-rw9zp6sn9b]

I myself have struggles with it and do agree with this but what tends to happen is the spiritual side gets too overwhelming and you lose contact with the ‘’normal reality’’ alot and then the paranoia and delusions get worse and it’s difficult speaking about these things with a professional

[@djwant2b]

I'm 14, I have been talked to about psychosis. This is indeed what happens. I can identify reality and a hallucinations well, my thoughts are relayed, where I mentally stop, and the thoughts are read to me over.

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons and/or elementals. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you get to access angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@anussurfer]

I have schizoaffective disorder, most of my auditory hallucinations are actually what I would describe as voices in my head, not voices I hear through my ears. I do have the through the ears hallucinations though, just less often.

[@zer0creative930]

I have schizoaffective also. I hear mainly external, not often internal. Both are hard to deal. I have terrible executive function now, but a pretty good estimation of what is real, imo I also think if people around you don't understand the schizosphere then it is sometimes people being bastards gossiping because they *heard* you have a schizophrenic illness.

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons and/or elementals. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you get to access angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@11mexico]

schizophrenia/ Extra Sensitivity to synchronicity

[@goddamnthedamned]

What is it called when your mouth says things that you weren't expecting to say/hear? When it says mean things, when it yells, when it is hard to control your own voice, your own mouth. When the words don't form in your head but come from somewhere else and are spoken with your voice?

[@TnEEn]

+natasha gupta rage?

[@StarRider587]

+mint h Not entirely true. That's just a more extreme form of Tourettes. Tourettes can be physical or verbal. Physical ones can be a subtle twitch to a large jerk and verbal ones can be a grunt to a scream. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying that what you are describing is a stereotype and usually what people most often associate with the disorder.

[@StarRider587]

mint h It's okay. No worries.

[@garvythecapricorn]

That's poor impulse control. It's very common with bipolar disorder. I get this sometimes. And then later I'll feel guilty about it for a really long time. Also, sometimes, I won't be able to stop thinking about something until I say it out loud to someone. It's kind of like when a song is stuck in your head, so you feel like you need to listen to it.

[@goddamnthedamned]

Thing is, the things I say are directed At me often, lots of rage but also threats, even when no one is around. Lots of other things that are not a part of me - it can get graphic and weird. I didn't think it was Tourettes because I'm able to force myself to shut up or at least lower my volume when others are around. Alone, with the defenses down, I'll be cursing and yelling. How much does the content matter as compared to the act?

[@twisted709]

Bunnyman:"you are a mirage of something that can only be actualized through the inevitable spiral into absurdity" Shcizo:"its not that I mind you being here all that much, but why do you have to be so weird?"

[@JsInspiredBraids]

Thank you for explaining these

[@aspietalk514]

So what if you have paranoid delusions with Asperger syndrome, which can overlap with schizophrenia? I have Asperger Syndrome with depression, anxiety, marked paranoia. If I don't get sufficient sleep, I get very paranoid about my surroundings, I get delusions, paranoia, hallucinations. Like I may see something or someone thinking its there because of me, but this can be regarded as anxiety! I get so confused with it all just trying to comprehend all this information in my mind, I just lost in these thoughts and there are branches that stem from this into more delusions of paranoia, anxiety. Hmmm.. welcome to Mental health services huh.

[@aspektx]

I am diagnosed with high functioning ASD. There are times, like you mention, where stress, anxiety, and lack of sleep can induce hallucinations of various kinds. From my experience, these often occur during an autism 'meltdown'. For me these experiences are like having every nerve and receptor in my body turned on all at once. I think these meltdowns are due to the lack of filters people with autism tend to have. These don't just filter what's going out, but also what's coming in. It's completely, bang your head against the wall, overwhelming. It's during these times that I experience voices, shadow figures, and music that isn't there. Fortunately, I can tell the difference currently. If you can't you really need to speak with a doctor about this.

[@aspietalk514]

+aspektx Hi, I've since been able to come to realise now that I have been confusing my anxiety disorder with Paranoia, and with the crossover between Aspergers and Schizophrenia. This is because I can't tell the difference because of my Asperger's unable to pick up signals and read them correctly. I struggle to understand what anxiety actually is in my head. Although I am aware I get paranoid when I can't sleep and I agree with you when you say it is caused by sleep induce. Though my SSRI medication has helped to some degree, I don't think it is working as effectively anymore as I've gone back to my old state of mind with anxieties getting out of control. Maybe I need to try a Benzo or SNRI?

