Someone Asks People To Share The Most Terrifying Thing They’ve Seen, Man Shares What It Feels Like To Be Murdered
There is a social stigma when it comes to talking openly about mental illnesses and the impact they have on people’s lives. Many people out there are battling with various disorders and are afraid to open up. But sharing these stories can be important in helping others understand mental health because each story is unique.
Some time ago, somebody asked Reddit users to share the ‘most terrifying thing they’ve seen in real life’, and one user named Nahimgoodu decided to share his experience. What started out as a ‘spooky’ themed forum, turned into a very important lesson about mental health issues and how they can affect people in horrible ways.
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Not long ago one forum asked their users to share the ‘most terrifying thing they’ve seen in real life’
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What they didn’t expect was to receive a heartbreaking response by a user named Nahimgoodu
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Needless to say, his story touched many people
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Share on FacebookAlthough the details of this experience are horrifying, I applaud the courage it took to reveal this story. It provides insight into a world most of us will never know and, perhaps, will help some who are trained to better help those who suffer. My heart goes out to you. I can't imagine your pain. But be assured there are people who care.
I have nothing but love for this person. I just want to help him/her
I'm so sorry. :( It must be terrifying to have to live like that. I hope things get better.
My mom's brother lived with schizophrenia from age 19 until his passing in his mid-40's. It is a torturous condition in which the person needs the most support, help and understanding from family. My uncle was such a tortured soul as the resources to help him were few. If not for my mom I'm sure he would have been another "crazy" homeless person wandering the streets. Schizophrenia is one of the hardest and most socially feared mental disorders, thank you for sharing your experience to help others understand.
I have started hearing people in my head. Like I was listening to a conversation. Like with headphones on. It happens almost every night when I go lay down. Like a straight up conversation. It doesn't happen immediately, but it has never happened to be before now. I guess it is possible that I am just starting dream. But there is no visual. I have started to look forward to see what I am going to hear tonight. I just listen intently and wonder... what the hell is going on. Very odd. It must just be me having a weird dream, but it is just not something I have experienced until lately.
I also hear curious, but not entirely disturbing voices when it's quiet. Mine don't speak in my language tho, so I'm not even sure if they're talking to me or what. I also hear oddly unfamiliar music in the distance. I'm otherwise a pretty darn normal person.
Load More Replies...While volunteering at the childrens' cancer clinic of my country, I tried educating myself, and that's where I read some truly heartbreaking stories of children hallucinating home invations and murders of their families due to brain tumors. I remember reading about a teenager who called her friend frantically, screaming about a group of men going through her home, killing and destroying everything, so te friend called 911, but when they got there the parents had to explain that the girl was just really ill and seeing things. I rarely get sad while reading, but that hit me hard.
I was on some medication (ironically for allergies and asthma) a few years ago which caused hallucinations. Always really horrific stuff, never like kittens or something. But They are so terrifying and so real when they happen, I remember nearly screaming the house down every night, fighting imaginary people and massive spiders until we realised it was the medication. I can't imagine having to live that way forever. My heart really goes out to this person.
You have insight... Which is an increasing challenge with such an illness as you get older. I'd document all you can in such a wonderful way, so if ever it reaches a stages where you doubt you have a mental health issue, perhaps might keep you grounded. From someone that's worked in MH services for years, it's damn hard hard and truly heartbreaking to try and support someone who doesn't believe they are unwell in the first instance. Thank you form sharing. Keep looking after after yourself x
Worked with a guy that was schizophrenic. He heard voices telling him that people were talking about him and saying bad things. I used to drive him home from work. He told me about his condition and struggles so I told him if he ever get that way to come talk to me. He would come up to me whenever he saw people talking around him and ask me if they were talking about him. I would assure him that they were not and tell him what they were talking about. He told me that he didn’t think he would have been able to keep working there if it wasn’t for me. I then talked to my boss about it and we were scheduled to work together from then on. Everyone has there issues to deal with. I was just glad that I could help him in that small way.
