A little info/perspective on voices and images if interested

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I was diagnosed only a couple years ago with asperger's. I didn't know for quite a while what was wrong, for years I've also had voices and images in my head, some of them very violent. I have seen things in my mind that I've never seen before, and heard things I've never heard before. Some of them relate to what I've been watching or listening to or thinking about. I don't remember any medication ever helping me with it. The weird thing is that for the most part they've gone away. I think they get worse if I'm more stressed, maybe some medications might've made it worse, I don't know. I read that some other people on here have had things similar, and if it helps I wanted to say a little of what I've learned about it in case it might help other people. It isn't schizophrenia, unless it actually is for someone else. If you wonder if you have schizophrenia you more likely do if voices tell you to do things, and you don't know if it's real. What I was told by the person that did my testing and I saw in a book is that for some people like us with asperger's we can have such active minds that we might hear and/or see things but we're not crazy, it's really just annoying, sometimes frustrating. I knew of someone that is bipolar that has voices and images also. There's times it's made me cry a little after seeing such violent images out of nowhere and feeling real but knowing it's not, I have seen weird and violent things just sitting in church or something like that. I've heard crying or screaming so I usually have to turn the t.v. on. I listen to music or something else if t.v. isn't available. Don't know if this helps anybody.

hello, Chrishendrik
the most liberating thing for me, was the discovery that the average human brain can only hold in working memory, just ONE discrete thought, at any one moment. with this in mind, I can quiet the various neural garbage thoughts simply by overriding them with a replacement thought- ANY replacement thought. for example, I might be worrying about something I have no real control over, such as aging or various what-ifs ["what if my tin can has an electrical short and burns down to the ground with me in it?" "what if I get a nasty debilitating disease?" etc.]- I can now just replace those thoughts with the thought, "I really love ice cream!" or "I REALLY really love my fleshlight!" or "I like nice aged cheddar cheese!" the instant I start dwelling on my new thought, the old disturbing thought just evaporates.
I hope this was helpful for you.
take care
bruce