[@aspektx]

+Aspie Talk For the ASD overload moments my Dr does have me on Diazepam. I just use it on an as needed basis. I started an SNRI a while back. It's worked fine so far, but may move to either another SNRI or at worst a Tricyclic.

[@alexking1337]

As a schizophrenic it's so hard to understand or believe what I've actually gone through I doubt myself everyday

[@amritarai5434]

❤

[@Soul-Alignment]

What kind of thoughts do you have?

[@mastertheillusion]

We are in the world where the dream and imagination are often denied. Thus it is not surprising that people become distanced from a strong part of themselves and problems arise.

[@ManuelHernandez-fv2zf]

Appreciate the info....

[@purpsmoke4205]

My best friend I think is scizo. Every since I meant him when I first started to smoke weed he’s been paranoid. I was (14) he was Always thinking someone’s out for him. Always thinking he seee the same cars go up and down the street which low key they were but i would tell em he’s fine. Then 17 18 we started to stay in my room and smoke and he would always look out my window and check the front door. He said he would hear or see shit sometimes but I just thought he was joking. He told me one time when I was 16 that he took acid when he was younger and ever since he’s never been the same and wouldn’t do it again. I took acid and never seen anything so I think he is scizo. He was always paranoid but not so much on the scizo part and seeing demons shit like that. But now I’m 24 he hasn’t been the same since they got him on meds. No more energetic and sparring just looks like a zombie now

[@RickSuaz]

I hear screaming.sometimes. but no one is screaming in reality.

[@evilal20]

A girl I've been going out with, I think she might have Schizophrenia or some sort of mental health disability. She always talks about voices in her head caused by a Oujia board, and she always asks me to get rid of the voices. She also talks about her "talking with Jesus Christ and that shes about to die", which shes been having kidney issues... I can tell she has something goin on, her speech is a bit slurred. Saturday were going out on a date, and I'm just getting a better perspective with Schizophrenia. I love her already though. 💙 I myself, have ADHD and Aspbergers, depression, anxiety. So I'm not completely in the dark about mental health.

[@Plutomaniaa]

She ok? Alive? Stel tgether?

[@evilal20]

@@Plutomaniaa Yes. I havent heard from her in awhile, but saw she went to the Holidays with her family.

[@KOME11]

how do you go about finding a quality/proper psychiatrist or therapist to accurately diagnose this?

[@PaceyPimp]

your saying that to make me think I have this but I know this is all a plan. Stop monitoring me

[@TheAXXELLALAN]

Lol

[@andresiglesiasmoradiellos8395]

you're

[@ILuvIndiana1]

Do you find this funny? Having a mental illness you cannot control, and you, a well bodied human being cracking a joke about a serious disease that control thousands of lives?

[@PaceyPimp]

+Makaela King u have to learn to laugh a little

[@ILuvIndiana1]

+TechPimp My apologies for not finding mental illness comedic.

[@ASMR-XI-ZUI]

I think that all things are priority and important. Im unable to distinguish, organization and prioritising. Mind gets overwhelmed.

[@NelsonT91]

Can Big Think (or someone who may know) can tell me the difference between thinking you're hearing voices with shiczophrenia and telepathic voices you think you're hearing/ possibly hearing. Don't know how to further explain

[@djspencer929]

Bless your heart ❤️ I also struggle with this nightmare. I have to be honest, I have to say drugs and dissatisfaction (perhaps) caused mine. I can work part time, and certain days I have to leave early due to certain ones striking certain nerves. I just try and look at it with a positive angle. Look at them like this, it's like a wwe wrestling arena during a sold out pay per view, and you're one of the superstars. Wether they boo you, cheer you, or whatever they have to say, you are still the main attraction. They are and always will be fans and onlookers on the other side of the barracade. They are merely spectators, and fans. Wether they support you or hate you, they are always going to be just that, onlookers and fans. You'll always be the star ⭐

[@Nancy-ow9wy]

Even mine was caused by drugs and few silly mistakes dayumm now on antipsychotics and mood stabilizer lol

[@miharin]

It's true ,my mom has schizophrenia , she can't remember stuff and I have witnessed very disturbing psychotic episodes of her when I was small , she has lost her motherhood , now she is improving but , she doesn't know what to do as a responsible mother and my dad also gets angry but can't understand her at all at times I feel guilty about not being able to help her , idk what I should do

[@projunder]

Hey things will get better. Try to focus on yourself, grow stronger out of your situation so one day you can care for your mother. Also please try to live healthy as you might be prone to it yourself. Bless you.