I was 19 when I had my first psychotic break. I had voices that would torment me night and day. They told me that I had to kill the most innocent person I knew or they would kill all of my family. Then I had a black out and began to see pictures in my mind of a mutilated body in the trunk of my car. The voices told me I did it. I tried to run away from my life. It was 40 celcius below and I had no jacket or shoes. I hitchhiked with a random truck driver and was brought to a hospital because the police thought I was rapped because I was as bawling my eyes out and no one could understand the words between my sobbing. When I woke up in hospital I believed that i was in purgatory. Luckily I was safe after that and got the meds I needed
My sister suffers from schizophrenia but her medications have eliminated hallucinations, but when she was having them she said they are so realistic that it's impossible to tell them from reality. It's a cruel, scary disease and I feel sorry for anyone who has to live with it.
We see people every day, but we never know their private struggles. That is why we must be kind. I would not have been as strong as this person.
I have an autoimmune disorder that attacks my liver. When certain chemicals build up in my system, specifically ammonia, I begin to hallucinating, again much like the original writer on here it is always very terrifying. I have called the police out of fear. Thankfully, my local police were very understanding and realized that I was having hallucinations, instead of arresting me as some drug crazed person, they called an ambulance and had me transported to local hospital were it was determined my ammonia levels were high enough to be causing my hallucinations. This can happen to anyone with liver disorder. I, also, do not know when they are going to happen. But when they do occur they are very, very real. Jus J
A lovely story of awareness. I didn't realize that schizophrenics could experience hallucinated pain also. So sorry for his suffering, but I'm glad he shared his story.
Thank you for sharing & bringing awareness to the real ness of schizophrenia.
What could I say? I really, really hope all your hallucinations are gone one day, forever. I know it´s kind of impossible, but it´s the first thing that came to my head. Love for you and for people who have to deal with this.
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1996 although I'd been having hallucinations for ten years by then. My hallucinations were mainly auditory (hearing voices) though I have also had some smell related ones. I sympathize with the guy. That's awful. But since then my psychiatrist and I have found a medication, Seroquel, and a dosage that control most of my "positive" symptoms--positive in that they add to the patient's personality, not in that there's anything good about them--and depression. I would not go without this medication for all the wealth in the world.
I cannot imagine what that's like. I hope you never have to experience anything like that again <3
Daily I have sensations that there are bad things in my hair. Like specks are biting and burning my hair. I rub my head to try to get it to go away. I used to hit my head and cry when it happened. It feels real, but then it feels insane. I have shaved my hair several times because of this. It's real. It's terrifying.
one of my sons had it. he made it until he was 35 yrs old. it is a horrible way to live and deal with. but he was the most loving giving man when he had clarity.
I absolutely need to know this person, I feel at the same time worried and kind of fascinated, may be sound weird or evil but I can't help myself. I really wonder what he sees...
Thing is, nothing is 'real' and everything is real. All we experience is second hand data, converted from outside data into inside data. How is it not real if someone sees and hears and feels something? It doesn't matter that nobody else can witness it, it is still exactly the same principle. Data hits the brain and it experiences it. That's reality to the person who feels it.
Because that’s not the usage or definition of real. Things that don’t happen aren’t real.
Load More Replies...schizophrenia continues to be one of the most misinterpreted diseases. thanks hollywood!
Ummmm... I've had a dream exactly like this. I know it was a dream, because I woke up in bed but...
How awful! It's nothing like this poor guy feels, but I've always had bad dreams and they've become more real with time. I can feel pain, I can smell and taste food etc. I sometimes also know I'm only dreaming. There's always someone creepy who wants to hurt me. I'm very afraid of those dreams and even elaborated a plan to stop them - I kill myself, usually by jumping from high buildings. I'd like to know how to get rid of such dreams.
This sounds like lucid dreams. Look up lucid dreams and the techniques you can alter your dreams. And (if I remember it right) there is also a technique to wake yourself up. I've only done minor research, since my lucid dreams are mostly not scary. So I haven't been able to master the techniques very well. Maybe this can help you. I hope so!
Load More Replies...Sometimes i'm not sure that's real or in my brain anymore. Sending him love.
