This might be a weird topic but I figured I wanted to share. Recently I’ve been relying on my stuffed animals for comfort (especially my stuffed elephant, Robert). Recently he’s been talking to me but it’s been very pleasant. He’s really comforting and isn’t scary.
Now i know stuffies can’t really talk. I know that. But he has been talking to me. I suppose it’s just like any voice. But I’ve been finding comfort in it and I don’t want it to stop.
I see my Pdoc in a little over a week. I’ll mention it. I hope she doesn’t try and fix this. I really like talking to Robert.
ive always found that engaging with voices encourages them over time… they then tend to switch to horrible voices so be careful with that. Maybe your psychiatrist can help you figure out what to do.
It sucks because I like the interaction I’ve been having with my elephant Robert. Maybe I’m age regressing, I don’t know. But it seems more real than just my imagination
I think you are lacking something in your life? I’m no shrink! But the stuffed animal is filling a void that you have inside of you.
When I was sick I heard angels speaking to me. It was messed up. But it manifested itself because I was highly troubled by real life circumstances.
Do you miss intimacy perhaps? Or is the stuffed animal telling you things you want to hear? Things you are not getting otherwise? As I said I’m no shrink and it’s hard knowing what is what when it comes to schizophrenia.
All I know is that you are a great young woman and deserve getting your needs met. Not from this illness or dead objects. But from something real.
When i was in my teens and twenties i spoke to pictures of people I had in my room, famous people I admired. Van Gogh especially. Also Bach, Virgin Mary, Jesus, saints. I imagined having a conversation with them, I pretended they were my friends or in the case of van Gogh my obsession and I was madly in love with him for four years. I’d lock myself away in my room and talk to him all day. I still dream about “Vincent” 20 years later now!
Hi Hanna, hold on to the good things about schizophrenia including voices which are loving. They are just part of your inner thoughts so as long as they are not harmful then keep them!
You can always advocate for your voices via a Hearing Voices Network approach where they encourage to understand your voices and then establish a relationship with them.
