I Have a Family Member With Schizophrenia

[c=#7700B2]As some people know here, My brother has schizophrenia and one of the biggest symptoms he has said he suffers with is hearing lots of voices all the time. I could never even imagine what that must be like but for a little while now at work a few people told me about a video game that was made about a girl that is implied is suffering with schizophrenia and it was created in collaboration with neuroscientists and people who experience psychosis.

I played this game today for about 40 minutes and it was honestly terrifying. I was told to play it with headphones on and in doing so it makes it like some voices are coming from all angles around you and it truly like someone is yelling at you or talking about you from behind.

If this is just a taste of what someone who is experiencing psychosis must feel like, im truly sorry anyone has to go through with it. I don't know how anyone can function like that.

If anything also this might help with my job, you know a tiny little bit of better understanding and all. Just wanna give my brother a big hug now :([/c]

GlassDog · 41-45, M

My grandma was schizophrenic and also a compulsive writer. She could fill up a notebook in an afternoon with what was going on in her mind. Although a lot of it seemed terrifying, it was also strangely comforting to know her as well as I did. For her, though, I don't think she really believed that her mind was inventing the things she was seeing, so some of those things must have been utterly terrifying.