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Originally Posted by fats19760
Hello everybody,
Could somebody tell me how one would test another if they claim to here voices inside their own head?
Are their any oral, or written tests that could be applied easy enough for the uneducated to follow and understand.
I have a close family relative claiming this, but I don't know if it's just attention seeking nonsense, or fact. Professional support is also proving inadequate.
Looking forward to any/all replies.
Thank you.
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oh man I can see many ways that this can go wrong... short version hearing voices for some people is normal for others its a medical problem and for others its a mental problem....
let me show you what I mean...
i hear voices..
some of those voices are just normal for me to hear.
some of those voices are from having Bipolar disorder
some of those voices are from having depression,
some of hearing those voices is because I have MS
sometimes I hear voices when I havent eaten correctly or gotten enough sleep.
if for example my best friend wanted to diagnose me with online tests what would happen she could say hey you have schizophrenia when I do not, she could say I have cancer when I do not, she could say I have DID when that is no longer my diagnosis....
and who knows she could tell me I have PTSD when the problem is a nutritional deficiency. then what could happen I could die because of not having enough irorn which means the body wont produce enough red blood cells which means my body doesnt get the right amount of oxygen it needs because red blood cells carry oxygen through out the body to run and take care of everything in the body ...
see what I mean... though your idea may be from the heart and trying to help this person you can instead cause them more harm and possibly accidentally killing them.
the best thing to do is let this persons own treatment providers do their jobs of diagnosing and treating this person and if this person decides for their self that their doctor is not adequately doing the job they can let their treatment provider they want a second opinion or different treatment provider.
unless of course you are this relatives parent or guardian, in which case you can choose other treatment providers that you feel may do a better job.
or if you are not this relatives parent or guardian you can apply to the court to have this person hospitalized if you feel they are a danger to their self or others or you can apply to the courts to become this relatives parent or guardian so that you will have the power to choose better mental or physical health treatment for your relative.