[@asasial1977]

My internal monologue rarely stops, even with meditation. I hear distorted sounds but not external voices. The sounds appear to be made by a human voice but not words, at least not a language I know. I say it sounds like Charlie Brown’s teacher through a thin wall. Usually only happens when I’m alone somewhere like the woods. Most likely I’m hearing a distorted version of a sound that is actually there, like a tree branch falling, but my brain twists it a little

[@Zombuu]

Bro.. I'm not here to self diagnose but like now im starting to question my own mental health

[@shambahman8613]

Same like wtf

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

Are schizophrenic voices meant to sound like they are in the head or outside it? I have heard only a small number of voices and it was a bit hard to tell if they were inside my head or outside but they seemed to be to one side and possibly near me.

[@Koivisto147]

I seriously have a lot of schizophrenic type thoughts like that. The paranoia of people with elaborate plots against me, or that the car that just turned behind me is now following me home, or more extreme like I'm living in a computer simulation or that everyone I know are actors or not conscious people and the entire universe only exists in to me. Or perhaps things like certain things that I experienced happened in order to give me a message, just typical magical and superstitious thinking. I've never had any sort of psychotic reaction to them. The thoughts surface for a few seconds and I realize I'm being ridiculous and I just end that thought sequence. These thoughts always seem to surface when I'm not paying attention to my thinking and I'm just on autopilot. When I'm having more conscious thought, I would never think things like this. I don't get worried or confused or anything. I just end the thought and forget about it. Is this normal? I assume schizophrenics would get these thoughts and not have the ability to tell that they are making extreme errors in judgement. They would be jumping to conclusions over and over again and, because they can't control their run away thoughts, they become extremely perceptive and paranoid of innocuous coincidences that give credence to their delusion.

[@Koivisto147]

+Doik I know the thalamus is also the central hub of the senses and thought. Would schizophrenia be a problem with a malfunctioning thalamus? The reason I think this is because I've studied psychedelic drugs and I've read about the thalamus's function. I've also done psychedelics before and almost had a full blown schizophrenic paranoia attack. I was convinced aliens and the government were monitoring my every move. I also experienced ego death when I hallucinated some kind of central hub network routing incoming data and I recognized it as myself. Kind of sent me over board and I felt like I had a seizure. After the loss of all sense of self I just, poof, snapped out of all the delusion and paranoia and went back to having a normal fun trip.

[@Koivisto147]

+Doik aaaaaaaaand I should specify that that "paranoia attack" was on 4 doses of strong LSD, on my 3rd time ever doing psychedelics. I've had probably about 20 trips since that and have never had another bout of paranoia that intense. I should also specify that I've always had the paranoid schizophrenic thoughts that I first described, as long as I can remember anyway. I'm not advocating the use of psychedelics but I do feel that they have certainly helped me gain control of my mind and allow me to cut out the garbage thoughts (thoughts that are logically fallible or adverse to established scientific knowledge).

[@TnEEn]

+Doik a mental disorder is a condition which inhibits you from leading a "normal" productive life. So if you can brush these thoughts aside , i think ur just fine. try to keep yourself occupied and socially active though

[@Koivisto147]

Well I'm aware I do not have a mental illness. I was just curious if other people experienced these types of thoughts daily as well.

[@bayeeetsiako6869]

YES!!! THIS.

[@karasutoyobareru]

What if some people's minds just work differently? Maybe some people are just more imaginative and so struggle with 'normal' tasks. Is it worth numbing the whole person so that they will fit society's idea of normality? Wouldn't such a mind be of better use if cultivated for what it is instead of demonised for what it's not?

