If it's enough of a concern for you to ask about here, you should seek other expert (medical/psychological) counsel, or at least discuss with a trusted friend or family member, in person.
Where people have previously mentioned similar experiences to me, the incidents were ultimately attributable to either (1) drug use (including misprescribed stimulants); or (2) onset of mental illness. However, the Wikipedia article also mentions a movement to manage hearing voices without considering it a medical problem:
The hearing voices movement is interesting. Just makes me wonder: maybe for some hearing a voices is just a minor anomaly in their brain, similar to people who can hear colors? What I mean is, perhaps we all have voices in our heads, but only for some they actually become audible - because brain regions "overlap"?
I don't think people who can hear colors are considered to be ill. If anything, they are considered to be advantaged?
(This is the first time I think about hearing voices, I have no real knowledge about it whatsoever).
Edit: found Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaesthesia - think I mixed it up, it is usually seeing tones as colors, not colors as tones. But other things, too, like "numbers, days of the week and months of the year evoke personalities"
Exactly what I thought of when I read Tichy's comment. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind might be total BS, but I can't say it wasn't a fun read.
It might be a helpful and fun read for someone dealing with hearing voices, too.
The diversity of comments here (as well as the referenced Wikipedia articles) indicate the situation could require a more complex and long-term strategy than simply "run to doctor; do what doctor says." (Even though talking with experts is almost certainly part of the right course.) In that case, discussing "fun reads" with relevant perspectives is part of coping.
??? Sorry I can't follow anymore. So thinking about possibilities is inappropriate? Doctors are never allowed to enjoy their job? (I am not a doctor, but it would be a similar situation)
If it's enough of a concern for you to ask about here, you should seek other expert (medical/psychological) counsel, or at least discuss with a trusted friend or family member, in person.
Where people have previously mentioned similar experiences to me, the incidents were ultimately attributable to either (1) drug use (including misprescribed stimulants); or (2) onset of mental illness. However, the Wikipedia article also mentions a movement to manage hearing voices without considering it a medical problem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_Voices_Movement
Still, since it's bothering you, I think you should talk to someone wiser than this comment thread in person.