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conversations in my head
Can anyone tell me what this may be called or if they have had this happen to them. Sometimes when I am in a quiet enviroment and I find myself in deep thought about a conversation I would have with someone I can start to hear the conversation in my head. Sometimes its a conversatiuon between two other people. Its will usually start with me thinking about it then I will kinda put it to the back of my mind and think about something else. But a few moments later I will notice that I can still hear the conversation going on in the back of my mind. As soon as I reaqlize Im doing this I stop right away. Maybe its my subconscious or something but I can actually hear the conversation. I dont know if its my imiganation being over active or am I going crazy and hearing voices. I can stop it as soon as I realize it. Also most the time when this happen I am tired because its late at night and it usually happens when Im looking in the mirror focusing on brushing my teeth or plucking eyebrows or flossing or somthing that I am concentrated on. Like two days ago I was thinking of a tv show I watch and two of the characters on there having a conversation that I made up but then the conversation keeps going as if my minds is just doing it all on its own and Im not even thinking of the words they are going to say but they just play out in my head. And I can hear it in my head. Maybe this is a daydream to Im not sure but I have had it happen for a long time but it wasnt until recently that I wondered if it means something else. I do have a diagnosed anxiety disorder. Does this sound like how someone with a psychosis would hear voices. And might anyone else have experienced this or know what to call it?
This only happens to me once in a while so I kinda of chalked it up to anxiety my psychologist didn't seem concerned.
Generally hearing loss can cause tinnitus that is ringing in the ears.
However sometimes it can cause brain changes that
can create the concerns you describe. It would be worthwhile
to see an audiologist and have a neurologist do follow up testing
if they believe this is warranted. They could see if any potential
causes were psychiatric but most likely given these concerns
started with hearing loss they would want to rule out other concerns
within their clinical discretion.
However sometimes it can cause brain changes that
can create the concerns you describe. It would be worthwhile
to see an audiologist and have a neurologist do follow up testing
if they believe this is warranted. They could see if any potential
causes were psychiatric but most likely given these concerns
started with hearing loss they would want to rule out other concerns
within their clinical discretion.
Hello to everyone discussing this topic. I would like to share my experience with this subject with all of you.
About 10 yrs ago, I was working as an accountant in a lumber producing facility. The machines being used in that building were extremely loud and constant. I am partially deaf, hard of hearing, particullarly in my right ear and I noticed one day at home away from the factory that I was still hearing what seemed to be the machinery in my head. I chalked it up to the fact that I was hard of hearing and it must have had something to do with that. Like, the sound was stuck in my ears or something. As time went by, I started hearing other sounds, like water running and more often the sound of crickets chirping. It was as if I were in a quiet meadow in the middle of the night and all you can hear are the crickets chirping. It was actually extremely pleasant for me and I found it enjoyable and relaxing. And then as more time rolled by, I started hearing music! Loud and clear sometimes and extremely faint at other times. At first, I was hearing the same song over and over and over again. It would last for days or even weeks. The first song that got "stuck" in my head was the theme song from The Beverly Hillbillies. Over and over and over again. It was actually maddening after all of that time hearing it over and over again.
Well then it developed to where it is today. I hear several different FM radio stations playing in at random CONSTANTLY in my "head" or ears or whatever you want to call it. I am telling you it is as if I had a radio implanted in my brain and it is turned on, set to a specific station and it's playing in my head. I can clearly hear not just the songs and music, but also the DJ, weather reports, traffic reports, commercials, contests, EVERYTHING! I will be listening to one station for a period of time and it will switch at random to another station. It's nothing consistant as far as what station for how long. It just does its own thing. I have actually learned to switch stations too! As a matter of fact, what seems to be occuring is that all of the stations are in there playing all of the time and I just have to pick one to listen to or what happens most of the time is that one will be louder than another and so it just kind of picks itself out for me. It has gotten to the point that like for instance on Saturday night, I hear the opera playing for hours. What I mean is that I hear the entire opera, basically start to finish. It is quite enjoyable most of the time to be able to lay in bed, relax and drift off to sleep hearing the opera playing.
