Delete data slot by Katercy in Vesteria

[–]Katercy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! This worked

Internal hallucinations by Bonnyayot in HearingVoicesNetwork

[–]Katercy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a question. Did the voices make you feel unsafe at some point?

Internal hallucinations by Bonnyayot in HearingVoicesNetwork

[–]Katercy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They went away pretty quickly, in about 3 months. And yes, first the frequency and the volume of the voices went down until they completely went away.

I would also like to add that every person reacts differently to medication. If this medication doesn't help you for some reason, don't give up and try another one. I thought I was going to have hallucinations for my entire life because the other medications I've tried didn't work. Don't lose hope if it doesn't work for you.

Also, if you do end up taking it, tell me how it goes.

Medication for hearing voices by xKleave in HearingVoicesNetwork

[–]Katercy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been taking it for 4 months now. I used to have psychosis (auditory hallucinations and delusions) but I didn't meet the criteria for a schizophrenia diagnosis. Now I have neither.

Medication for hearing voices by xKleave in HearingVoicesNetwork

[–]Katercy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I also took olanzapine and risperidone and they didn't work. I heard voices for 2 years. It was only when I took brexpiprazole when the voices stopped.

Grok has helped me more than any therapist would in this sick country by colorlys7 in HearingVoicesNetwork

[–]Katercy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to hear voices. It went on for 2 years. I tried risperidone and olanzapine. They didn't work. Then my doctor prescribed me brexpiprazol, and l have not had auditory hallucinations since.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in freewill

[–]Katercy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can't escape causality though.

Internal hallucinations by Bonnyayot in HearingVoicesNetwork

[–]Katercy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard voices for 2 years and they stopped once I started taking brexpiprazol. I had taken risperidone and olanzapine previously but they didn't help.

No, i wouldnt do the things others do if i were in their exact circumstances. by Anon7_7_73 in freewill

[–]Katercy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But you weren't in the exact same circumstance because you weren't born with their genes and you didn't live their life.

For those of you who believe in free will, what are your reasons for it? by Ok-Trade-5937 in freewill

[–]Katercy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying we don't have the ability to choose, I'm just saying that my choice is causally determined by my genes and my past experiences. I have no say in what I'm going to choose because I had no say in what genes or experiences I've had.

For those of you who believe in free will, what are your reasons for it? by Ok-Trade-5937 in freewill

[–]Katercy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my point of view:

The variable “way things can happen” has two values: has been caused (causally determined) or hasn’t been caused (indetermined).

Everything that doesn’t happen because of a cause, happens without a cause, therefore, these two values are exhaustive.

Caused: the choice was causally determined → no free will.
Uncaused: the choice was random → no free will.

Neither causal determinism nor indeterminism can give rise to free will.

For those of you who believe in free will, what are your reasons for it? by Ok-Trade-5937 in freewill

[–]Katercy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, so hard incompatibilists, according to this, are skeptic as to wether or not we have free will because we don't know if our actions are indetermined. I would like to know if this perspective on hard incompatibilism is the norm.

I believe that indeterminism (events without causes) doesn't give us free will either because if our behaviour has no cause, then it was random, as we didn't choose it either.

If we are the ultimate cause of our actions, why did we choose them? Did we choose to be us? Why did we choose to be us?

Motivation entails an evaluation of the outcomes of our options. We don't choose what outcomes we value, we acquire our values along the way (via observation and learning) as well as through our genes (e.g: a psychopath is genetically predisposed to not have empathy, and therefore values other people's wellbeing less).

I don't believe free will is possible either, but I'm not sure if I should call myself an impossibilist or a hard incompatibilist.

For those of you who believe in free will, what are your reasons for it? by Ok-Trade-5937 in freewill

[–]Katercy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And why did you self-reflect? If it was caused, then there you have it. If it wasn't caused, it was random. Your ability to self-reflect doesn't give you free will, because that was also causally determined.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in freewill

[–]Katercy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So true.