edit: just to think about... i'm not saying that this is you, i don't know you...

there is a lot of new research going on about psychosis and ocd...

some clinicians @ Duke are looking at the two illnesses as being basically the same with regard to obsessions and are attempting to gather data proving both can be successfully treated in a similar manner...

i can see the positive of that approach... looking at the voices as a self-created ritual or habit could offer people a feeling of much more in control of their fate than the idea that the voices are totally just appearing without any aspect of control within their reach...

i think that if this research carries out on this tone.. there will be a significant decrease in the number of diagnosed individuals with schizophrenia over the next several years... i think they will be better able to distinguish between ritualistic thought patterns and true neuronal cross-talking...

i know that might not help you now but maybe it would give you something to talk about...and think about ... and that might help with the voices for a while...

sending hugs your way