# VOICES- how many and how much **URL:** \ **Category:** Diagnosed Sz or Sza\ **Created:** [January 13, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642 "2026-01-13T17:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/qwerty/32/10_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/41 "2026-01-15T14:29:43Z")
I rarely get voices. Only get them now if I’m sleep deprived or very very stressed. I have lived years in psychosis. Don’t want to go back to that. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/42 "2026-01-15T14:30:57Z")
Have you experienced constant voices in the past? ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/qwerty/32/10_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/43 "2026-01-15T14:31:52Z")
Only one time. But I couldn’t tell they were not real until I got better. I could hear my neighbour harassing me. It went on from the moment I got up until I went to sleep. It lasted weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/44 "2026-01-15T14:32:56Z")
Now what symptoms remain? ---
**Author:** ![SzSupportAdmin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/szsupportadmin/32/334_2.png) [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/45 "2026-01-15T14:33:00Z")
Never had voices. Closest I have come was my dexcom meter saying some things to me once when its not capable of speech. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/46 "2026-01-15T14:33:34Z")
It’s not necessary to have voices in order to be schizo. What other symptoms do you have? ---
**Author:** ![Qwerty](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/qwerty/32/10_2.png) [@Qwerty](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Qwerty)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/47 "2026-01-15T14:33:45Z")
Not many symptoms. Only fleeting thoughts like are we in hell or are we in a simulation am I going to be murdered etc. I don’t obsess over these anymore. They don’t consume me like they once did. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/48 "2026-01-15T14:34:31Z")
Me too. Voices don’t scare me anymore. ---
**Author:** ![SzSupportAdmin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/szsupportadmin/32/334_2.png) [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/49 "2026-01-15T14:35:57Z")
The only symptoms I get when I’m medicated properly is a bit of paranoia when stressed and on rare occasions making connections that arent there. When I’m not properly medicated I get mostly delusions. Have had a slight sprinkle of hallucinations as well, but they are EXTREMELY rare for me. I mean in the low single digits ever. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/50 "2026-01-15T14:38:47Z")
> [@SzSupportAdmin](#): > > When I’m not properly medicated When? Why? ---
**Author:** ![SzSupportAdmin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/szsupportadmin/32/334_2.png) [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/51 "2026-01-15T14:39:39Z")
Like many sz, I have tried reducing and quitting meds. Thats when and why. It wont happen again, though. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/52 "2026-01-15T14:40:05Z")
In the early stages I used to play with doses. Not anymore ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/53 "2026-01-15T14:43:02Z")
In the early stages of schizophrenia, I used to call my then psychiatrist every time I heard voices. It was silly. My current pdoc says I must learn to live with voices. I don’t bother him with some symptoms ---
**Author:** ![Eternalaether](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/eternalaether/32/85_2.png) [@Eternalaether](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Eternalaether)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/54 "2026-01-15T15:56:17Z")
I’ve reduced the amount of voices. Used to be five Goddesses. I asked an old version of me (previous incarnation) to take the last Goddess alive. I’ve tried torturing her. It didn’t work. These bitches are obsessed with me and won’t leave me alone. I’m not even God or God like. I’m mortal, human and imperfect. Won’t be long before the infinity of God’s (incarnations) finds a way to get rid of the last Goddess. I need no voices to function. And meds don’t work. That’s a lie by big pharma. Look at how many of us hear voices whilst on meds. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/55 "2026-01-15T16:24:21Z")
I don’t understand much ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/56 "2026-01-15T16:59:08Z")
If meds don’t work on voices, that means that these voices are not caused by schizophrenia? ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/57 "2026-01-15T17:01:58Z")
if voices persist, what does this mean? ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/58 "2026-01-15T17:26:09Z")
I mean if they work on visual hallucinations, then why not for voices? It’s not that I’m treatment resistant ---
**Author:** ![Eternalaether](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/eternalaether/32/85_2.png) [@Eternalaether](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Eternalaether)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/59 "2026-01-15T18:11:34Z")
I must be treatment resistant. Maybe the neurological dampening in the brain is enough to stop visuals. But delusions and voices? Nah. Delusions I got rid of myself. And voices are just interdimensional. Personally I think my voices are beyond this Universe. And that other peoples voices come from idiotic beings (fragmented souls) within the Universe. So I believe your voices are real. ---
**Author:** ![Eternalaether](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/eternalaether/32/85_2.png) [@Eternalaether](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Eternalaether)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642/60 "2026-01-15T18:20:32Z")
I think I need cbt for my voices. A better coping mechanism. On how to ignore them when they are there. Mine can cry through my face, blink through my eyes. It’s irritating. Mostly nothing today though. Even laugh at my jokes and laugh through me in my chest and belly. [Previous page](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642.md?page=2) [Next page](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/voices-how-many-and-how-much/1642.md?page=4)