What are disorders that involve voices in your head?

A friend of mine keeps hearing voices in his head.

It told him to kill himself..and it also told him he was a screw-up who didn't deserve to live.
It also made him almost drown...it told him it wanted to die, and he nearly drowned when our school was at a waterpark yesterday.

He knows it's a voice in his head, he doesn't know what it is.
And I don't think is Schizophrenia.

Well, it's not Schizophrenia, because he knows it's not another person.
And it's not /me/..I'm getting help for a friend, literally...

It's you!!!

Sorry, I thought you were joking!!! If you're really sure it's not Schizophrenia, it may be dysthymia, which is a type of depression that effects adolescents. Most major mental illnesses don't begin to exhibit symptoms until the early twenties. Schizophrenia is NOT the only mental illness to cause auditory hallucinations. Ask your friend if anyone in his family has mental illness. It's sometimes genetic. Either way, you should encourage him to get some help. So many excellent antidepressant and antiphsychotic drugs are available now that there is no reason for your friend to live with this...

Good luck, and I'm sorry for being flippant earlier.

Laurie

Schizophrenia. Go see a DR.

It is probably schizophrenia, though there are some forms of depression that include this kind of psychosis. I hope your friend is getting treatment!

Liberalism a known mental disorder, to which you hear voices telling you to lie, cheat, distort fact and violate peoples rights.

It's Schizophrenia all right.

It most likely IS schizophrenia, maybe paranoid schizophrenia, and he does need to be under the care of a trained medical professional ASAP!

If he's just hearing voices and not really having visions, I believe it might just be schizophrenia. John Nash also had a similiar issue and he heard voices in his head.

It is Schizophrenia. He needs some help. His brain chemicals are imbalanced.. There are pills that can help him. Please get him to agree to see a Dr. or psychiatrist ASAP.

psychosis takes many forms one of which is schizophrenia

there are EXCELLENT anti psychotic medications and your friend should be seen by a psychiatrist IMMEDIATELY

His chances for full recovery are excellent !

schizophrenia would be my guess. you need to suggest your friend get medical help immediately. Those types of voices aren't good ones

Psychosis.
It is a terrible mental disorder, caused by significant chemical imbalance in the brain.
It affects the sleep center, appetite, memory and reasoning of the person who is afflicted with it.
Some of the symptoms are hallucinations, delusions and irrational behaviours ultimately causing self-destruction or harming others.
It must be controlled by medication and monitored by a capable medical psychiatrist.

I would think some type of psychosis. Does he do drugs? How do you know its not Schizophrenia? Are these voices "inside or outside " of his head. Sounds like he needs medication. Is he (or has he) been on meds for hearing voices? Bottom line, help him find a doctor so he can be evaluated. BTW, those type voices you describe are called command hallucinations. I hope he doesn't act on them.

Inside his head. He may be(*and I say may be) faking his symptoms. Psychotic voices come from outside a person's head. He still needs help.

it is schizophrenia. that is pretty much the only thing that does this. it doesn't have to be another voice other than his. it's just something that tells him to do these things. i hope his family knows about this and is getting him much needed help.

My first thought is schizophrenia. There are different types of it and there are some related disorders. The bottom line is your friend is in serious trouble. If no one knows about this you need to tell some one. Tell your guidance counselor or your teacher.

So far, so good. Why you wouldn't consider schizophrenia is strange, but it's a psychotic state, depression can go there, schiz., and also multiple personality, now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder. In any case it's not for this forum to dx. Go get him help!

It is also a symptom a severe depression.