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voices in your head!

15th of Aug, 2006ce* in: diary

I watched a documentary a few weeks ago about people who could “hear” voices in their heads. At the end of the documentary they concluded that we all have an inner track, which is basically the part of the brain that talks to it’s self, and to a certain extent tells “you” what to do. The difference with these people is that their brains have somehow made wrong connections, ending up with the inner track talking to them as if it were another person.

I sometimes hear voices in that semi-sleep state before one loses consciousness and falls into deep sleep. And indeed, yesterday, I heard those voices having a conversation in my head. One truly remarkable thing, is that one can’t control these “voices”. They just have some kind of automatic track - talking about things you couldn’t even imagine, or mundane things that are of little interest.

Thankfully in this period before deep sleep, they don’t actually talk directly to me, it’s more like I’m listing to the radio or something. I hope one day I can steal some cool ideas!