Has anyone had a small child hear voices. My 5, almost 6 year old just told me that he keeps hearing a voice saying "hurry up" in his mind.
I agree with Julie and Marda.
Right now the voice in my head is saying "quit procrastinating and get ready for work".
I hear that voice in my mind saying hurry up often. lol I suggest that unless he says the voice is audible (out loud) it is just in his mind. A child has difficulty explaining this. They also have an active imagination and difficulty knowing the difference between fact and fantasy. Perhaps he's anxious about being "on time." Does anyone hurry him? I suggest that most kids are told over and over to hurry.
My grandson talks outloud to his imaginary friends. He even says that he can see them. He keeps me from shutting the door on them. My grandson has Aspergers and even tho he's 11, developmentally he's more like 6. His doctor is not concerned about the "friends."
Perfectly normal to hear your thoughts as a voice. My mind tells me hurry up, sometimes slow down, sometimes I tie the poor thing up and don't listen. :)
It is just a perspective of how you see your mind working.
Oh yeah, I agree with Mynewnickname, yelling stop with the internet and work! Well because I am in work at the moment but I need to start being brilliant or some form of brilliant, I am tired, acceptable works for this morning...
Now my head is yelling coffee!
Yep. Normal.
I heard a voice telling myself not to give up as I ran this morning. I hear a voice saying I'm going to be late when procrastinate getting ready. I hear a voice saying get out of bed when I sleep in.
It's all my conscience.
He probably is hearing you telling him to hurry lol.
Unless he's telling you that he's hearing a voice telling him to hurt himself or others, I wouldn't worry about it.
He probably does not have enough of a vocabulary or awareness to understand that voice is his brain telling him what to do based on your good parenting.
If for all of these years you use the same type of words to get him moving, he hears that in his mind.
I still say, this while we are getting ready to leave,
"Make sure everything is shut down, is the side door locked? Anyone need to use the rest room? Every one have their phones and keys? Ok? Lets go"
My husband and I have been married over 30 years and our daughter is 24.. I have added things along the years, but this has been my rallying call each time we all leave the house for the last 8 years. I am sure they hear this voice when they are getting ready to leave, even when I am not with them.
Do you, your husband, your parents, inlaws, etc. say "hurry up" a lot to your child or to each other within earshot of your child? If so, there's your answer.
A.,
I think we all hear voices in our heads...I hear my mom's voice when I'm parenting sometimes...I hear my own voice telling me to get off MMP and get back to work....
My kids hear my voice in their heads too... it's normal. Unless this voice is telling him to start fires, steal or hurt someone? It's normal. If this voice tells him to do harm? Then he needs to be seen PRONTO... otherwise? It's all good.
I agree with Marta. Maybe he has an imagination. In my opinion kids are growing up way to fast these days. With all the technology, kids don't need imaginations any more. Maybe he does have a friend!
perfectly normal, at this age, they are thinking on two levels..i gotta hurry up and find my favorite toy , so i can hurry up and go to the park..its two stage thinking, so theres a lot of "hurry up" involved. K. h.
Most people, myself included, frequently refer to "the voice" or "voices" in our heads. It's how we process and describe the thought process. I would only worry if he's frightened by what the voice says.
We ALL have voices in our head. It's us talking to ourselves. How many times have you done something like debated about going surface roads vs. the freeway, just to get on a congested, stopped freeway? The "voices" in my head usually say, "Dang it! You should have gone the other way!"
Unless these "voices" are telling your child to harm themselves or other people, these voices are often our thoughts or intuition. As a child, they can't discern everything for what it's worth.
Having your child examined for this based upon "hurry up" might be a bit much and actually make your child think something is wrong with him. Is he normally slow and hears his parents say hurry up? Or a teacher? And now that has become his inner dialog?
