Here is what it is for me. On the outside, the one that the t is concerned with, is that I hear real voices from actual people, who really aren't there. I will look in the direction at times, but I know there won't be a person there-even though I wish there was, because these are people I want to see.

Then there are the voices inside my head. These are the people I keep a constant dialogue with. I believe this is my way of reasoning through upcoming conversations, what ifs, etc. I can compare it to my son, who also has bp. He reasons out everything with me verbally. I think it is because he is not able yet to handle these conversations in his head, and he is comfortable enough to share with me.

For me, hearing "real" comments around me are something that I know is not real, even though I hear them anyway. Conversations in my head are my way to work out the world.

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