My best friend tells me that she hears voices in her head telling her things like that if she "doesn't do ______ then something bad will happen to ______" or that "the devil told me that _____ will go to hell if I don't do _____"
She told me that she knows the voices aren't real and that they are not rational but she can't help but believe them. She says it's been going on for years and when she tried talking to her parents about it they don't listen. The other day she said that she thinks what goes on in her head has to do with the devil and demons but praying helps her get through. I'm not really religious and I don't believe in that kind of stuff but I don't want to tell her that the problem is that she is not mentally healthy. I'm no psychiatrist but I think she has obsessive-compulsive disorder because of the "voices" she hears and also because most things she does are done in threes (her favorite number is three, she says 'amen' three times every night after she prays, etc.) I'm really worried about her and I told her she should try talking to her parents again or try the counselor at school but she says she doesn't want to.
She told me that she knows the voices aren't real and that they are not rational but she can't help but believe them. She says it's been going on for years and when she tried talking to her parents about it they don't listen. The other day she said that she thinks what goes on in her head has to do with the devil and demons but praying helps her get through. I'm not really religious and I don't believe in that kind of stuff but I don't want to tell her that the problem is that she is not mentally healthy. I'm no psychiatrist but I think she has obsessive-compulsive disorder because of the "voices" she hears and also because most things she does are done in threes (her favorite number is three, she says 'amen' three times every night after she prays, etc.) I'm really worried about her and I told her she should try talking to her parents again or try the counselor at school but she says she doesn't want to.
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