I have mild schizophrenia, well I’d like to think I do. If anything, I try my best to convince myself that this isn’t so bad…I hear things sometimes, usually when I’m stressed out or I’m really tired, or just when I wake up and feel this numbness…I hear convo’s from far away but cant quite understand them. Then I get those loud demands like “WAKE UP!”..or..“RUN!”...random things like that…or sometimes laughter or screams..Its rare when I hear a scary voice..but they’re frightening when I do…I also have these random smells, like my favorite food or of rotten eggs…just randomly throughout the day..Its not like it always happens..but they’re things that happen repeatedly. I also have hallucinations as often as I hear voices..but I’m embarrassed to even talk about them…..I see people dressed up in animal costumes..Like cute little bunnies, elephants, pandas, and bears….those are usually the ones I see…But theyre evil…In my head I get these thoughts that tell me, these guys are going to kill me…when I least expect it, they’re going to get me…so..when I do see them…I usually jump at first glance and try to shake my head to erase it…my friends call me the etch-a-sketch pretty much…I shake the image out of my mind..and usually that works…there are also little things like roaches and worms..but I’m not really afraid bugs…But yea…and as I re-read this, it sounds like I totally made it up, I wouldn’t believe me…and I really wish I could….but this is what I go through…everyday…I’m just glad I know its there and that its all in my head.