i have a problem. i am going to be anonymous but please help me. about 1 yr or 1.5 yrs ago, i started noticing something weird. whenever i am just lying down, ready to sleep, or just relaxing and closing my eyes, i hear this very clear voice inside my head, it's like the person (usually it's someone i know like my dad or uncle, etc.) who is inside my head is standing right next to me, but when i open my eyes, there is no one there. also, they only say my name. i talked to one person about this but i am afraid to tell a doctor or go see a therapist about it because i am afraid that they will say i have schizophrenia and take me to the mental hospital. i don't have it, i don't show any other signs of it. this does not happen all the time, just every once in a while. but recently, i heard another voice in my head and it was very angry and frustrated with me and the voice that i heard sounded like it wanted to kill me...i could not recognize the voice, it was screaming with rage and i could not make out what it was trying to say. i don't understand what is happening to me. someone please help.
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Are you on any sort of medication at all?
Father Peter
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Father Peter
we all 'hear voices' when we are dreaming, so i think that often the voices are just loud thoughts. sometimes people wake up and ask someone in the house, 'what did you say?' as they think the voice in the last part of the dream (just as they are waking up) was real.
however voices can also have a spiritual origin. it is not unusual for people who spend time trying to tell the future or contact the dead (e.g. in pagan religions) to have big problems with voices and also with mental health problems.
of course you can have a mental health problem without ever taking part in the pagan religions which try to contact the spirit world. but mental health problems are particularly common (among people i have met at least) in people who try to get in touch with spirits. this is particularly dangerous, so if you are using a ouija board, tarot cards or trying to get in touch with the dead via a medium or spiritist, you should stop at once.
i don't know anything about you, but if you are a Christian, you should contact your priest or someone similar for advice. i understand you may not want to freak him out by saying you hear voices, so what you could say is that you have really strong thoughts that are scary and you wonder where they come from.
if you like, you could send me a personal message with some more details, as it is a good idea to speak to someone to check you don't have any other problems. lots of people have mental health problems and it is not something to panic about. hearing voices may not be related to other mental health problems, but it is often a sign of stress, or that some situations in your life need to be changed.
i also suggest that you spend time reading the Bible and attending church and listening to positive things like Christian music or Bible readings.
may God guide you
Mabsoota is our mother, a great one if I may add. I would take her advice and PM her with more details if I were you. You can trust her.
You're in my prayers.
LHM,
Mabsoota is our mother, a great one if I may add. I would take her advice and PM her with more details if I were you. You can trust her.
You're in my prayers.
thank you. i have pmed her.