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Originally Posted by fern46
Do you find that the vibe of the voices matches your emotional state at the time? The speaker in the video began to use the voices she heard to gain insight into how she was feeling subconsciously. That methodology makes a lot of sense to me. I'm curious to know of anyone else notices a similar pattern. It might help to accept the presence of the voices a little easier.
It would be the difference between 'oh crap I am hallucinating voices again' and 'I've just been given a clue to something emotional I need to pay attention to and process'. I'd like to view what I experienced as a sort of gift given to me by my subconscious mind. Framing it only as the voices in my head is much less pleasant and strategically less beneficial.
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Maybe kind of a little though there isnt a direct 1 to 1 link or anything.
Lately my voices, when I have them, are fairly neutral sounding. Maybe its becauss I am medicated and am more mood stable than I am off meds. I do tend to have more scary- disturbing- visual hallucinations when I am depressed and off meds than I do at any other time. I tend to have odder hallucinations when Im off meds and manic. But my voices- I cant really connect them as much to any mood state, though I suppose maybe theres a connection there its just weaker than the visual hallucination connection.
Maybe its because my voices- 80% of the time- seem to be the same thing. Voices talking to each orher, just out of range to make sense of them, in another room. The only thing about that that can be different is the tone of them.
The other chunk, the 20%, might be more worth paying attention to me. I get religious voices in this chunk. When Im manic, its God, when I am depressed, its more “demony”. Those are people worth paying attention to because it can defintely represent my subconscious I would think.
Maybe Im just not good at noticing the patterns in them- mostly the 80%- yet. Its only been a couple of years since they started being a semi regular thing for me. And Ive gone on and off meds too often to really- be in any state to “work on them” because Ive just been too sick- too focused on wishing they would go away. But now- Im healthier- so maybe what you suggest- looking for patterns to work out my issues with- is a good idea.
Thank you for the suggestion and sorry for my longish answer!