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rad0123
Jun 22, 2010, 04:17 AM
I am a 17 year old female. For the past three nights before I go to bed I have heard a voice inside my head that yells at me really loudly and tells me really mean things. I have no control over this voice, and it locks me into a trance to which I cannot get out. I have been going through some issues lately, which has left me with a bunch of self-hate and self-doubt. I want these voices to stop because I am a camp counselor and I leave in four days, so I want to be fixed by then.
These voices are stupid too, their main line is "GET THE OUT OF ME, GET THE OUT"
I can't leave my own self, I am stuck here. The voices say other things too, but they are mostly names that I would call myself otherwise. The main line, the one I said above is the main thing these voices say.

I'm a really normal person, I really am. I am not crazy, and things like this have happened before, but super rarely and never this intense. I am not doing this for attention or sympathy, I just need to rid myself of these voices.

Since this has been happening, my day and night life are barely different. My night is with these voices. My day is consumed by replaying these voices, but I try not to think about them but I can't seem to let them go. Though I always manage a smile and no one has really noticed a change in my behavior.

So, I am skitzophrenic? If I am, how can I be fixed before Sunday?
I need any help I can get.

By the way, I haven't told anyone about this, though I have called a few crisis lines and they only told me to see a therapist. My parents would worry too much because a family member of ours killed herself from voices in her head, and the subject is too close to home because of that. My best friend has become the sadness that triggers my sadness, so I am afraid telling her would only burden her. I don't know what to do.

KBC
Jun 22, 2010, 04:47 AM
Seizure disorders, metabolic disorders, thyroid disfunction, brain tumor, street drug use, etc,these sometimes have similar symptoms. Physical testing can eliminate these from being the problem.

If none of those apply to you,then seeking professional help,namely a psychiatrist,would be more than prudent,it would be your obligation,You aren't stable and to be a counselor around children,that would pose a great risk to the children's safety. Legally,you have an obligation to make the camp facilities aware of this problem,or at the least,the necessity that you need doctoring and might not be able to perform your duties.

Sorry you are going through this,but the idea that you might be a councilor to MY kids at camp, that just scares the heck out of me.Please don't think you can be 'cured' by Sunday, there isn't an overnight cure,much less something you can neglect and take a chance you might loose control and an 'incident' may happen with the kids.

Since this is online,won't be deleted and I have no control over what you do, at least there is evidence that you are aware of what is happening to you and your choice will be what ever it might be, but the proof is right here.

Don't take a chance where others are involved,get the help you need before you involve children.

rad0123
Jun 22, 2010, 05:13 AM
Well I won't actually be working with kids starting Sunday, I will just be doing staff training with other adults. If this continues then I will let the camp know, I agree and do not want to harm the children with this.

Jake2008
Jun 22, 2010, 07:29 AM
There is something suspicious about this. You hear the voices only at night, and during the day you don't hear the voices, but think about them. It has only gone on for three days.

You say nothing of any past history of mental illness, trauma, or underlying issues, that could have contributed/caused any of this.

Here is an article that you may find useful. So far, as you have described yourself, only after three days, doesn't sound like Schizophrenia to me.

http://www.teenagerstoday.com/resources/articles/teenschizophrenia.htm

rad0123
Jun 22, 2010, 12:45 PM
The only thing I can think of that also may have provoked this is that I smoke marijuana almost on a daily basis but I heard it usually takes many many years of smoking before schizophrenia occurs from that.