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Old Oct 06, 2005, 02:48 AM
Anonymous29319
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I hear voices too. For years psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists would ask if I heard voices and I would say yes and they told me this is schitzophrenia. They didn't bother asking for more information. Then one day I was with a therapist and she asked "do you hear voices?" I told her yes. then she did something different she asked where I hear those voices- inside my head or outside? , what those voices were saying. When I heard those voices what was I doing? She asked SO many questions. After I answered her questions she asked me to speak with the agencies psychiatrist and so some tests. I told her ok. One test was called a Comprehensive Psychological Evaluation which is talking with the psychiatrist, an IQ test and some computerized tests. minisota something or other, DDIS, DES, one that starts with an S. anyway after taking all these tests it turned out I didn't have schitzophrenia which is voices percieved outside the brain coming from other people, places and things out to confuse and get me. Instead I had Multiple Personality Disorder which is now called Dissociative Identity Disorder. The voices for this come from inside the brain and is stored memories of sounds, and voices heard through out my lifetime. Situations in my present day life was triggering my brain to basically rerun or replay them. for example I saw a green truck today and inside my head I heard the voices and sounds from a situation when I was riding in a relatives green truck as a child.

In general hearing voices (auditory Halucinations is what the psychological world calls it) can be Schitzophrenia, Bipolor disorder, DID, and sometimes borderline personality disorder but only a psychiatrist or psychologist with the help of accurate testing of Comprehensive Psychological Evaluations can determine which one the person actually has. Self Diagnosing or diagnosing a friend or having a friend diagnose a person can be a dangerious thing. The person can read more into the symptoms or miss those symptoms that the psychological world does not disclose to the general public. so my suggestion is if you really want to know what your diagnosis is contact your therapist who can refer you for testing. If you don't have a therapist psychiatrists and psychologists can be found at any county mental health agency and other community mental health agencies listed in your phone book under - mental health, psychiatrists, and psychologists. good luck.