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and not as from some outside controlling force.
For example, when a schizophrenic patient is hearing voices, they actually may be subvocalizing. It is as if they were talking to themselves soto voce, but did not realize that it was their own brain doing the talking. Sometimes if we asked them to hold their mouth wide open for a few moments, or to use some other strategy to prevent subvocalizing, they would report that the voices went away. This can help some patients to be more confident that the voices are not "real" and just originate in their own minds. The next step is for them to improve their ability to ignore the voices as much as they can, and go about doing what they want to do. |
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There are theories or notions that schizophrenics have problems recognizing their thoughts and actions as their own, New 
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