[Crypts_Of_The_Mind]

Like - right now, I feel like a bad person. I "hear" myself inside my head (thoughts) say "you are a bad person, you should not have been born" - yet ... I know I am not a bad person, so I "hear" my logical self inside my head (thoughts) say "everyone has times people get angry with them. everyone has times they mess up. nobody is without fault. you are not a bad person. understand?"

Then I can hear them both battling back n forth - like an outright argument. No this is not anything related to or even similar to DID.

It is simply hearing thoughts - much like when you are reading or writing silently, you may "hear" yourself speaking the words you read or write.

The thoughts I "hear" - are both in my speaking voice. They are me, not separate from or even different than me. Yet - its me arguing within myself. Does anyone else do this (when it is unrelated to DID)?

[Wildflower7200]

Cool perception of this.

[Wildflower7200]

Cool perception of what you “hear” in your head.

This is a daily struggle for me. It's a clash between the intellectual knowledge that I'm not as bad as I think I am, and the emotional feeling that I am. I'm curious, does it ever flip for you? Because after a while, I can feel the opposite: emotionally I feel good, but my logical assessment of myself becomes very focused on my failings and shortcomings, until it flips again, and suddenly I'm depressed, but I know logically that I'm not as bad as I think I am.

The merry-go-round of self-depreciation...

[~Christina]

Yes very often in fact... I chalk it up to my Bipolar racing mind

[Crypts_Of_The_Mind]

Originally Posted by Bjørnen

This is a daily struggle for me. It's a clash between the intellectual knowledge that I'm not as bad as I think I am, and the emotional feeling that I am. I'm curious, does it ever flip for you? Because after a while, I can feel the opposite: emotionally I feel good, but my logical assessment of myself becomes very focused on my failings and shortcomings, until it flips again, and suddenly I'm depressed, but I know logically that I'm not as bad as I think I am.

The merry-go-round of self-depreciation...

I get the flip-flop but only on rare occasion now. Did that more when my psychotic depression was on a high.

[Crypts_Of_The_Mind]

Originally Posted by ~Christina

Yes very often in fact... I chalk it up to my Bipolar racing mind

Hm - I wonder then if it could be related to my borderline personality disorder since bipolar and BPD are so similar.

[Crypts_Of_The_Mind]

All I know is its very aggravating n confusing.

[~Christina]

Originally Posted by Crypts_Of_The_Mind

Hm - I wonder then if it could be related to my borderline personality disorder since bipolar and BPD are so similar.

Very well could be

[mugwort2]

COTM I'm sorry what you do is so confusing, bothersome to you. Its good you realize both voices are you. Unsure if this relates There is a habit of mine where I mentally refer to myself in the 2nd person. Like (my name) you shouldn't do this or wait a minute or think about that etc.

[Crypts_Of_The_Mind]

Its not unlike when you are trying to make a decision on something you have conflicting opinions on ... Same idea... So not really a symptom of mental illness in that way - the problem is it is concerning my value or worth or importance or etc..

[Sunflower123]

Originally Posted by mugwort2

COTM I'm sorry what you do is so confusing, bothersome to you. Its good you realize both voices are you. Unsure if this relates There is a habit of mine where I mentally refer to myself in the 2nd person. Like (my name) you shouldn't do this or wait a minute or think about that etc.

I do this as well.