Having Difficulty Concentrating
I found it very difficult to concentrate. I could not focus or answer questions easily When asked, I couldn't remember the day it was extremely hard to focus and nearly impossible to complete the puzzles. A sense of disorganization. I was surprised at how negative the voices were. It made concentrating very difficult. I felt like what I was saying did not make sense, and I felt stupid if I didn't hear something or did not know what they said. I couldn't answer any of the questions the doctor asked me.
Feeling overwhelmed
I felt overwhelmed when being asked certain questions while hearing the voices at the same time. I felt I did not have control of what I was saying. I could not think appropriately A lot of voices saying random things and words that didn't really make sense and music playing. It made me feel overwhelmed and like couldn’t control my brain.
Experiencing Annoying Voices
I was super annoyed and irritated the whole time. I couldn't concentrate or think Horrible. [Voices] laughing at times, annoyance.
Enduring Physical and Psychological Symptoms
A big headache.
Extreme anxiety, light-headedness. My heart started to race. It was upsetting to listen to. I felt anxiety because could not concentrate fully on what I needed to do. Confusion, anxiety, a fear Stress. I couldn't hear anything the doctor was saying to me. Voices telling me I wasn't good enough, along with other comments. Self-confidence with the rude voices was an impossible goal.
Developing Empathy
Yes, It give me an understanding to their thought processes and how they felt in that situation. I feel for them and have sympathy [empathy] for what they go through. It helped me understand that it is hard to do [activities of daily living] and even concentrate with mental illness. Yes it gave me an understanding of the difficulties they suffer. Helped me see things from a different perspective. Yes .I can only imagine how hard it is to function when you are hearing voices for day or months. Yes cannot believe that is what they deal with daily. It really helped me to understand. Yes Because now know how and what goes through their heads. I could not imagine how they cope with hearing voices. Yes. It has to be hard to concentrate with voices shouting negative comments.
Gaining insight: Patients Daily Functioning
Yes. It makes you understand the difficulties that the patient faces everyday. The constant nagging. I didn't know voices could be that powerful and have that kind of impact on everyday. I would get distracted and actually listen to the wakes and what they were demanding me to do.
Life-Changing
It was completely distracting and scary, I was at least able to take off the headphones and be fine. If I couldn’t it would be very unsetting. Yes because I felt how they must feel hearing voices all the time and I only heard them for 20 minutes, They must be very stressful This simulation definitely gave me a different understanding. I have a lot more empathy towards these patients and can’t even imagine how difficult their lives must be This was very changing. Definitely. I now understand why people will stare out to space when being asked things because I caught myself doing that Yes, because I never understood how they experienced it. didn’t realize how difficult and distracting it was until I experienced it myself. I will be much more understanding just because I have some idea of how it feels