But, as if all of this isn't weird and strange enough, this is the weirdest and strangest part of all, most of what I hear has already occured in the past! I am rarely able to turn the real radio on and pull up what I am hearing in my head and hear the same thing playing on the radio at that same point in time. Although that has happened on occassion, that I hear my head and the radio in synchronicity and it's not like I check that out alot either anymore, most of what I hear is from what has already occured. It can be a few minutes behind or even something that happened a year ago! I know this because I will occassionally hear a date, or an occassion being mentioned by the DJ and can piece it together from there. Or I'll hear a time of day being said that is not the current time of day. It's as if the radio waves that I "hear" are old ones that are floating around in the atmosphere and my brain picks up on those. Either that or my brain is a giant recorder and plays back what is has been hearing in the background so to speak. LOL
And now also recently, I have in the past couple of months been hearing what sounds like one side of a telephone conversation. Up until last night, I have been hearing the same woman talking on the phone several times now. It's very obvious that it is a phone conversation going on. Last night, I heard a male having a phone conversation for the first time.
So, anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! lol
I am not crazy, hallucinating, schizophrenic, etc. I am sane, level headed and just a normal girl with an abnormal "gift". I can't wait to see (or rather hear) what this will morph into next.
Please, if anyone sees some familiarity in my story and has any comments or knows what the heck this is all about....PLEASE TELL ME!!
Good luck and God bless!
Leslie
About 10 yrs ago, I was working as an accountant in a lumber producing facility. The machines being used in that building were extremely loud and constant. I am partially deaf, hard of hearing, particullarly in my right ear and I noticed one day at home away from the factory that I was still hearing what seemed to be the machinery in my head. I chalked it up to the fact that I was hard of hearing and it must have had something to do with that. Like, the sound was stuck in my ears or something. As time went by, I started hearing other sounds, like water running and more often the sound of crickets chirping. It was as if I were in a quiet meadow in the middle of the night and all you can hear are the crickets chirping. It was actually extremely pleasant for me and I found it enjoyable and relaxing. And then as more time rolled by, I started hearing music! Loud and clear sometimes and extremely faint at other times. At first, I was hearing the same song over and over and over again. It would last for days or even weeks. The first song that got "stuck" in my head was the theme song from The Beverly Hillbillies. Over and over and over again. It was actually maddening after all of that time hearing it over and over again.
Well then it developed to where it is today. I hear several different FM radio stations playing in at random CONSTANTLY in my "head" or ears or whatever you want to call it. I am telling you it is as if I had a radio implanted in my brain and it is turned on, set to a specific station and it's playing in my head. I can clearly hear not just the songs and music, but also the DJ, weather reports, traffic reports, commercials, contests, EVERYTHING! I will be listening to one station for a period of time and it will switch at random to another station. It's nothing consistant as far as what station for how long. It just does its own thing. I have actually learned to switch stations too! As a matter of fact, what seems to be occuring is that all of the stations are in there playing all of the time and I just have to pick one to listen to or what happens most of the time is that one will be louder than another and so it just kind of picks itself out for me. It has gotten to the point that like for instance on Saturday night, I hear the opera playing for hours. What I mean is that I hear the entire opera, basically start to finish. It is quite enjoyable most of the time to be able to lay in bed, relax and drift off to sleep hearing the opera playing.
But, as if all of this isn't weird and strange enough, this is the weirdest and strangest part of all, most of what I hear has already occured in the past! I am rarely able to turn the real radio on and pull up what I am hearing in my head and hear the same thing playing on the radio at that same point in time. Although that has happened on occassion, that I hear my head and the radio in synchronicity and it's not like I check that out alot either anymore, most of what I hear is from what has already occured. It can be a few minutes behind or even something that happened a year ago! I know this because I will occassionally hear a date, or an occassion being mentioned by the DJ and can piece it together from there. Or I'll hear a time of day being said that is not the current time of day. It's as if the radio waves that I "hear" are old ones that are floating around in the atmosphere and my brain picks up on those. Either that or my brain is a giant recorder and plays back what is has been hearing in the background so to speak. LOL
And now also recently, I have in the past couple of months been hearing what sounds like one side of a telephone conversation. Up until last night, I have been hearing the same woman talking on the phone several times now. It's very obvious that it is a phone conversation going on. Last night, I heard a male having a phone conversation for the first time.
So, anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! lol
I am not crazy, hallucinating, schizophrenic, etc. I am sane, level headed and just a normal girl with an abnormal "gift". I can't wait to see (or rather hear) what this will morph into next.
Please, if anyone sees some familiarity in my story and has any comments or knows what the heck this is all about....PLEASE TELL ME!!
Good luck and God bless!
Leslie
I really connect to what you said here, it is very frustrating. Have you managed to get to the bottom of it or find any way of helping yourself deal with the conversations? I am very interested to hear about it.
I am wandering if its a way for me to feel in control of my world and other people because I don't feel this way in reality. These conversations in my head can be about people evaluating me negatively or me evaluating myself negatively in their presence, which is true of how I view people and the world.
It does somehow make sense that it's a way of me being in control of my life because it is fulfilling my picture of people. I suppose it makes me feel safe to have this firm picture of people and the world in place because it is more comfortable than not having one even even if it's a negative one. I get social anxiety and think these imagined conversations are trying to keep me safe from my perceived threat from people (keep me in my place, reminding me I need their approval to survive)
I wish I didn't have these thoughts but think I also need to accept them because its not as easy as being able to just get rid of them. But I also need to accept the frustration of having them which is hard because I logically know they are not helping me but my subconscious is automatically misfiring and creating them, which I have no control over.
The imagined conversations can occassionaly be about people thinking I am great, witty and intelligent (which is how I would like to be seen!) but this is equally as frustrating because I can't not have these either and automatically tell myself off for caring to much what people think of me.
I hope you get this and are able to share what you have found yourself, thx
I am wandering if its a way for me to feel in control of my world and other people because I don't feel this way in reality. These conversations in my head can be about people evaluating me negatively or me evaluating myself negatively in their presence, which is true of how I view people and the world.
It does somehow make sense that it's a way of me being in control of my life because it is fulfilling my picture of people. I suppose it makes me feel safe to have this firm picture of people and the world in place because it is more comfortable than not having one even even if it's a negative one. I get social anxiety and think these imagined conversations are trying to keep me safe from my perceived threat from people (keep me in my place, reminding me I need their approval to survive)
I wish I didn't have these thoughts but think I also need to accept them because its not as easy as being able to just get rid of them. But I also need to accept the frustration of having them which is hard because I logically know they are not helping me but my subconscious is automatically misfiring and creating them, which I have no control over.
The imagined conversations can occassionaly be about people thinking I am great, witty and intelligent (which is how I would like to be seen!) but this is equally as frustrating because I can't not have these either and automatically tell myself off for caring to much what people think of me.
I hope you get this and are able to share what you have found yourself, thx
Yes, I do sometimes experience exactly what you've explained. I really don't think you should worry about it at all; i think you have a very imaginitive mind. As long as you know that the conversations are all made up in your mind and that it didn't really happen, then I really don't see a problem. It's called daydreaming. Daydreams can happen anytime while you're awake - even late at night -If you let your mind wander. It usually doesn't happen when your mind is alert, though. So it makes sense that you start to daydream about these conversations while you're doing something and that it usually happens in a specific kind of environment. Don't try to scare yourself; schizohrenia is something you can't just snap out of.
I "think" random blurted-out crap "in my head", too when I am laying down trying to fall asleep. It doesn't happen each time I'm laying down, but I think my mind just hasn't settled down from the day yet. I can sort of "hear" different voices (men and women) but it seems it is just my mind in over-drive. Sometimes my mind "thinks" stuff that may be bothering me (on my mind) and i have "racing thoughts" like anxiety/insomnia. Other times, it makes no sense at all and I am starting to freak out that this is happening. I also have had depression/anxiety for years, but am also chronically sleep deprived, working nights as a nurse and then caring for my 2 little boys at home. my toddler is "out of control" at times and I feel I cannot handle all this. I worry that I have a serious mental illness and that I may have passed it on to my little boy, as he has aggressive behavior, poor sleeping habits as well, and I really think he has ADHD. All this worrying is making the anxiety/depression worse, but I don't know if I need serious help or just need to chillax a bit:) Has anyone been able to get a medical diagnosis on what this is?? Please "ease my mind"!!!
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