Hi ffgal, I know what you mean about things being horribly embarassing to admit... I found it excructiating to admit I heard voices. Even more than visual hallucinations, voices were a sign I was completely over the edge. But you know, it's not the end of the world. There is one last thing that I'm humiliated by, to the extent that I won't admit it even now... but the point is, you don't have to admit everything at once, and you don't have to feel dreadful about your symptoms. You are you, not your voices, or anything else.