There’s something which I personally have found useful whenever I experience verbal (mostly paranoid) hallucinations and I’d like to share it in case someone finds it useful as well.
When I hear people talking about me, I predict/think of what they are gonna say next (something irrelevant that is improbable they say or whatever that works for you) and I actually hear that.
Let me give an example to clarify. For instance, I sometimes hear neighbors talking about me. Let’s say they talk about me smoking too much) then I imagine now they are gonna say she also gets back late at nights or she slams the door too much) and then I hear that, repeat as many times as needed with different things, and that makes me realize it’s just my brain playing with me, there is nothing going on in reality.
I hope if anyone experiences auditory hallucinations too, find it of use <3 take care of yourselves and if any other method works for you share it if you like.
The only time I’ve experienced auditory hallucinations was the first real time I quit drinking, bc it was such an abrupt stop. It started with hearing my daughter crying out for me from her room, but she was fast asleep every time I checked on her. Same with my ex, I thought he was sobbing in the bedroom, but he was sleeping too and got irritated that I kept waking him up to ask if he was okay. I honestly thought I was going crazy, but I realized it was all in my head when I tried to lay down and ‘heard’ someone trying to break into my room. The second I thought to myself “Omg, I should call the cops ”, I heard sirens and police on a bullhorn! So I can see how this approach would work.
My brother was diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic towards the end of his drinking and suffered with the same issue for years after he quit. Always thought people we talking about him. Like, if I was talking with someone in another room, he’d ask me later if ‘so and so’ said ‘this’ about him, usually something totally outlandish. I was constantly reassuring him we weren’t talking about him at all. He’s been sober 6 years now and doesn’t show symptoms anymore. But this has me wonder if they actually went away, or he found his own solution to deal with them It truly is terrifying to question your reality like that. Glad you’ve found something that works for you. Take care of yourself
Actually a good approach is to have a safe person for times of experiencing hallucinations and illusions. To ask them if an idean (paranoid/illusive/delusive) is rational and can be really happening or not, and for the hallucinations. There are guidance forms a person can track their own illusions or hallucinations and other possible approaches are available. Asking chat GPT can help to identify possible helpful approaches.
I allaborate on this for anyone else who might be experiencing these.
I think this is actually a good idea
I would be careful though because the more i hear and mess with, the more id hear and it would lead me into phycosis. I am absolutely not saying its wrong. Everyone is different with different skills
For me, it was my surroundings and personality i needed to work on. Everything i thought of in my head, i thought would happen or is reality. I saw black holes and herard alians and cults. I actuality do still hear auditory hullusanations but i play them off as they are my thoughts in a different voice or sound.
The phycosis can be powerful
In a single night
I thought i was god, the devil, then even a super devil whatever the fk that is then i thought alians were off to get me lololol wtf
All in 1 long long night
Hounstly one day i said thats it, i am not god i am a inperfect human just like everyone else; i have schizophrenia like the drs said;
Then i decided because of this
I dont care whos in charge, because i am only a human, im now able, with the boundry of being helpful , loving, kind, good and good citizen to my community, im able to do whatever i want. I can think whatever i want, i can do whatever i want.
I gave my false thoughts to my higher power and said im done
Then
I quit drugs and alcohol
Fun fact is
Drugs and alcohol are bad for me lol imagin that
I always wonder if it’s coming from a holy place or unholy place Then I tell myself if they’re kind it must be alright. If they’re not kind it’s not. I remember the first time i heard it I had drank about a half a beer and got sick to my stomach and I got in the shower and heard about 3 females and 1 male speaking in Spanish. I instantly washed my hair and got out and started accusing my brother inlaw of spiking my beer. They all laughed and thought it was funny but I was scared to death because I could hear them cussing me in Spanish. I definitely thought I was being possesed by demons. Then another time out on my deck I had visual and audio going on. I was shown a galaxy with 7 shooting stars and thought I had a conversation with the lord. I can remember being mad at myself because I was under the influence of drugs and I’ll never know if it was real or not. But I will say after getting back on my meds and getting sober I hear a lot less of them.
The deeper you dig more you think about hullusanations the more.you.will experience them from my experiences
Funny?
They have your sence of humor because they are your thoughts amd likewise for other emotions
Religion is a special cairicteristic
I thought i was a god
I thought i was a devil
They kept me up laughing at night all the time.
I thought alians were after me
We even might have similarities in hullusanations because we are human with the same needs and wants
I thought there were special rules
Fake
I thought they were funny
Fake
I had names for different voices
Fake
Because i dug deep into the hullusanations (believed and went along with it) i oded on meds and almost died because of a confusing thought
Imagine being dead over a fake hullusanation and not being able to tell your family its because of a fake hullusanation leaving them not knowing why
It takes time
Be yourself and never be afraid to think
You mind is safe i promise
And message anytime friend
Im very experienced with this
Thank you so much! That’s great advice. Yes I take my meds as ordered and I am almost 8 years clean from drugs. That definitely helps.i told myself I’m here and I’m safe and just a normal human being like everybody else.
”, I heard sirens and police on a bullhorn! So I can see how this approach would work.
It truly is terrifying to question your reality like that. Glad you’ve found something that works for you. Take care of yourself 
Then I tell myself if they’re kind it must be alright. If they’re not kind it’s not. I remember the first time i heard it I had drank about a half a beer and got sick to my stomach and I got in the shower and heard about 3 females and 1 male speaking in Spanish. I instantly washed my hair and got out and started accusing my brother inlaw of spiking my beer. They all laughed and thought it was funny but I was scared to death because I could hear them cussing me in Spanish. I definitely thought I was being possesed by demons. Then another time out on my deck I had visual and audio going on. I was shown a galaxy with 7 shooting stars and thought I had a conversation with the lord. I can remember being mad at myself because I was under the influence of drugs and I’ll never know if it was real or not. But I will say after getting back on my meds and getting sober I hear a lot less of them.