How can I tell my mom that I think i have Schizophrenia?!

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First you quit trying to diagnose yourself. Reading symptoms of an illness is a sure way of getting the illness. Being scared of being home alone is normal. Being afraid of scary movies is very normal and frequently causes nightmares even for adults. Would it be possible for you to play music softly, or use another type of *white noise* when you are going to sleep? Schedule it to go off after you are asleep. My 14 year old granddaughter is going through similar experiences now and we encourage her to phone someone to talk with. We have a list of family and friends who are available for her to phone and she has a dog in her bedroom that will get very noisy if anything unusual happens. Tell your Mom what you are feeling and ask her for suggestions to get through it. What you are experiencing is very normal but still scary. Take a deep breath ...

Just tell her what you said here and that you are afraid. I would suspect adrenal problems that are causing excessive anxiety and sound sensitivity rather than mental illness of any kind. I have had that whispering sensation
and other like symptoms. They don't last forever.

Give your Mom a chance to hear you, react and then think about it more.
She should come around to understanding that this really upsets and frightens you.

why would she judge you. you should tell her so you can get help

Yeah, I think you should tell your parents. Don't use "Schizophrenia". You need them to get some help, if they do nothing about it then.. BAD PARENTS.

sounds more like ghosts, not a mental illness

It doesn't sound like you're schizophrenic, because you're having a normal reaction to strange occurrences. If you react in a psychotic way, then that is something to question, but you're reacting in a way that's very normal of most people, especially young teenagers. I would look into spirituality (I personally believe in the paranormal) and see what happens with that. You're at that point in your life where you're going through puberty, which is when things like this happen the most to people because you're experiencing a lot of different emotions, which makes you susceptible to the fear that can come from unusual experiences. Talk to your local priests, rabbis, any spiritual leaders. Try searching the Internet for a shaman that might live near you that you can see. They specialize in the supernatural.

Personal experience

Hello... I wish I could say something better to you but you really need to talk to her. Really. Without her help things will be difficult. Be serious, show her you're serious - a mother knows when her son / daughter is being serious or lying. If you are not "trolling" then you need treatment as soon as possible. I doubt that after you tell her everything she will just say that you are creating it - she loves you. Just tell her what you are telling us here. Also, Schizophrenia is rare, therefore, that's very probably that even tough you are suffering, it's something that is easier to cure.

Maybe you could just not use the word "schizophrenia" - just tell her that you've been feeling scared and panicky and you'd like to talk to someone about it. Honestly, in my opinion (only), I would think that if you were truly "psychotic" you wouldn't have the wherewithall to ask this kind of question - specifically, it would seem so "real" to you that you wouldn't perceive that it was not real. So it sounds more like you are experiencing a lot of anxiety. In any case, if you can find a good counselor to see you (or psychiatrist), they will know the questions to ask to determine what is wrong.