I would like to know why the brain only thinks of bad things. Why can't it be like dreams, some good and some bad. Any kind of balance. Any kind of inclination as to why? There r so many mental disease and yet we Know nothing of their exact origins in the brain or how to cure them. Depression is the commonest but it's always a on going battle. Nobody can say for sure that they are free. And these are things for there are no definite tests.
It doesn’t. People think of good things all the time. Even mentally ill people.
Load More Replies...@Joe Clark Try living with someone with schizophrenia, you'll see
Load More Replies...Schizophrenia and panic attacks are two very different things.
Load More Replies...Although the details of this experience are horrifying, I applaud the courage it took to reveal this story. It provides insight into a world most of us will never know and, perhaps, will help some who are trained to better help those who suffer. My heart goes out to you. I can't imagine your pain. But be assured there are people who care.
I have nothing but love for this person. I just want to help him/her
I'm so sorry. :( It must be terrifying to have to live like that. I hope things get better.
My mom's brother lived with schizophrenia from age 19 until his passing in his mid-40's. It is a torturous condition in which the person needs the most support, help and understanding from family. My uncle was such a tortured soul as the resources to help him were few. If not for my mom I'm sure he would have been another "crazy" homeless person wandering the streets. Schizophrenia is one of the hardest and most socially feared mental disorders, thank you for sharing your experience to help others understand.
I have started hearing people in my head. Like I was listening to a conversation. Like with headphones on. It happens almost every night when I go lay down. Like a straight up conversation. It doesn't happen immediately, but it has never happened to be before now. I guess it is possible that I am just starting dream. But there is no visual. I have started to look forward to see what I am going to hear tonight. I just listen intently and wonder... what the hell is going on. Very odd. It must just be me having a weird dream, but it is just not something I have experienced until lately.
I also hear curious, but not entirely disturbing voices when it's quiet. Mine don't speak in my language tho, so I'm not even sure if they're talking to me or what. I also hear oddly unfamiliar music in the distance. I'm otherwise a pretty darn normal person.
Load More Replies...While volunteering at the childrens' cancer clinic of my country, I tried educating myself, and that's where I read some truly heartbreaking stories of children hallucinating home invations and murders of their families due to brain tumors. I remember reading about a teenager who called her friend frantically, screaming about a group of men going through her home, killing and destroying everything, so te friend called 911, but when they got there the parents had to explain that the girl was just really ill and seeing things. I rarely get sad while reading, but that hit me hard.
I was on some medication (ironically for allergies and asthma) a few years ago which caused hallucinations. Always really horrific stuff, never like kittens or something. But They are so terrifying and so real when they happen, I remember nearly screaming the house down every night, fighting imaginary people and massive spiders until we realised it was the medication. I can't imagine having to live that way forever. My heart really goes out to this person.
You have insight... Which is an increasing challenge with such an illness as you get older. I'd document all you can in such a wonderful way, so if ever it reaches a stages where you doubt you have a mental health issue, perhaps might keep you grounded. From someone that's worked in MH services for years, it's damn hard hard and truly heartbreaking to try and support someone who doesn't believe they are unwell in the first instance. Thank you form sharing. Keep looking after after yourself x
Worked with a guy that was schizophrenic. He heard voices telling him that people were talking about him and saying bad things. I used to drive him home from work. He told me about his condition and struggles so I told him if he ever get that way to come talk to me. He would come up to me whenever he saw people talking around him and ask me if they were talking about him. I would assure him that they were not and tell him what they were talking about. He told me that he didn’t think he would have been able to keep working there if it wasn’t for me. I then talked to my boss about it and we were scheduled to work together from then on. Everyone has there issues to deal with. I was just glad that I could help him in that small way.
I was 19 when I had my first psychotic break. I had voices that would torment me night and day. They told me that I had to kill the most innocent person I knew or they would kill all of my family. Then I had a black out and began to see pictures in my mind of a mutilated body in the trunk of my car. The voices told me I did it. I tried to run away from my life. It was 40 celcius below and I had no jacket or shoes. I hitchhiked with a random truck driver and was brought to a hospital because the police thought I was rapped because I was as bawling my eyes out and no one could understand the words between my sobbing. When I woke up in hospital I believed that i was in purgatory. Luckily I was safe after that and got the meds I needed
My sister suffers from schizophrenia but her medications have eliminated hallucinations, but when she was having them she said they are so realistic that it's impossible to tell them from reality. It's a cruel, scary disease and I feel sorry for anyone who has to live with it.
