voices in my head

A traditional indicator of schizophrenia. Most people are familiar with the phenomenon of "talking to oneself". Sometimes it's vocalized as mumbling. I do it automatically, silently, when I write, to test out phrasing and style before I commit a thought. I talk to myself when I have a problem to solve, debating between mindsets and approaches, and I pray silently too. Talking to oneself is usually a harmless eccentricity.
I recognize each different voice as an expression of my own psyche, even if the words are hurtful. It is just an irrational leftover part of me grasping for power, by emulating the hurtfulness of people who exercised power over me long ago. Schizophrenics cross the line into pathology when they mistake their own uncontrolled thoughts for external messages (e.g. Son of Sam).
In my private internal mythology, there are distinct voices for each of these "characters":

• ID. Freudian, usually just whining or cursing.
• me. generally corresponding to Freud's "ego" or the "adult ego state" in transactional analysis. What my habitual identity identifies itself as.
• superego. More Freud. Bitchy parental hangover.
• Anima. A consciously cultivated identification with The Feminine in the spirit of Jung's animus/anima theory. The lesbian trapped in this male body. ;^)
• the God of my understanding. While I may be arrogant, I am not so deluded as to think that I have God on call to answer my every question. (For one thing, I know me, I'm usually not quite ready to submit to His will anyway.) I have heard that the Holy Spirit is the divine spark in all people. This is my best guess at what the Holy Spirit would say in my head if I were so blessed as to converse directly with God.