Voices in head?

sorry but you need to question whether the autism diagnosis was correct on this and whether she has schizoprhenia instead.

hearing voices is schizophrenia.... its understandable why she was diagnosed with autism at first because they are both very similar, but when its autism like symptoms added with hallucinations or delusions then its schizophrenia. once autism was considered on the schizophrenia spectrum before they seperated it and made it its own thing, just to give you a idea of how easy it is to mix the 2 

Thank you for your response.

We have contemplated the idea of schizophrenia, however I am trying to gather as much info as I can on whether this is a PDA specific trait or indeed schizophrenia.

Her daily battles mean that she will flip like a switch instantly and does seem as though she has 2 personalities. This is what is said to be know of PDA though, the jekyll and Hyde as they put it. 

What does confuse me is the talking to another, but as another member has responded they too talk to the 'imaginary' so I am keen to look further into this 

Caelus has a point about schizophrenia, but also be prepared that it's not that, she is 6 after all and so far what I've read could also just be attributed to an imaginary friend, and if she's quite lonely she is more likely to have an imaginary friend, and the behaviour may look like different personalities especially if she just has a sensitive trigger into adverse reactions to things. As Caelus said they are very easy to confuse at a glance but the underlying causes are very different, it would be very damaging if she is autistic and gets her reactions to things attributed or dismissed as "manipulation" or "being dramatic".

I used to talk to one of my toys when I was a kid, and it was just that the imaginary friend inhabited the toy (made it easier to hug the imaginary friend), but from the outside with my language issues I think at lot of people could have and did genuinely thought I was delusional, and a more religious figure in the village even said I was possessed by satan and my parents should burn my toys... makes you wonder who's really got their heads screwed on.

Hi bees,

Thanks for your response. She is very good at imaginative play and will often talk to 'someone' when regulated as she does when coming out of dysregulation.

Like you say she is 6 and I think this is why it's so hard to help at the moment other than to let her know we're here for her. She is emotionally younger than 6 so it is difficult to talk through things and I am hoping as she gets older she will be able to communicate better.

She does get the labels 'dramatic' and 'manipulative' not from myself but by others that don't understand her anxieties or panic attacks so I am always trying to explain to others.

Like you say, as per the figure In your village..some people need to understand people and their differences and the sooner they do the better! 

Hi bees,

Thanks for your response. She is very good at imaginative play and will often talk to 'someone' when regulated as she does when coming out of dysregulation.

Like you say she is 6 and I think this is why it's so hard to help at the moment other than to let her know we're here for her. She is emotionally younger than 6 so it is difficult to talk through things and I am hoping as she gets older she will be able to communicate better.

She does get the labels 'dramatic' and 'manipulative' not from myself but by others that don't understand her anxieties or panic attacks so I am always trying to explain to others.

Like you say, as per the figure In your village..some people need to understand people and their differences and the sooner they do the better!