[@KaterynaKuts]

It often stands in a way of their normal living. The voices in the head are often disturbing, annoying and loud, visual hallucinations may make people anxious or make them do stupid reckless things. Schizofrenic people may be dangerous both to themselves and the society because they're not really in control of themselves.

[@squashua7222]

Nobody demonizes them for it

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons and/or elementals. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you get to access angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@mokujinhitonai1045]

I'd love to see a video on Psychotic Depression.

[@chooningrid6860]

Mere Generalization. Very Apt.

[@harambedicksout707]

RUNNING CURES PARANOID TELEPATHY SCHIZOPHRENIA!!!!!!! you will notice the difference after your first run but its not a one time thing you must keep doing it!!! I promise you that running is the best medicine!!! its like hitting multiple bird with one stone, youll cure yourself of your telepathy and paranoia and feel better about yourself at the same time. When youre running and feel like giving up just remember what its like to not have any mental privacy and run far and hard my dudes. God bless you and may you find peace

[@steelwolfsix3381]

Been Schizophrenic since I was 12. Before all that fuzz I had straight A's, did martial arts, played sports and made friends easily. When I use fall asleep I will close my eyes and I am in my room yet theres shadow people around. Doors opening and closing. People grabbing me, choking me. I will wake up from my day dream and I am in my room yet this time no one is there. Yet i feel/ hear what I just went thru. Now that I am older it has calmed down a lot. The worst is when it happens mid day. One time I was in my apartment just finished washing dishes. WIDE AWAKE! My other roommates were gone. I start to walk to my room and before i made it to the hallway. I was attacked and thought maybe one of my roommates was trying to rape me. I fought best I could. I struggled for maybe 30 seconds. . I broke their guard and turned around so fucking fast trying to grapple at the same time. When I broke free no one was there. My pants were on yet I was bleeding from my anus. I knocked on my roommates door and checked the garage port. NO ONE was in my apartment expect for me. Doors/windows/sliding balcony door was all locked. That happened to me in my early 20s. At that moment I knew I wasn't Crazy or Schizophrenic. I knew I had some connection to another awareness or dimension or perception. I quit going to the doctors and stopped taking medication. I may only have 1 or 2 "episodes"a year now. I think the medication I was on was actually making things worse. No one would believe me when I told them it wasn't working. I gained a lot of weight, lost hair, my pee turned neon green for 3 days. I felt like a lab rat. I started to do my own research and found out schizophrenia and other like disorders have only been taken seriously and properly investigated for about 150 years. If I were born at any other time I would of probably been burned at the stake or lobotomized.

[@tylerjosephsstolenshoe1543]

Idk if it's schizophrenia, but I sometimes hear this creepy man mumble something but I won't know what he said, it happens during my sleep too, like when I'm asleep I have dreams with that voice in them, and I always stair at something without blinking and I swear I can see it breathing or moving and i could see a dolls eyes moving and sometimes I would lip sync or dance to music that's not even playing

[@Pseudo___]

my brother recently developed this. this description fits him perfect but he is unwilling to stay on meds

[@videokitten]

Mishchievious Badger If your brother won't take meds then pray for him a lot

[@steelwolfsix3381]

Your brother may be listening to his entities. Possibly telling him what to say to get off the meds or even tell him that the meds are the source of the episodes. It's a rough cycle and I went thru it. Good luck to your bro.

[@yanpaucon1043]

@steelwolfsix did you take the meds? Is it really work for you? Aside from that what other things you've made to make you better? Thanks.

[@babadook8874]

is compulsive behavior part of some kind of the disease e.g hoarders or phobia to bacteria etc?

