At a time like this simples reminders can help you get past any negative thoughts or symptoms, its all about harnessing your power, to withstand and endure the conditions before you, and get strong again. Like today, as soon as voices start, it’s like a fight that gets started, either you can choose to freeze up, or keep going, and in order to keep going you have to tell yourself “I can’t hear voices” or “these are not my voices” and speak to yourself inside your body until the voices stop, that’s having control over what you are hearing inside your body, the difference between hearing, and telling  yourself phrases and helpful tips to remind yourself, that you are not alone can get through this.

Things to remember in times of trauma, remind yourself to stay positive:

Tell yourself things like:

• I am a good person.
• I am loved, the people I know care about me.
• I am doing my best, I know I will not fail.
• I will get past this, I know I can do better.
• I can’t hear voices, these are not my voices.
• Everyone is nice to me, I have a good life.
• I deserve love and companionship, I don’t have to be alone.
• I am not alone other people are suffering too.
• I will continue to do my best, to live in peace.

These are examples of things I would tell myself, in the event I am hearing voices, tying to argue the opposite reality for me, or trying to ruin my future, or sabotage my progress, those are the voices of disbelief, people who do not believe in you, or your own fear of being connected to people, who do not have your best interests in mind, or have chosen to go against you. Ultimately it is up to you to keep proving yourself, day in and day out, that you are a good person, that there are good things to come, that you won’t allow yourself to drown or get swallowed whole by negativity, or let voices change you into a person that you are not. Often times with mental health issues, we are recognizably scared or seem introverted, after so many years, of dealing with conditions that no one really knows anything about, and it obviously can’t help to just leave things out in the open, or be subject to attack, that’s a reasonable fear about discussing mental health online. I can emphasize enough how much to value your privacy, and to learn from my experiences in life, in dealing with voices, is no easier than anyone else’s struggle with voices, suicide, or self-harm, its pretty much a similar struggle with different endings, and Im trying to make my ending good, happy.

Please Note: This solution was found in therapy for over a year cost $250/week.