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02-26-2005, 08:24 PM #9Senior Member
pchiztophrenia (sp)
A decent percentage of people with Schizophrenia say that sometimes the voices provide company, and the hallucinations are sometimes entertaining. But, almost all say its impossible to hold a job with voices in your head, and while they (the voices) may try to "help" you with their comments, they often tell you to do things the wrong way. Like you boss says " clean the kitchen and take out the garbage" and the voices tell you to do it reverse. The voices may be trying to help you, but its going to get you fired.
Who knows if its actual schizophrenia, I researched it a couple years ago and found it is very rare and occurs in 1% of the population, may be genetic and is very rare to have at an early age. Unless of course it is under-reported, and I do believe most everyone has heard 'voices' at some point in their life.
Eventually I learned I could drone them out, or simply laugh at them. It can be very beneficial as to help you see things for different perspectives, though to others it can make your statements look seemingly paradoxical. I also enjoy my dislike for authority, it really helps you question what you're told...even the things you tell yourself. When I learned about Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman and Bill Hicks it was like I found a part of myself.