[@giraffewhiskers2045]

I think I was misdiagnosed with major depression because my hallucinations and delusions are not only focused on depressed things, I think we are being controlled like dolls or like we are in. A matrix or simulation, I see photos moving until I look, I see garden nomes move or black shadow figures, today I saw a fox and the kids outside didn’t say anything about it, the other day I thought a bird was dying in our attic and My dog didn’t react to it, my dreams seem so real that I wake up checking my body and surroundings, my panic attacks have caused me to hallucinate objects turning into humans, a wasp on my leg, I hear ringing and the shower curtain made noise as if a bug was stuck in it but I just had moved it and then went downstairs for 3 minutes, I can’t sleep with my closet door opened, I’ll also hear tapping, the voices are in my head so to listen to music so I can sing along to quiet the voices, and I’ve thought I had a ghost in my house with long hair brown eyes and brown hair, wearing a white dress and things in the attic

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons and/or elementals. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you get to access angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@giraffewhiskers2045]

@@napoleonaquino3829 I’m not :) I’ve had them ever since I was little and my mom was a Catholic/ luthern When I was 15 they got around the same but it’s when I saw black shadow figures and they never hurt me so it couldn’t be demons because demons hurt people My mom sees them to, and my vision is so bad that I see floaters.. it could be that Even when I got rid of everything I thought was evil I still saw and heard what I did, the only near death experiences I came across was when I almost got ran over by a car 3x in my life and when I used to self harm, and none of those are when I saw anything or heard anything I have my beliefs and you have yours that’s oki but please don’t expect me to believe the Bible is real when even Christians themselves don’t follow gods law and actually kill, kick their kid out for being lgbt or hating on lgbt and anyone else who thinks differently

[@giraffewhiskers2045]

@@napoleonaquino3829 I believe in ghosts and a god, demons and angels but I don’t think they would want to contact someone like me who can barley make themselves a glass of milk

[@giraffewhiskers2045]

@@napoleonaquino3829 but my depression could also be that..

[@quebecoisforce961]

my close friend have squizofrenia and I knew all that in the video but kinda forgetting it with the time and last week I block him on all media and my phone because he call me ect every 10-15 minutes I it became harassing for me but it's not his fault he just don't remember or figure that he called that much. he repeated himself all the time and ask me 10 times the same question in a short period of time. he is my friend for 8 years now and I had always been good to deal and don't made a big deal about that but with another person how did the same to me I couldn't take it anymore. I will recover for a little and come back strong. I have the Kleine Levin syndrome and the other guy came knock on my door like a maniac and it disturbed me a lot that I couldn't sleep anymore, anyway it would be to long to explains.

[@infernaldiatribe9538]

I've heard that there's a schizoid spectrum that go along something like this: schizoid------>schizotypal------> schizophrenic------>schizoaffective. Each illness increases in symptoms.

[@burtgummer463]

Renews my hope that society is starting to understand those of us afflicted with schizophrenia. Is there anyone out there that can help me understand myself ? I also suffer from OCD and PTSD and diagnosed MPD. With several other lesser illnesses. Thanks for sharing this.

[@MrGrevatt]

I believe you are on a higher conscious level where you can hear the frequency of Minds into yours

[@briankelly85]

sometimes there are evil spirits and demons tormenting these poor people..

[@notreallyiguess9358]

yeah dude, the other day i had a huge discussion with a demon that tried getting me to suck some guy off who apparently was his bf in a past life, and he wanted to give him a present, he kept telling me that if i did it he would then leave me alone. I couldn't get myself to do it, so we made a deal, he ended up taking over to do it. Half way through it i regained control of myself and realized what was going on, i punched the guy straight in his nose and broke it. Since then i been low key, i purchased some weapons and im currently taking MMA classes, I've got to be on my toes man, they're out to get me....

[@justmemyselfi4688]

+NotReally I Guess I met a demon yesterday, oh no wait, it was a lawyer, ya know I can never tell the difference

[@Neeva01]

My BD would beat me because he said he saw me doing things in the ground, would choke me when i was sleeping, bull rush me when ild be standing there. Much abuse because of non existent delusions. And constantly talk to his voices. I tried to be patient until i felt my life was at risk. Ithink its demons in their head.

[@Nancy-ow9wy]

I was diagnosed bipolar disorder in 2014 and then took meds and was functioning well here and there, when I was ill I saw Jesus and life was awesome after that but I used to consume tobacco products alot and I believe GOD wanted me to stop and even had other bad habits despite of being a Christian I sinned alot then had traumatic brain injury and was prescribed antipsychotics and mood stabilizers but still continuously used tobacco products to cope up with the side effects of the meds now I hear voices I think my brain is damaged due to meds and tobacco intake

[@Eric_D_6]

Hmm, the way you describe the voices someone with Schizophrenia hears sounds very similar to something I had as a kid but haven't heard in a long time. Is it possible to grow out of Schizophrenia? Or are there other things that cause those same types of voices that you can grow out of?

