If I start hearing voices, is life worth living?

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Just curious because I'm getting a fairly eerie feeling that's it's just going to hit me one of these days, as it almost sounds like I could hear it, but don't, and others already think my thinking is confused and tangential, and the discrepancy between my IQ and verbal memory seems typical of a schizophrenic, and I'm right at the tail-end of the typical age range for a male for developing it.

Of course, I understand those who started hearing voices and would answer in the negative probably won't be as well-represented as those who answered in the positive, so I'll keep that in mind in tallying the answers that I'll use to make my decision.

Life is worth living, even if you hear voices. I managed to function for years while hearing voices, largely because I constructed a world view that accounted for them, but even when it got so bad I couldn't bear it anymore, things didn't stay so appalling for long. Meds do help cut it down, or even out completely, and some people actually find their voices helpful. I'm not one of them, but I do know people who talk to their voices, while well aware that they're "imaginary", and manage to think things through and come to decisions by engaging proactively with the voices.

For me, that never worked, but for some it does. It's better to hang on than give up on life anyway. We'll all be dead soon enough, and that's forever. Better not take drastic decisions that can't be undone, like stepping out of life.

Also, maybe you'll never hear voices. You could be worrying about nothing at all.

Yes. There is treatment and support for it. Most people only hear things that aren't there intermittently so they get a break from it.

I've felt on the edge of hearing voices for a while now. I'll think something and I can't remember if I said it out loud or just thought it. (failure to distinguish between internal and externalized thoughts). And I think I hear the very specific ringtone of my cellphone when it hasn't rung, or people saying my name when it's just something inanimate brushing against something else (a tree scraping the house). One note of something familiar to me and I involuntarily hear the whole thing in my headand don't know if I actually heard it. I can't remember whether certain things actually happened or if I just dreamed them. And I only care enough to be mildly disturbed. None of this used to happen. I have felt myself separating from what's commonly known as reality for a few years now.

So yes... same situation I guess, sbluto, except maybe mine's more pervasive. Maybe not. Don't know.

hi there, new here. just wandering around so far, trying to see whats what with all the various discussions etc

voices. i have some experience of hearing voices myself. not much, but it certainly freaked me out at the time.
i heard a voice 3 times really. my name somewhere off to the left (definitely seemed to have a location). the second time it was my name again, only more stern, nearer this time (in my head), and the last time i heard it said something that prompted me to look up aspergers. which, is obviously all very very strange.

my take on it, is that somehow, some part of my subconscious mind was doing all it could to prod me into action. it was pretty scary at the time. but... seeing as how i received a diagnosis of "autism" and depression finally last week. it was undoubtedly a good thing.

i guess it was as if i already knew the answer and was pointing it out to myself. and the disembodied voice was the result

anyway, just thought id share my experience with anyone interested in the subject.
has anyone else had something similar? its certainly of interest.

r

ya life is still worth living....

it's distracting, can be troubling but in the end it's just a piece of your life not the whole thing. your thoughts wont all be about what you hear...your life might be different but you would still be living. doesn't make sense to end a life because of one aspect of thatl life.