Hi,
My name is Shanese i'm new to this site. I just thought i would tell my story and hopefully help other people as well.
When I was 5 years old i had my first visual hallucenation and met my imaginary friends they were dark figures. I also had imaginary friends that were verbal instead of visual.
When I was 16 years old my life hit an all time low the person I was attached to(my only sister) had left for basic training and I was left all alone even though I am and always have felt lonely its nice to have someone around. I turned my mind on full drive into an imaginary world that i had created long ago I just returned to it and stayed the longer than I should have. Paranoia engulfed my thoughts and voices became my life. I had good voices that protected me from the bad voices and my imaginary friends were always helpful. The bad voices decided they wanted me to either kill other people like family members or kill myself. I quickly became depressed and further withdrew myself from reality. After i admitted to being suicidal to my sister she told my parents who started me with therapy. My therapist became extremely worried about my behavior and when i told her about the hallucenations delutions and paranoia she referred me to a psychiatrist and thus began my new life.