[@joellaz9836]

You can't grow out of it actually. You can only make it mild or reduce it with medication .You most likely never had it. There's a reason why schizophrenia is deemed the cancer of mental illness. It's not curable.

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons and/or elementals. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you get to access angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@rapidfire111]

@@joellaz9836 how about autism, ADHD, OCD, Bipolar etc. they are all incurable too. It’s just that they don’t affect people in the same way schizophrenia does.

[@adlidiahs4784]

the hearing voice part, i still can differentiate btw this and the real voices. does that mean im not having this symptom?

[@polboss99]

if you hear voices that are not real, go to doctor

[@emilietull3475]

My dad has this he doesn't believe me when i tell him he thinks im lying and he thinks he can move the sun and heall people and hears vocies and talks to people that arnt there what should i do

[@Brylantor]

I keep noticing people on talking on phones when I go out. I'm taking my meds but I still keep thinking they're monitoring me.

[@kaboomboom5967]

My doctor diagnosed me with paranoid schizophrenia, i feel betyer now because i have my medication my problem is I become very empathy to people maybe its just my real self and i can't lie to myself, like dostoevsky said "above all, dont lie to yourself.",

[@TheSpazModic]

Reading about the concept of "schizotypy" goes a long way towards creating an understanding of schizophrenia. Plus, it's fascinating.

[@Barsabus]

so basically it's like being high 24/7

[@ThunderD15]

Barsabus The symptoms are extremely similar to the effects of high doses of diphenhydramine (Benadryl). There's actually an article I read about it on erowid and it was labeled "Schizophrenia in a pill".

[@RaymondGPapiJoe]

So sad to see one of my friends get Schizophrenia after i spent years with him before he got this desease :/

[@piracypig6128]

I am skitzo. I hear things that aren't there and see things that aren't there. More and more I am starting to realize that these things happen due to stress and depression.

[@TnEEn]

+Piracy Pig you have my deepest sympathy 2 of my friends, one of them being my best friend since grade school, also my uncle suffered from this condition. Drugs got one of my friends and depression the other, it was stress in the case of my uncle the only advice i can give you is please take your meds and stay on them until your doctor says other wise. i wish you a speedy and full recovery Also consult a Doctor that you know has treated similar cases.

[@paulbreen2078]

Could someone tell me if it's common for paranoid schizophrenics to hate a certain color? Red or orange in my Aunt's case.

[@mar8014]

how do i disprove that my parents don't hate me when they judge me or yell at me or not help me?

[@steviewanderer]

why are captions on by default? Wasn't able to turn off. Never mind that I could understand him very well, I couldn't even read his name & credentials.

[@arafatKelewele4093]

huuuh am from ghana and am having this brother suffering very hard from schizophrenia and due to supertitious traditional belief of some africans is really hard to tell them is not a black magic that some one is using on him.....i always cry when he wants to hit me cause i am teasing him but that i know i didn't do it..need someone out there to help me tell my people that is not black magic but rather schizophrenia and help diagnose people with it especially my brother

[@wane5949]

I have most of these things and I keep telling some people but they don’t believe me.

[@Maxxplayne]

I hear my voices talking to me, its a normal thing right? I try act normal at public..

[@aspektx]

Quite a number of comments seem to hold, albeit unconsciously, that there is some external "me" that can flip neurons on and off like switches. People don't decide to develop neurological dysfunction. Their brains develop these dysfunctions and then they have to live with it.

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons and/or elementals. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you get to access angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@vanessafrost7132]

I have Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis and I often have these paranoid conspiracy theories going on as regards other peoples' intentions towards me. Where is the cut off between Schizophrenia and Aspergers? - I think they can be one and the same thing tbh it's just that people with Aspergers are less likely to hear the sounds of actual voices in their heads than people with a Schizophrenia diagnosis.

[@terraknight6514]

is there anyone who can tell me what the voices are? are they atoms? spirits? sometimes instead of being a voice like people or animals, its a ambulance or police siren, i get that its supposely in my head but if its in my head how come other people can hear the sirens too?

