to voice hearers

[jen-x]

This is just to get an idea of how other people experience their voices.... a few questions i hope you dont mind...

1. Do you have separate distinct voices that talk about different things? for instance i have one male who comments on what im doing and one female who tells me to harm/kill myse lf.

2. since you started hearing voices have more cropped up? eg for the first year of hearing voices i only heard the one voice, then came the second.

3. Do you hear the voices at different times or all the time? eg. i hear mine only a couple of times a week now that im on meds that work rather than all the time like it was initially.

4. do your voices constantly chatter or do they shout or interrupt? eg. my female voice just shouts occassionally rather than chattering away.

5. where do you believe your voices come from? I personally believe mine come through some kinda intercom device, whereby they can hear my thoughts and i can hear their voices

any responses greatly appreciated..
jen x

[MayhemBee]

1. yes. there are two and they argue all the time. occasionally a third. the first, axey, tells me to hurt/kill people or myself, and the second, the sniper, can be supportive at times.

2. also yes. it started with just one, and then the second and now the third occasionally.

3. the first two most of the time, but i've learnt to tune out of what theyre arguing about sometimes, and the third very occasionally.

4. both. they can be just talking normally then the firt one shouts and screams about something completely unrelated.

5. i can sometimes hear the direction they come from, but if i look there is nothing. otherwise i 'hear' them inside my own head. never really thought about how.

hope this helps.

[tamobhuuta]

1. Do you have separate distinct voices that talk about different things?
i think i've only ever had the one, and it always says similar things along the theme of now bad i am and what i should do about it. except at one time there were others i couldn't really hear properly which talked about me and argued.

2. since you started hearing voices have more cropped up?
no there's just the one, except the crowd i heard for a bit before i started meds.

3. Do you hear the voices at different times or all the time?
when he's around, the voice can be any time any place but can get better if i'm distracted, althought he doesn't go away completely. when it gets bad he's there almost all the time.

4. do your voices constantly chatter or do they shout or interrupt?
the male voice shouts at me, tells me off, more or less kindly depending on his mood and tries to interrupt me. the crowd used to just talk, although the volume did vary.

5. where do you believe your voices come from?
something supernatural. when he's more persuasive i'm inclined to think it could be something good, like god, but when he just bullies i think it could be the opposite, but still like something supernatural that knows best.

[Gone.]

1. Do you have separate distinct voices that talk about different things?
No. Just one that shouts at me.

2. Since you started hearing voices have more cropped up?
It's still just the one.

3. Do you hear the voices at different times or all the time?
It tends to occur when I am feeling more stressed or an especial amount of hatred towards myself.

4. Do your voices constantly chatter or do they shout or interrupt?
It tends to shout.

5. Where do you believe your voices come from?
It is in my head and I know that it isn't real. I think that it is a part of my brain that I don't access or that I don't address enough. I cannot say I understand it, not really, but I think that the 'voice' as such, becomes irritated when I am not hating myself enough. It also is apparent when I am asking for help, because I don't feel I deserve this.

[lynx]

1. Do you have separate distinct voices that talk about different things? for instance i have one male who comments on what im doing and one female who tells me to harm/kill myse lf.

I have only one voice, maybe she's speaking for a couple of alters of mine, idk. She shrieks when I do something horribly wrong, she tells me to jump underneath a truck, to slit my wrists, to eat,... I so hate her -_-

2. since you started hearing voices have more cropped up? eg for the first year of hearing voices i only heard the one voice, then came the second.

I don't really understand the question.

3. Do you hear the voices at different times or all the time? eg. i hear mine only a couple of times a week now that im on meds that work rather than all the time like it was initially.

I have periods of time I don't hear any at all, sometimes they talk or shout the whole time. Luckily that never lasts long (only a few days generally.)

4. do your voices constantly chatter or do they shout or interrupt? eg. my female voice just shouts occassionally rather than chattering away.

I don't have constant chatter. And yeah, sometimes I hear shouting or interrupting thoughts. Like when she's mocking me for doing something or laughing away because she thinks I'm ridiculous.

5. where do you believe your voices come from? I personally believe mine come through some kinda intercom device, whereby they can hear my thoughts and i can hear their voices

I think the voices are my alters talking. I can't distinguish any though.

[Steel Maiden]

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Originally Posted by jen-x

This is just to get an idea of how other people experience their voices.... a few questions i hope you dont mind...

