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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 47550" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>It's very common for kids not to tell parents about them, I was told by psychiatrist. They feel different and are afraid they won't be believed or, worse, they WILL be believed and everyone will think they are crazy, and maybe want to lock them up. I was told that hallucinations, not addressed, often start getting dangerous and that it is hard for the person to resist what the hallucinations tell them to do. "Command" hallucinations are usually a sign of a serious mental illness, but there ARE very good medications that can combat them these days. If the voice ridicules, "bosses", etc. it is not a good thing. </p><p>Sometimes the voices start out non-threatening and then start to turn "evil."</p><p>I've heard of a few people who just live with the voices. I was in a self-help group for people who live with mental illness.</p><p>Most of the people who heard voices took medications to get rid of them or at least "quiet" them down as they did not like them.</p><p>I know that one way my own psychiatrist diagnosis "voices" is if kids tend to talk to themselves when there is nobody there, acting as if somebody is actually talking to them. If a child is upset or scared enough to discuss it, I'd take it seriously or he may stop talking about it, even if it gets worse...take care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 47550, member: 1550"] It's very common for kids not to tell parents about them, I was told by psychiatrist. They feel different and are afraid they won't be believed or, worse, they WILL be believed and everyone will think they are crazy, and maybe want to lock them up. I was told that hallucinations, not addressed, often start getting dangerous and that it is hard for the person to resist what the hallucinations tell them to do. "Command" hallucinations are usually a sign of a serious mental illness, but there ARE very good medications that can combat them these days. If the voice ridicules, "bosses", etc. it is not a good thing. Sometimes the voices start out non-threatening and then start to turn "evil." I've heard of a few people who just live with the voices. I was in a self-help group for people who live with mental illness. Most of the people who heard voices took medications to get rid of them or at least "quiet" them down as they did not like them. I know that one way my own psychiatrist diagnosis "voices" is if kids tend to talk to themselves when there is nobody there, acting as if somebody is actually talking to them. If a child is upset or scared enough to discuss it, I'd take it seriously or he may stop talking about it, even if it gets worse...take care. [/QUOTE]
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