The Voices In Your Head
Everyone has voices in their head from time to time. Even our own thoughts often has a voice that differs from our speaking voice. (”No, Rena — that’s just you.”) Many of the times, the thoughts in our heads don’t surprise us, but sometimes they do. You often can hear these voices from seemingly nowhere when you have any type of depression, whether it’s post partum depression or bipolar disprder.
Imaginary Friends
Voices in your head can turn into imaginary friends, as long as what they’re saying to you is helpful. When you have a depressive illness, it’s hard to see your own self-worth. You are postitive that you are the worst person who has ever been born. We run ourselves down with thoughts and bizzarre conclusions, like, “I can’t work on my blog every day. That must be because I’m so stupid.”
I picked that one off of the top of my head because it’s Friday and this is the first Depression Talk post of the week that I’ve been able to do. (Whoops). What can I say? I’ve been sick, my Mom’s been sick — all average stuff that happens to bloogers. But when you have depression, you never quite see yourself in an average light. You are either the best person in the world or the worst.
During those times, if you listen closely enough, there is a little alien voice that says, “You’re just having a bad day. It’s no big deal. You’ve gotten through bad patches before and that proves you are going to do it again.”
That’s a friend. Cherish this friend.
The Enemies
Then, there are those voices that tell you that the world would be a lot better off without you in it to mess everything up for everybody else. Or, perhaps you hear a voice telling you that you are invincible and can fly, so jump of the bridge and get those arms flapping.
Any voice that tells you to harm yourself, harm others (especailly animals and other innocents) or tries to convince you that you are the Devil is a voice you need to immediately call someone about. This is your illness talking — not you, not God and not anyone else. You need to talk to someone in order to get this voice to shut up.
Hope this helps.
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