Thread: Is this schizophrenia?

you dont have to be schizophrenic to hallucinate. i have major depressinve disorder and have had them. if she has been diagnosed with a mental illness, its a likely symptom. encourage her to tell her doctor.

you dont have to be schizophrenic to hallucinate. i have major depressinve disorder and have had them. if she has been diagnosed with a mental illness, its a likely symptom. encourage her to tell her doctor.

My friend told me about something weird she's going through. She's been through a hard time these past few months. She says she's been having weird dreams, with weird demonic creatures surrounding her and attacking her, for many years. She says that lately, she's been seeing them outside of her dreams, like they've been following her. At first, I thought she might have schizophrenia, because she has been isolating herself, and she used to have depression. These things she says might have been hallucinations. But in every definition of schizophrenia, it says that normally the hallucinations surround a specific person, but she says its like they go right past her. Also, she's seen these things in her dreams for years. I know it must be something, but is it schizophrenia?