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schizophrenia - 17/f
My nana was a schizophrenic and recently passed away. She developed symptoms of it when she was married, which lead to her divorce from my grandfather. Schizophrenia is genetic and my family was scared that my sister was showing signs of having it. She was diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder at age 6 and with proper medication, she's doing fine now (she's 9). Sometimes I get scared that I'm showing signs of having schizophrenia and if not that then some other sort of disorder. I have a horrible anger problem that my family has threated to send me to counselling for, I have been getting panic attacks more often and I've been secretly dealing with bulimia. The reason why I think I may be showing signs of schizophrenia is because before I fall asleep, I will hear voices. Last night right as I was about to fall asleep I heard a girl voice (it was in my head) and it woke me up but it didn't scare me. This has been happeneing more often when I know for a fact that I'm not asleep yet. Usually it's the voices of multiple people but I can't hear anything they say (its cloudy). They sound like they're in my head or right next to my bed. It's always right before I fall asleep. It doesn't just happen at home either. I'll be out sometimes and fall asleep (say at school, on the bus ride, etc) and it will happen. I know it's not anyone around me either because its literally right next to my head (no one is close to me). I just realized how strange it is that I'm hearing these things. It's never gone further than it just startling me/waking me up. Has anyone ever experienced this? I know I need to talk to a professional about this, I just wanted someone's opinion on it. Thank you.
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i dont think you are schizo, just try and be happy and blow it off. hallucinating when you are tired or barley concious is somewhat normal i had it every night every morning and all threwout the day on and off. dont convince yourself you are it because then it gets sooo much worse, because it can be a tricky mind game. like for me, i was treated as schizophrenic, bipolar, ptsd, anorexic and i had severe anxiety. which i had no heredity of any of that in my family. ptsd i can see bc i had something extremellyy bad happen to me. i went to many stupid doctors, one nearly every other day for a year and being treated like all thoes things made my mind believe i was all thoes things since i know everything about them all because that is what i study. i tried not to believe but self and mind are two different things. i still dont know what was ever wrong with me, i still am addicted to painkillers and am still am in paranoia or people. dont be scared, worried, n dont think you are. talk to your closest friend and if it gets worse go to a psychiatrist. blow off the hallucinations if you dwell on them they will get worse, think of it as a sign of sleep. the only way i escaped the constant doctor visits and pills so often was talking to my boyfriend and best friend, going off on my doctor and refusing visits and pills. be strong you know yourself better than them. by doing that within a while i was doin better than i thought possible because i had hope in myself and was independant which kicked out most of my paranoia and hallucinations, derealization, depression, mania, and i ate non stop and i told myself anxiety was a mind game which that was a year ago im almost all the way gone with anxiety and hallucinations. other than that im great. moral to my freakishly long answer is that you need to just believe in yourself before you even question a doctor, you can fix yourself better than them, think of it as soul over mind and right now your mind is over your soul. you can do anything you set your mind to. i really hope i helped if not just reply and il try again lol sorry its one am here. everything will get better :)
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Iv never experienced that but I know for a fact those are signs of Schizophrenia. I suggest the best thing to do is tell your parents about your eating disorder. its the healthiest thing to do.
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There is not much reason to worry about being schizophrenic.
You shouldn’t concern yourself about hearing voices when you are very tired, almost asleep, or only just awake.
Hearing auditory hallucinations is actually amazingly common. In 1983 a study showed that 70% of people admitted to hearing voices at least once in their lives. Hearing voices during waking up or directly before sleep were recorded by 40% of the study participants.
So what you are describing is very common, but the thing that tells you that you are not crazy, is that you are worried you might be crazy. People who are schizophrenic experience a lot of doubt and confusion about whether the voices are real or not. You know they aren’t real.
But these sorts of experiences are more common when you are under stress and not taking care of yourself.
What you are experiencing is a breakdown of healthy functioning under physical and mental stress.
Go to counselling for your anger, panic and bulimia. These things are wearing your body down, destroying it slowly, and your mind is part of your body. If you don't give your body what it needs to function properly, then you aren't giving your brain what it needs to function either.
This is just another symptom of you putting your body in through hell. You need help to get your other issues under control, or you’ll find more and more that your mind and body will betray you and act against you. You are probably not schizophrenic, based on what you said here, but you are mentally ill, and you need help. Your mind and body are beginning to scream out for that help.
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