The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: Truth shall set you free

4) Voices in your head aren’t really there.

This might seem like a weird direction to go in, but, come on! Beta was literally hearing voices, and thinking that the walkers were talking to him!! How could I not address this!?

Okay, let’s try to be serious here…

I’m not trying to downplay anything, but, if you’re in a zombie apocalypse, and hearing random voices in your head, especially ones telling you to do violent things, remember: They’re not real.

I’ve said many a time that the zombie apocalypse can push people to the breaking point — High stress situations can do that to people — but, if you’re hearing voices (Or worse, seeing zombies/already dead people) talking to you, try to recognize what you’re seeing/hearing. If you can recognize what you’re hearing or seeing as something that shouldn’t be there, good: That means you haven’t completely lost your grip on reality. It also means that, once you’ve made this recognition, you can consciously and actively not listen to whatever the voices are telling you (Unless they’re telling you to get out of the way of a threat, of course).

While I’m here, I might as well add this: If you’re part of a group, and your leader appears to be hearing voices/seeing hallucinations, and pushing for increasingly violent actions, maybe you should think about leaving that group…maybe.