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There is a Voice inside your Head.

It narrates your day, thinks your thoughts, plans actions and speech.

Your internal narrator.

It is not who your are.

Have you ever wondered why their is an internal monologue?

Schizophrenic's hear voices in their head, but they have the sanity to recognize that these voices are indeed, not their own.

However, most 'sane' humans do have a singular voice inside of their head, which they mistakenly conflate has their own.

I'm certain you have heard it. You might even be listening to it right now.

It is probably dictating thoughts, and possible response to this very post.

But it is there. It is talking to you. And it is telling you what to think.

Do you actually think that this voice, this internal narrator, is you?

Or is it something else?

There is a Voice inside your Head. It narrates your day, thinks your thoughts, plans actions and speech. Your internal narrator. It is not who your are. Have you ever wondered why their is an internal monologue? Schizophrenic's hear voices in their head, but they have the sanity to recognize that these voices are indeed, not their own. However, most 'sane' humans do have a singular voice inside of their head, which they mistakenly conflate has their own. I'm certain you have heard it. You might even be listening to it right now. It is probably dictating thoughts, and possible response to this very post. But it is there. It is talking to you. And it is telling you what to think. Do you actually think that this voice, this internal narrator, is you? Or is it something else?

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The difference between schyzos and pretty much the rest, is that schyzos have no control over that voice, or voices, plural. Not only that, but quite often, that voice(s) tells them to kill themselves. That's why it's considered an mental illness, because it's quite detrimental in the end. Of course I won't digress and talk about other somewhat similar conditions with a slightly different outcome, such as voices telling you to kill everybody, different conditions bearing different technical names, but you get the general idea, you have control over that voice, at least some degree of control... They have zero control over it...

That being said, it's not the voice that talks clearly, the one that you can clearly hear and control, which is the most interesting. Because that voice is mostly a fabrication of your own, it's a sort of imaginary friend, a relationship you entertain with yourself

It's the other, the one you can perceive but not hear loud and clear, which is much more interesting IMO. The one you don't control, the one that feels like on mute, like somebody talking from behind a thick glass, that voice that doesn't make long speeches, but rather quick sentences, such as "yes", "no", "don't do that", "be careful"