Am I a schizophrenic (100% serious)

Yeah, it's just the thing that I do properly talk as if it's another person. I can ask myself where I left my keys and I can tell myself where they are, and I would have genuniely lost them.

Thanks though mate, makes me feel a lot better. I like strait jackets and padded cells, but I don't want to live in one!

Provided that you retain some prerogative as to precisely when and where these 'quasi-dialogues' occur, that sounds like rather an enviable propensity; although, irrespective, you should probably defer to clinical diagnosis.

Heh, that's actually the main thing I discuss with myself!! Ironic that

This is NOT a joke thread, this is 100% serious.

I have had a few, problems, in my past, and was isolated for an extended period of time in my childhood. I had parental visits, but have no siblings or any other children in the viscinity that I could socialise with. As a result I started to have conversations with myself and was happy with my own company.

11 years later, I still talk to myself, have full blown conversations with myself, and can even argue a point to myself. I can ask myself questions and get answers, and I'll sometimes even lose track of what I'm saying but remember what I'm hearing. I do hand gestures, walk about, the whole lot whilst talking with myself as if I were talking to another person.

I have joked with a few mates who have witnessed this and said all sorts of different things like cheesy movie style quotes, but I really think I might be schizophrenic.

I don't have split personality, though I do have multiple aspects to my personality ie very caring, thoughtful, analytical, brash, heavy headed, etc... and although I'm normally pretty calm and unviolent, I have suddenly turned extremely vicious in the past.

I am unsure on the symptoms of schizophrenia, and I do not want to be checked out by a doctor unless neccessary (I hate doctors), but if these are signs of a mental health issue, I'd like to know, just skipping the doctor part.


Oh, and these conversations can last anywhere between a few minutes and several hours. I spent 4+ hours talking to myself a few days ago, completely unaware that the time was passing, and very happy just sitting there chatting away to myself.

I don't think you have schizophrenia, as you don't meet these criteria:



It also doesn't seem like you have multiple personality disorder, unless the "persona" that you use to talk back to yourself has a distinct personality.

Whether or not it's a problem depends on the rather subjective definition of whether this substantially harms your lifestyle and prevents you from doing things that you enjoy doing. If not, I wouldn't worry about it. You might talk to yourself more than the average person, but that in itself does not suggest a disorder.

the voices in my head tell me to burn things..

I don't think that you or anyone is in a position to diagnose you. If your worried please talk to your doctor. It might be nothing/might be something else

weve just finished learning about schizophrenia in psychology. the clinical diagnositic criteria for schizophrenia are (just for an idea):

Positive symptoms (symptoms that can be 'seen'):
- Dellusions
- Hallucinations
- Disorganised speech
- Grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour

Negative symtptoms (symptoms that cannot be seen):
- Problems with attention
- Problems with thinking
- Problems with social relationships
- Problems with motivation
- Problems with emotion

- You must have 2 or more of this symptoms for a significant period of time.

- You must show continuous signs of disturbance over a period of at least 6 months

- You must have social and/or occupational dysfunction or poor functioning

I don't think that you or anyone is in a position to diagnose you. If your worried please talk to your doctor. It might be nothing/might be something else

Good luck

M xxx