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Another personality in my head after nearly dying?
Okay... Long story short, a few years back I got really dumb for awhile and tried to kill myself. Stupid, I know.
But the strange thing is, that somewhere in that near-death thing, I seem to have picked up a new separate person in my head.
A few notable things... This other personality is not my gender... I hear it like someone talking in my head. I get random comments, and even argue with them occasionally.
I have a family member who is schizophrenic, and I'm unfortunately quite familiar with the symptoms, and of the list, I only have the one. And it's not even voices, it's just one. A voice that has provided a name and a whole personality. This other personality has even helped when I'm stuck writing on one of my books, and contrary to my understanding of the human thought process, I can hear this voice even while thinking of other things, like someone talking to me outside of my head.
I don't know a lot of people who've come that close to dying, and I was wondering how often weird stuff like this happens. There's strangely not a lot of stuff online that I can find that's useful.
But the strange thing is, that somewhere in that near-death thing, I seem to have picked up a new separate person in my head.
A few notable things... This other personality is not my gender... I hear it like someone talking in my head. I get random comments, and even argue with them occasionally.
I have a family member who is schizophrenic, and I'm unfortunately quite familiar with the symptoms, and of the list, I only have the one. And it's not even voices, it's just one. A voice that has provided a name and a whole personality. This other personality has even helped when I'm stuck writing on one of my books, and contrary to my understanding of the human thought process, I can hear this voice even while thinking of other things, like someone talking to me outside of my head.
I don't know a lot of people who've come that close to dying, and I was wondering how often weird stuff like this happens. There's strangely not a lot of stuff online that I can find that's useful.
Do you think it's normal?
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Sometimes when people try to kill themselves another spirit/soul comes into the body instead, someone who is better able to cope with the life circumstances and agrees to carry on in that body instead and finish their life.
In your case I guess you came back or stayed on in addition to this new entity. Alternately they could be an angel/guide who helped saved you and is now guiding/comforting you. They don't sound malevolent.
A similar thing happened to my dad as a child after he nearly drowned. There ended up being 2 souls there but I don't know which one is actually the real him. He was told that he had taken over this body and forced it to keep living, however the original soul was still hanging around.
There are many many stories about this. There was even a show on tv about it.