my psychosis became apparent when i was 16 and i was being held against my will in an abusive teen treatment program located in rural Tennessee. i think what was going on there just brought the voices to the surface. i had strange beliefs all my life but that was when the hallucinations first started. i also think all of the years i spent doing drugs exacerbated my psychotic symptoms. of course its hard to tell what comes from what and i wonder how i would be if i had not experienced any trauma... its hard to tell, you know?