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Jul 29, 2013, 04:45 PM
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Anyone here with complex or chronic ptsd experience psychotic like symptoms. I know I was first diagnosed with Psychosis NOS, because unlike many with a Schizophrenia like disorder, I was able to function pretty well. When I expereinced a trauma related dissociative episode, my pdoc said it made more sense that I was experiencing some form of ptsd.
I hear voices in my head. The many one is an angel named Henry who makes jokes and helps me, but I also have some bad voices as well, that sometimes tell me to hurt myself  Is this common for ptsd? |
 kaliope
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Jul 29, 2013, 05:12 PM
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I suffered from ptsd and bipolar and I heard voices. not sure which to attribute it to. when the ptsd got better, the voices went away though. I had many voices too. they drove me mad. some were comforting though most were telling me negative things about me and how I deserved to die. it was really hard to fight them. I self harmed a lot to shut them up. it finally took getting on meds to quiet them. I haven't heard them for a very long time now.
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Jul 29, 2013, 05:29 PM
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Jul 29, 2013, 06:23 PM
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Are you actually "hearing voices" or are you just thinking about things being said to you?
I am no expert, but I think that PTSD can bring on remembering "negative" comments that people have made to the patient in the past that have been hurtful or demeaning or even abusive. But I have not heard of PTSD causing symptoms of actually hearing voices and "made up voices that are not a person from the past". It is normal though to struggle with remembering comments etc that were hurtful or dismissive or abusive and developing a comforting part of yourself to counteract that. Some have called it a "wise mind" that is about developing a part of one's self to observe and develop ways to "not just react" to comments others make that trigger negative feelings or "fight/flight/freeze". If you are actually "hearing" voices as if someone is actually talking to you, you should discuss that with your T. Open Eyes |
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Jul 30, 2013, 09:34 AM
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Yeah I can easily say I hear voices if consider my negative thinking and comments to myself in my head but I know they are from me and not external.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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Jul 31, 2013, 04:37 PM
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I hear internal and some external voiceds all the time at first it was very scary now it just gets me angry and annoying my pdoc says its psychosis when I'm manic when I'm not manic it's auditory hallucinations
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Bipolar 1 Gad Ptsd BPD ZOLOFT 100 TOPAMAX 400 ABILIFY 10 SYNTHROID 137 |
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Aug 01, 2013, 02:16 AM
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I get auditory flashbacks, but it doesn't sound like that's what you're experiencing. For example, when cuddling with my boyfriend, I will hear my father's voice, saying things he said in the past.
Auditory hallucinations are not a symptom of PTSD per-say, but they can be caused by severe depression, insomnia, and dissociation, all of which are commonly co-morbid with PTSD. |
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