mental health thread

[ladyislingering]

Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

i think i remember hearing something about isaac newton having auditory hallucinations as well

isn't that a sign of schizophrenia?

funny thing, some years ago I was being treated for mild schizophrenia but my recent symptoms have probably been brought on by lack of sleep or excessive alcohol/otc drug use so... yeah, I don't know.

[Engine]

^when I was drinking heavily I had vivid auditory hallucinations fairly often, mostly while drinking but sometimes not. They went away when I cut back.

[ladyislingering]

Originally Posted by Engine

^when I was drinking heavily I had vivid auditory hallucinations fairly often, mostly while drinking but sometimes not. They went away when I cut back.

sometimes I wake up because I swear someone's trying to tell me something, or I answer people in my sleep.

I've always just blamed that on sleep because sleep is weird.

there's a substantial amount of noise in my head at all times. it's been giving me headaches.

[Pet_Sounds]

Originally Posted by ladyislingering

sometimes I wake up because I swear someone's trying to tell me something, or I answer people in my sleep.

I've always just blamed that on sleep because sleep is weird.

there's a substantial amount of noise in my head at all times. it's been giving me headaches.

Or maybe you're Joan of Arc.

[ladyislingering]

Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

Or maybe you're Joan of Arc.

well that'd be strangely satisfying.

[Mondo Bungle]

I have auditory hallucinations on the reg, and visual ones a lot less frequently

[John Wilkes Booth]

i remember when i saw that "a beautiful mind" movie, i wondered for a few minutes afterwards if maybe i had schizophrenia and didn't even realize it... like maybe if some of the people i thought i knew were actually figments of my imagination.

but then i worked out that that's impossible, since i've never met any body that i never saw anyone else talk to or interact with. kind of strange to think about, though. not making light of schizophrenia, btw. just saying.

[Mondo Bungle]

At one point I thought that the random and seemingly unwarranted seizures I'd have were weird mental things, like some kind of psychotic episode. I stopped considering it though, I don't think that's how it works.

[Pet_Sounds]

I've been having awful flashbacks all day, starting with my dreams last night. Then I looked back in my journal (personal, not musical) and discovered it was a year ago today that I realized my parents' split was inevitable. Has anyone experienced something similar and if so, can we talk? I don't want to go to a therapist right now, but I need to get this off my chest.

[RoxyRollah]

Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

I've been having awful flashbacks all day, starting with my dreams last night. Then I looked back in my journal (personal, not musical) and discovered it was a year ago today that I realized my parents' split was inevitable. Has anyone experienced something similar and if so, can we talk? I don't want to go to a therapist right now, but I need to get this off my chest.

Pm me.