[@gjigaqaquj]

How do you know the difference between voices and thoughts

[@cherrykembel4347]

If you hear voices, and are not sure if it's your thoughts, or voices, first, LOOK AROUND AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM...IF THERE IS NOT, THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID TO YOU...WOULD THE COMMENT YOU HEARD BE ANYTHING OF INTEREST TO YOU, WOULD WHAT YOU HEARD BE SOMETHING WORTH THINKING ABOUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INTEREST TO YOU? OR A QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE ASKED YOURSELF IN THE PAST WANTED TO KNOW OR WAS CURIOUS OF? I TELL MY SON WHO HEARS VOICES, IF HE HERE'S SOMEONE LOUD AND NEXT TO HIM SAY SOMETHING.....TO LOOK AROUND THE ROOM!! IS THERE ANYONE THERE IN THE ROOM WITH YOU? IF THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WHEN YOU HEAR THE VOICES, DID THEIR LIPS MOVE AS YOU HEARD THE VOICE SPEAK? IF THE ANSWER IS NO TO BOTH QUESTIONS, Then you may want to visit your local Dr., or walk in clinic, to discuss hearing voices that are not real, before your disorder or whatever your prognosis is becomes a problem in you everyday life! And if it has already become a bit of a problem in everyday life, PLEASE SEE A DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY TO HALT ANY FURTHER PROGRESS!!!

[@LivingDead53]

I make messes. I always think people are following me in cars. I just have to distract myself. I listen to music if it gets bad. Try having POCD in this age, and they're like, oh, don't worry about it. Cut it out and stop using it against me.

[@oterdverg]

So if I see people that aren't really there, but none of the other symptoms, whats wrong with me?

[@Lvl18Meep]

Never heard a derogatorily voice, I feel like its my guardian angel

[@JungleJargon]

There's not much you can do. Only the person who has it can beat it. The person has to not give credence to the hallucinations. Ignore them and they will go away. Might sound easy but the entire thought process has to change. (Someone told me that.)

[@tudorlumanar2095]

I was hearing all bad stuff about me ,after near a week i was nearly to cut my vains ...the only think to stop me was Thinking that God want me to live ! :)

[@carmainecardinal4396]

You have to be stronh

[@BrelenYagi]

i just want to put this out as a personal experience, but would love to hear what people think about it. i have been labeled as being schizophrenic. i have had visual hallucinations that i have contributed to heightened levels of stress. i have at times cognitive issues and i do have the memory issues. The part that doesn't line up for me is when i describe voices. i can still identify them as internal thought processes. i do this because i relate certain changes in air pressure to relate with real sounds. i'm not trying to say that some people, or even most people with this condition do not experience them this way. What i'm interested in is if it really is like that for everyone with schizophrenia, and if it is do i really have schizophrenia or am i being misdiagnosed.

[@DanielBro42]

after 6 years, what has changed?

[@napoleonaquino3829]

.You're not having hallucinations or crazy. You're actually hearing the voices of dead people, angels, demons and/or elementals. Modern medicine which is only 300 years old, rejects the concept of a spirit world that the Bibles Old Testament, which is more than 3,000 years old preached. Well, if there is a God, then there are also angels, demons and other spirit entities. Since most people (about 90%) don't have a third eye/ear, they think people who can see/hear spirits are just crazy. Spirits communicate on a certain wavelength that ONLY you can hear/see, while others can't. The wavelenght you get to acess depends on your LEVEL of spirituality. If youre a good & decent person, you get to access angels and saints. And vice versa for bad people - usually demons. Some times your third eye/ear opens after a traumatic event or near death experience. Spirits can also imitate peoples voices like those of your parents, friends even enemies. They can also create noises like screaming or crying people, footsteps, knocking on doors, police sirens, dog barks etc. Like people some spirits are good while some are bad. Some are bright, others are dumb. Most bad spirits want to isolate you by making people think you're crazy. There are also spirits who play tricks on you. The sooner you realize this the better you can cope with it. If a problem is spiritual, the solution is also SPIRITUAL. BTW this is NOT a substitute for not taking your meds. Take them if it helps. I've dealt with this problem for 25 years now.

[@Jabbaro123]

I hope they find a cure for it one day.