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The whole voices in the head thing is a fun defense, but...

The thing about hearing voices is that they come from your own mind, just in a way that makes it seem like they're coming from some other source. No one has really been able to figure out why the disconnect occurs(the answer might cure a lot of mental illness if it's discovered), but my point is that this guy almost certainly liked the idea of handing over secrets before the voices told him to.

Remember this if you're ever on a jury that hears the "voices" defense. If the voices tell someone to kill someone or jump off a bridge, or whatever, it's because they wanted to, the voices just supply them with an apparent justification.

You're hearing this from someone who's more experienced with voices than a lot of psychiatrists. I'm a stable(because of the medication) paranoid schizophrenic, and I'm here to tell you that the voices never tell you anything you don't want to hear.

Btw, While I still suffer from them, I know they're not real. Technically, in my case, it was more like ideas instead of voices, sometimes I'd have visions. Still do to a certain extent, which is one of the reasons I don't drive. I lie and tell people it's too expensive or that my ADD might make it dangerous, but it's the visions.

posted by : Jason Goatcher, 07 September 2010 Complain about this comment

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