[silentlyscreaming]

To make a long story short, my problem is this. I was dx schizophrenia about 5 years ago and the last 2 years have been pretty much problem free, until the last couple of days. The voices have come back and they are telling me to hurt myself and to hurt other people. I have started self harming again and I'm scared to go outside in case I do actually hurt someone. Right now I don't trust myself and am wary of others cos i don't know what their motives are.
Please any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanx.

[costello]

Have you had some recent stressors? Can you identify something that's caused your voices to start up again?

Are you seeing a therapist?

[PurpleFlyingMonkeys]

I am so sorry this is happening to you! Do you know what may have set the schizophrenia into overdrive? Normally for me I can go years or only months being perfectly fine in between episodes of voices and visuals and irrational thoughts that last months to years. Once you get triggered though things spiral down from there.

Do you have a therapist? You should probably speak to one and try getting put on meds if you aren't now. Just keep reminding yourself when you hear these voices that they are not real and that they do not control you. It is your disorder that is causing the hallucinations and that alone can not control you nor harm you. It's your reaction to your disorder that decides your outcome. If that makes sense. Basically just remember that none of the self harming or harming others that you are hearing and thinking are true.

I wish you the best and I am again sorry you are going through this