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**FilmCriticAwezume** · 08-16-2006, 09:10 PM

I don't know if this happens to everyone and therefore just "normal" stuff. Please let me know your experience with either.

About 12 times or so in my adult life, I have heard someone call me name. The last time it happened, I was home alone and I heard my name being called as I almost reached the 1st floor from the basement. It was VERY loud and it sounded like someone said it in my left ear. I was so startled that I actually looked behind me.

The other thing that has happened more frequently, is when I am doing something and I hear many voices (all intelligible) talking very fast and confusedly. It is not a good feeling. I have to mentally shake myself to get rid of it. Sometimes I feel like I am having a little tunnel vision with it. And sometimes it is a result of concentrating or something like that. It happened many times when I was a teenager and it always seemed to happen in the same area of the house. I have told my brother and sister this and they get the same/similar thing.

Several years ago, someone actually said it may be a symptom of schizoprenia. : (

Thanks, I am really trying to explore some areas of my life and would appreciate some feedback.

How old are you? Because if it were schizophrenia, it would have started at a certain age, and would progress from there. Your symptoms sound spotty (only in certain locations) unless I didn't understand correctly. And if both siblings hear it it may be something else entirely.
Sometimes certain sounds mimic voices- the shower does it for me- it sounds like a conversation that someone else is having- and of course, those darn hypnagogics.
I think most of us have heard our name being called at some point in our lives (for me it was childhood- there was even an old wive's tales told about that when I was growing up, so it stands that is not an unusual phenomenon.)
If you are not hearing voices that are constantly tormenting you I wouldn't worry about schizophrenia, but I would advise plenty of rest and stress reduction.

08-16-2006, 09:10 PM	#2
FilmCriticAwezume Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	I don't know if this happens to everyone and therefore just "normal" stuff. Please let me know your experience with either. About 12 times or so in my adult life, I have heard someone call me name. The last time it happened, I was home alone and I heard my name being called as I almost reached the 1st floor from the basement. It was VERY loud and it sounded like someone said it in my left ear. I was so startled that I actually looked behind me. The other thing that has happened more frequently, is when I am doing something and I hear many voices (all intelligible) talking very fast and confusedly. It is not a good feeling. I have to mentally shake myself to get rid of it. Sometimes I feel like I am having a little tunnel vision with it. And sometimes it is a result of concentrating or something like that. It happened many times when I was a teenager and it always seemed to happen in the same area of the house. I have told my brother and sister this and they get the same/similar thing. Several years ago, someone actually said it may be a symptom of schizoprenia. : ( Thanks, I am really trying to explore some areas of my life and would appreciate some feedback. How old are you? Because if it were schizophrenia, it would have started at a certain age, and would progress from there. Your symptoms sound spotty (only in certain locations) unless I didn't understand correctly. And if both siblings hear it it may be something else entirely. Sometimes certain sounds mimic voices- the shower does it for me- it sounds like a conversation that someone else is having- and of course, those darn hypnagogics. I think most of us have heard our name being called at some point in our lives (for me it was childhood- there was even an old wive's tales told about that when I was growing up, so it stands that is not an unusual phenomenon.) If you are not hearing voices that are constantly tormenting you I wouldn't worry about schizophrenia, but I would advise plenty of rest and stress reduction.
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