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How do you tell, "your brain didn't produce it"? I don't really understand by what your voices are different from what I simply call my thoughts. I mean I also

by xaedes 11y ago

How do you tell, "your brain didn't produce it"? I don't really understand by what your voices are different from what I simply call my thoughts. I mean I also hear random thoughts. Just the same kind of thoughts that you wrote down. Often it's a dialog or chatter from multiple different voices. They are different in what they say. Isn't that normal? Do other people have a mute inner voice? How are your voices different from your thoughts?

grahamburger 11y ago
I have what I guess would be a 'mute' inner voice. There's no sound quality to it. It feels more like writing than like speaking.
andy 11y ago
Here's a good example of when I think my brain didn't produce the inserted thoughts: http://andytriboletti.tumblr.com/post/32437656234/roger-waters http://andytriboletti.tumblr.com/post/32437656234/roger-wate... "A couple years ago I was reading Incognito where they mention Pink Floyd’s lyrics “There’s someone in my head but it’s not me”. Later that night I was lying in bed trying to go to sleep when I thought “Roger Waters” At the time I didn’t know who he was but I found his Wikipedia page."
- theWatcher37 11y ago
  Hello. I created an account on this website specifically to reply to your comment despite the fact that I usually only lurk here. I read your linked blog and honestly, if that's yours, I feel compelled to reach out to you. The behavior you've documented (helpfully, for both yourself and others) is textbook schizophrenia. The paranoia, the the voices, the "I could control what showed up on tv" all fits the bill for mental illness. You have to learn to stop trusting your own head and document with outside sources. In the TV case, film yourself on your phone. Say what's going to show up, then wait for it. Watch it. See if you "remember" being able to control it. Then watch the video back later, then realize nothing you said actually was right. You've got to use the wonderful technological tools available to you to fight this, and included a trusted healthcare professional. I'm reaching out in hopes that this helps you, not trying to troll/insult at all. There's no shame in what's happening to you. The only shame is that science doesn't understand the brain well enough yet to detect/heal these things before they impact our lives.
  - x5n1 11y ago
    He says above that he is on perphenazine and that he sees are professional every 6 months. Seems like he knows what's up. No need to be concerned.
  - andy 11y ago
    I would very much like to document these things with my iPhone. The TV has not done anything strange lately, this is all years ago and I'm just sharing it. Why Can't People in Mental Hospitals Use Cell Phones? I would have liked to record the TV in a mental hospital when I was involuntarily committed years ago using my iPhone, but it was taken away from me without a jury trial and without being allowed to use my own lawyer. If you agree, please sign: https://www.causes.com/campaigns/99841-allow-patients-to-use-cell-phones-in-mental-hospitals https://www.causes.com/campaigns/99841-allow-patients-to-use...
lisivka 11y ago
It is not a tough. It is memory about though. I had something similar when I was student.
ams6110 11y ago
No. I've never heard dialog or chatter among multiple voices. Any thoughts I have, random or otherwise, are always "me".
- deepnet 11y ago
  Suppose you read something while looking at a picture of Morgan Freeman ? This is a popular illusion because many people report finding it inescapably like hearing it in his voice. It is not involutary like the OP but it is hard to shake once seen. * http://cheezburger.com/5762738176 http://cheezburger.com/5762738176
  - mercer 11y ago
    I'm weirdly impervious to that. I have the same 'problem' with the spinning dancer, and many other illusions that are supposedly difficult to switch between one representation or the other. Is there any explanation for what this says about my brain?
    - deepnet 11y ago
      When I first encountered the spinning dancer, it was hard to change - after much practice I can control her apparent direction at will. Similarly the lunar craters / mound effect once impossible to shake now subject to my intention. Practice.
theWatcher37 11y ago
Check out his tumblr link, he clearly has schizophrenia / actual mental illness. :/
- andy 11y ago
  Here are those links: http://andytriboletti.tumblr.com http://andytriboletti.tumblr.com http://surroundedbyspies1.tumblr.com http://surroundedbyspies1.tumblr.com
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by xaedes 11y ago

grahamburger 11y ago

I have what I guess would be a 'mute' inner voice. There's no sound quality to it. It feels more like writing than like speaking.

andy 11y ago

Here's a good example of when I think my brain didn't produce the inserted thoughts: http://andytriboletti.tumblr.com/post/32437656234/roger-waters http://andytriboletti.tumblr.com/post/32437656234/roger-wate... "A couple years ago I was reading Incognito where they mention Pink Floyd’s lyrics “There’s someone in my head but it’s not me”. Later that night I was lying in bed trying to go to sleep when I thought “Roger Waters” At the time I didn’t know who he was but I found his Wikipedia page."

theWatcher37 11y ago
Hello. I created an account on this website specifically to reply to your comment despite the fact that I usually only lurk here. I read your linked blog and honestly, if that's yours, I feel compelled to reach out to you. The behavior you've documented (helpfully, for both yourself and others) is textbook schizophrenia. The paranoia, the the voices, the "I could control what showed up on tv" all fits the bill for mental illness. You have to learn to stop trusting your own head and document with outside sources. In the TV case, film yourself on your phone. Say what's going to show up, then wait for it. Watch it. See if you "remember" being able to control it. Then watch the video back later, then realize nothing you said actually was right. You've got to use the wonderful technological tools available to you to fight this, and included a trusted healthcare professional. I'm reaching out in hopes that this helps you, not trying to troll/insult at all. There's no shame in what's happening to you. The only shame is that science doesn't understand the brain well enough yet to detect/heal these things before they impact our lives.
- x5n1 11y ago
  He says above that he is on perphenazine and that he sees are professional every 6 months. Seems like he knows what's up. No need to be concerned.
- andy 11y ago
  I would very much like to document these things with my iPhone. The TV has not done anything strange lately, this is all years ago and I'm just sharing it. Why Can't People in Mental Hospitals Use Cell Phones? I would have liked to record the TV in a mental hospital when I was involuntarily committed years ago using my iPhone, but it was taken away from me without a jury trial and without being allowed to use my own lawyer. If you agree, please sign: https://www.causes.com/campaigns/99841-allow-patients-to-use-cell-phones-in-mental-hospitals https://www.causes.com/campaigns/99841-allow-patients-to-use...

lisivka 11y ago

It is not a tough. It is memory about though. I had something similar when I was student.

ams6110 11y ago

No. I've never heard dialog or chatter among multiple voices. Any thoughts I have, random or otherwise, are always "me".

deepnet 11y ago
Suppose you read something while looking at a picture of Morgan Freeman ? This is a popular illusion because many people report finding it inescapably like hearing it in his voice. It is not involutary like the OP but it is hard to shake once seen. * http://cheezburger.com/5762738176 http://cheezburger.com/5762738176
- mercer 11y ago
  I'm weirdly impervious to that. I have the same 'problem' with the spinning dancer, and many other illusions that are supposedly difficult to switch between one representation or the other. Is there any explanation for what this says about my brain?
  - deepnet 11y ago
    When I first encountered the spinning dancer, it was hard to change - after much practice I can control her apparent direction at will. Similarly the lunar craters / mound effect once impossible to shake now subject to my intention. Practice.

theWatcher37 11y ago

Check out his tumblr link, he clearly has schizophrenia / actual mental illness. :/

andy 11y ago
Here are those links: http://andytriboletti.tumblr.com http://andytriboletti.tumblr.com http://surroundedbyspies1.tumblr.com http://surroundedbyspies1.tumblr.com

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