I haven't trained them. I've been dealing with these sort for a year now, almost, and they do as they please. We get in a lot of fights.

Can you please tell me, as i have always wondered, what is it exactly that you refer to as 'voices in your head'. Can someone shed some light on their experiences, because I have heard mixed opinions and am a little confused. Like what do they actually sound like? Are they your own voice or are they an unfamiliar voice? What do they say? I have had 'voices', but I don't know if they would be classified as that as they are always in my own voice. It's like my subconscious is filling my head with negative things and telling me what to do and how to see myself. This usually only happens to me when I am depressed though... I think. Although it has happened also when I have experienced mixed episodes. Hmmm... can anyone shed some light? Is that what they all refer to as psychosis?

I honestly don't think it's psychosis, I mean they say it's normal to talk to yourself so why would it be any different for you to have conversations in your head with your subconsious. My question is , is it my subconsious I think it is because when I am doing something positive like working out it seems like they motivate me. They have really not been fighting like they did when I was in a bad episode then I can so it was my bipolar. So I am confused myself on my own topic. Thats why I want your thoughts lol..
Sorry

can't changing meds help at all? its a shame you have to live like this...

sometimes those voices are a way of us rationalizing what are scrambled brains cant process. i am not a doctor or a professional i am just tell you. you have to learn to live with the way you are. you have to accept it and somehow. cope. its terrible that you have too. but you can....... dawn

my abilify keeps them at bay most times but when I get stressed I start hearing a lot of voices like talk radio or something but I don't let it drive me into the hospital or anything. I just ignore them, I don't talk back or it gets worse. It is disturbing for sure, and I get woken up from a dead sleep by sounds that aren't there too. Not fun at all. But most of the time this doesn't happen.

Ya sometimes thinking I am asleep but realize I am awake and someone is talking to me but just kind of nagging telling me things I don't want to hear or talking about things I don't want to face?? Then there is the whole flying thing. Anyway, I am glad for you nickpc. that your are getting a grip on them. I just try to focus on something I want to think about when that happens, taking my own control back from my wayward brain, so to speak. You guys are the first people I have ever told this to. lol. not even my man has heard this. sshhh don't want to scare him away.

For me it is like they are coming from down the halway. An imaginary hallway it is in my mind. I can tell they are not coming from outside but it is not my own voice either. They are distinct people and I can hold an inteligent converstaion with them at times.

And they are not always bad. One girl harassed me till I wanted to kill myself, then she encouraged me to keep going and get though this. UGH so confusing!

I find that classical music works to help cope with the voices. I drown themout sometimes drives my kids nuts, but it works. Just a suggestion.

Geodone worked for me you don't have to live like that there is a pill for EVERYTHING!

Whilst being here...I realised that there are voices...and..there are voices....then there is a voice.
If in any way it feels as if it's some representation of your own subconscious voice , then it's actually getting better.

Geodon works for me as well. I can't get anything done with the sound of my own voice in my head normally very negative going on and on. now I have to option to fill it with more positive things.

I egnored mine and they finely went away .

What is this Geodon you are talking about??

i've heard "voices" since i was a small child and have seen things too the mental health nurse explains it as a short in my brain "geodon" takes care of it i kind of miss them mcate