Posted by Phidippus on December 2, 2011, at 0:00:23
In reply to Re: Can't shake these voices..., posted by Christ_empowered on November 30, 2011, at 22:11:35
Inner voices are more indicative of a dissociative disorder and are a product of anxiety. I have experienced inner voices that were not my own telling me what to do. At the time I was overwhelmed with anxiety and was not psychotic. A psychiatrist referred to my symptom as 'splitting'. The voices felt very real and when I thought about them, I could not decide whether they were aural hallucinations or not. They did not seem to come from outside of me.
Disassociative symptoms can be the product of many types of mental illness. Getting them under control is often as easy as treating the underlying disorder.
Eric
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