1. Do you have separate distinct voices that talk about different things? for instance i have one male who comments on what im doing and one female who tells me to harm/kill myse lf.

2. since you started hearing voices have more cropped up? eg for the first year of hearing voices i only heard the one voice, then came the second.

3. Do you hear the voices at different times or all the time? eg. i hear mine only a couple of times a week now that im on meds that work rather than all the time like it was initially.

4. do your voices constantly chatter or do they shout or interrupt? eg. my female voice just shouts occassionally rather than chattering away.

5. where do you believe your voices come from? I personally believe mine come through some kinda intercom device, whereby they can hear my thoughts and i can hear their voices

any responses greatly appreciated..
jen x

1. I have separate and distinct Voices: the Mindreaders, the Devil and the Kill Voice. The Mindreaders tell me about what the Spies are doing, the Devil just tells me I'm useless, will never succeed etc (I'm not religious by the way) and the Kill Voice....tells me to kill people

2. If I can remember back to when I was 14 and started hearing Voices, They were always multiple, but They changed over time

3. I hear Voices several times a day, most of the time They come and go briefly, but sometimes I get severe exacerbations when They all shout at me constantly

4. Sometimes They chatter in the background, especially when I'm walking outside or on the underground (so I often listen to music when I'm doing these things), but often They interrupt

5. I believe that I was cursed at birth and They come from the Higher Powers

Hope that helps

[whirlpools]

1. Do you have separate distinct voices that talk about different things? Not really, mine are more collective, though they sound different at times, for example, sometimes they sound like demons, sometimes like normal men's voices, sometimes like roaring, laughing or screaming, and sometimes like computers.

2. since you started hearing voices have more cropped up? Yes, I started off with one set who shout collectively, then others came up.

3. Do you hear the voices at different times or all the time? Similarly, now controlled with medication, I hear them less. But even before, it wasn't all the time.

4. do your voices constantly chatter or do they shout or interrupt? Sometimes they chatter and sometimes they shout/interrupt.

5. where do you believe your voices come from? A microchip embedded in the frontal cortex.

[Puck]

1. Do you have separate distinct voices that talk about different things?
It varies mine can be in a cluster when they all shout/talk at once normally about the same thing, like walking around in a group of people who all hate you... i have main voices though who i know the personality of 1) My protector- Tells me who's doing what 2) My ex- probably due to trauma although i heard voices before that... 3) Like someone above i've heard the devil from the beginning , often wants me to hurt people, says im his daughter etc 4) A woman- who is just very evil she hurts me a lot. They can all talk amongst eachother aswell. i do have others but they're quite similar not so much individuals like the rest.

2. since you started hearing voices have more cropped up?
More cropped up id say but at times its hard to tell

3. Do you hear the voices at different times or all the time?
It feels like all the time but sometimes they may not be as prominent or intensive. They can be in the background, whispering etc but other times they can be very much in my face and debilitating. I think night times is the worst and waking up/ adjusting.

4. do your voices constantly chatter or do they shout or interrupt? Some constantly natter.. well natter is a nice way of putting it, others have specific scenarios they come up with (bathing is an example), there are times when it alternates between talking and shouting, particularly if im ignoring them, they can interupt, carry on my conversations for me.. its frustrating

5. where do you believe your voices come from?

They were attatched to me when i was attacked by the devil when i was 5.. he became a part of me and initiated the device in my subconscious that allowed me to switch between realities/ dimensions which brought these people to me. Our realities are finely connected and very close allowing things to happen in this world that are started in their's. (Hence why i know people are watching my mum at the moment but she cant see them)

[missloraamy]

1. Do you have separate distinct voices that talk about different things?
- it's hard to distinguish if it's just one voice or several, but personally i believe it's only one, a female voice...it's hard to explain what she talks about because it's so many different things. for example, i can be thinking about crossing the road, and hear "stop in the middle, end it, kill yourself, can you just imagine if you did?" and so on. she also questions me a lot, like if i say something to someone about how i feel, she tells me i'm lying, that i'm making it all up and i don't really mean it. it can be quite frustrating because it's sometimes difficult to tell if the thought actually came from me or not..

2. Since you started hearing voices have more cropped up?
- not that i believe. :)

3. Do you hear the voices at different times or all the time?
- everyday.

4. Do your voices constantly chatter or do they shout or interrupt?
- she interrupts my thinking quite often, but isn't always talking.


5. Where do you believe your voices come from?
- i honestly don't know. she's always been around.


hope this helped :P x