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Originally Posted by The Skeezyks
Hello Sister Rags: I've often wondered what the experience of hearing voices would be like. I don't hear voices. I do have tinnitus. So I experience a constant whistling sound. I also have a continuous stream of negative thoughts running through my mind. But I know they are my thoughts, not something that is external to me. Occasionally when I'm in the shower or perhaps doing laundry, something where my hearing is impeded by some kind of noise, I'll think I hear voices in the house. I can't tell what they're saying. But it is kind-of disturbing because I know there shouldn't be anyone else here. It does tend to tweak a streak of not too serious paranoia that rears its head in certain situations, especially if I'm physically impeded such as with severe low back pain which I get from time-to-time.
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Oooh, tinnitus sounds miserable. I'm so sorry you have it.
I guess it is the "I'm hearing my own voice or having a memory of someone I know speaking" as opposed to "this is not a voice I recognize as someone I know". I'm definitely confused...well, scared I guess...because I do hear voices in my head, and the voices are not someone I know. Sometimes they are horribly frightening, other times very comforting. I've told p-docs...they don't seem to pay much attention to it, although it might be a reason I'm on Seroquel.