We see people every day, but we never know their private struggles. That is why we must be kind. I would not have been as strong as this person.
I have an autoimmune disorder that attacks my liver. When certain chemicals build up in my system, specifically ammonia, I begin to hallucinating, again much like the original writer on here it is always very terrifying. I have called the police out of fear. Thankfully, my local police were very understanding and realized that I was having hallucinations, instead of arresting me as some drug crazed person, they called an ambulance and had me transported to local hospital were it was determined my ammonia levels were high enough to be causing my hallucinations. This can happen to anyone with liver disorder. I, also, do not know when they are going to happen. But when they do occur they are very, very real. Jus J
A lovely story of awareness. I didn't realize that schizophrenics could experience hallucinated pain also. So sorry for his suffering, but I'm glad he shared his story.
Thank you for sharing & bringing awareness to the real ness of schizophrenia.
What could I say? I really, really hope all your hallucinations are gone one day, forever. I know it´s kind of impossible, but it´s the first thing that came to my head. Love for you and for people who have to deal with this.
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1996 although I'd been having hallucinations for ten years by then. My hallucinations were mainly auditory (hearing voices) though I have also had some smell related ones. I sympathize with the guy. That's awful. But since then my psychiatrist and I have found a medication, Seroquel, and a dosage that control most of my "positive" symptoms--positive in that they add to the patient's personality, not in that there's anything good about them--and depression. I would not go without this medication for all the wealth in the world.
I cannot imagine what that's like. I hope you never have to experience anything like that again <3
Daily I have sensations that there are bad things in my hair. Like specks are biting and burning my hair. I rub my head to try to get it to go away. I used to hit my head and cry when it happened. It feels real, but then it feels insane. I have shaved my hair several times because of this. It's real. It's terrifying.
one of my sons had it. he made it until he was 35 yrs old. it is a horrible way to live and deal with. but he was the most loving giving man when he had clarity.
I absolutely need to know this person, I feel at the same time worried and kind of fascinated, may be sound weird or evil but I can't help myself. I really wonder what he sees...
Thing is, nothing is 'real' and everything is real. All we experience is second hand data, converted from outside data into inside data. How is it not real if someone sees and hears and feels something? It doesn't matter that nobody else can witness it, it is still exactly the same principle. Data hits the brain and it experiences it. That's reality to the person who feels it.
Because that’s not the usage or definition of real. Things that don’t happen aren’t real.
Load More Replies...schizophrenia continues to be one of the most misinterpreted diseases. thanks hollywood!
Ummmm... I've had a dream exactly like this. I know it was a dream, because I woke up in bed but...
How awful! It's nothing like this poor guy feels, but I've always had bad dreams and they've become more real with time. I can feel pain, I can smell and taste food etc. I sometimes also know I'm only dreaming. There's always someone creepy who wants to hurt me. I'm very afraid of those dreams and even elaborated a plan to stop them - I kill myself, usually by jumping from high buildings. I'd like to know how to get rid of such dreams.
This sounds like lucid dreams. Look up lucid dreams and the techniques you can alter your dreams. And (if I remember it right) there is also a technique to wake yourself up. I've only done minor research, since my lucid dreams are mostly not scary. So I haven't been able to master the techniques very well. Maybe this can help you. I hope so!
Load More Replies...Sometimes i'm not sure that's real or in my brain anymore. Sending him love.
I would like to know why the brain only thinks of bad things. Why can't it be like dreams, some good and some bad. Any kind of balance. Any kind of inclination as to why? There r so many mental disease and yet we Know nothing of their exact origins in the brain or how to cure them. Depression is the commonest but it's always a on going battle. Nobody can say for sure that they are free. And these are things for there are no definite tests.
It doesn’t. People think of good things all the time. Even mentally ill people.
Load More Replies...@Joe Clark Try living with someone with schizophrenia, you'll see
Load More Replies...Schizophrenia and panic attacks are two very different things.
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