So a couple that my wife and I are good friends with confessed recently that their 10-11 year old son says he hears voices telling him to do shit he doesn't want to do. Apparently they went once to the hospital because the voice told him to cut himself, another incident the voice tried to tell the kid to put the hamster in the vent (lol)
This freaked me out.
My wife did research and said its more common that you think and not necessarily a sign the person is schizophrenic. Apparently it can happen when a child is exposed to something they are not ready to deal with, but to me this sounds like a bit of a washover, no?
I know as a fact these parents are loving and kind - highly doubt the kid has been abused or anything unless beyond their knowledge... he honestly looks like a happy and secure good kid. They said he did have trouble dealing with the recent death of an uncle though...
What is this??? Hearing voices does not sound natural or healthy to me at all

Is it purely psychological? Or does anyone think this could be the result of spirits/ghosts/demons etc?
Either way, kind of rocked my world.
If anyone knows anything about this stuff I'd be interested.