I have more than one mental disorder that contains the symptom of hearing voices...those that I heard that were my DID alters ...well I heard their voices non stop. it diddnt matter whether I was sitting doing nothing or going through a very active day. The only thing that stopped the alters type voices with in me was integration of my alters.

The voices I heard through my bipolar disorder/psychosis/depression/... those voices were sporadic, usually happened when my medication stopped working/medication was wrong due to wrong type, dosage... those type of voices didnt matter whether I was doing nothing or very active also.. it just depended upon my medications. once my treatment providers and I took care of the medication problem those voices mostly disappeared.

I also have the normal type of hearing voices that are in my treatment providers words "intrusive thoughts" just sporadic thoughts that are memories of voices through out my life time similar to having flashbacks but more on a normal scale. Those do happen to me during times of inactivity such as sitting, doing nothing, falling asleep at night and other times when my brain is at rest. my treatment providers and I dont treat it with medications and other intervention ways because these kinds of voices are perfectly normal. I have many outlets for dealing with these type of voices... journaling, candle making, and other hobbies that can be done during those times without disturbing my wife's restful sleep