I can totally relate! I also have schizoaffective disorder, am from a very small town. Even the T I went to wanted me to explain about it, he didn't know hardly anything about it So, I don't think lay people around here do either?

I've explained as fully as I can to my husband...but I don't think he totally 'gets it'. Its not like the voices do what you want, like when you are talking to yourself in your head. You don't know what they will say, you can hold actual conversations--they are that real. Plus, I guess, never having had anything similar makes it harder to understand.