I am so afraid for my daughter. For two years now she has been hearing voices. She says they yell at her but she can't make out what they are saying. Tonight she woke up crying saying she couldn't make them stop. I don't want to take her to her Dr. because she isn't nuts and I am afraid that is what they will say. I honestly believe they are ghost. She seen several ghost since the age of 18 months. I know this because when she was a year and a half I was holding her and she looked back our hallway, screamed and buried her head in my shoulder. Nothing was there that I could see. Since then she has told me about a few times that she has seen different people in our house. It is over 150 years old. I don't know what to do.

You have not said how old your daughter is? The most important thing is to help her not be afraid. This will change depending on how old she is. Fot young children at night time, creating a safe environment for them before sleep. I made a picture of a unicorn and a goddess ( Lakshmi- the bringer of light) and put it up next to my daughters bed . A clairvoyant suggested that I give her something that she can feel protected by. Though she did not hear voices, she as having nghtmares and the clairvoyant said she was very sensitive. If you are christian you may prefer a picture of jesus or Mary- some figure that they beleive to be greater than themselves, and able to assist in otherworldly situations. Make sure she knows that the voices cant hurt her. It is just that some people can see and hear them, while others cant. For me the best way to deal with them is to see them as lost, and think of them as someone who at one stage in their life was a very loving being, but is a bit lost. Sometimes it can be the persons own thoughts that they hear. Help her to write down what they say, do, look like, and how they behave. So you can better identify them, and work out the best way for both of you to deal with them. IS it someone you know? You could try some exercises, where you ask her to imagine how the voices (spirits) might leave? and write it down. or to draw a picture of how she feels when she hears them, and how she would feel if they left. So she can visualise more clearly a peaceful state of being. Encourage her to be elaborate,colour it in, put in angels or unicorns, or a grandmother or someone to help look over her. Deep breathing, regulating the breath can help. It calms the mind,and also helps a person to center on their self, rather than outer influences / voices. In India the word for psychosis actually also means shortness of breath. If you are sure it is a ghost, then you can contact your local church. Often they will come and bless a house for you. They are usually very understanding in these matters. Alternately contact a clairvoyant. Or the local Spiritualists society, and find someone well recommended to see your daughter.Some Shamans, or mediums can fix the situation from a distance. Or at the least may be able to ascertain if your daughter does have mediumistic abilities. Health and nutrition is also important. Many of our members in the online spport group have said they have benefited from them- mainly zinc, VitB5 and Vit E. See Abram Hoffers books. I have found them helpful. It may be worth a try. Perhaps Marius and SAndra may also answer you? I know They had some computers stolen,so may not be able to right this moment. Most importantly, listen to her. Tell her that you will work it out together. You will look into it with her, and find a solution. This will involve making her feel safe and stronger, and a solution that suits her personally. Your love and support will help her the most. Regards Adrienne

Hi again, here is a reply to Heather from Sandra Escher. If you want to ask more questions, join the forum on this site, and you can more easily exchange messages. Regards Adrienne Dear mrs. Brumley, I read your question about your daughter. I have conducted a research on 80 childeren hearing voices and wrote my PhD from it. I hope that I can give you some advices. I do agree that hearing voices is in itself normal, but if you cannot control the voices you might get ill. getting control over the voices/visions is something that the child must do itself. no one else can do it for them. we can give advices. I send you an articel about the kind of care that the children found helpfull. most of them were not very enthousiastic about psychiatry as in clincial psychiatry it is forbidden to talk about the experiences as it might upset the child more. we do not agree. we think it is important that the child learns to undeerstand their own experiences by talking about it; getting a language for it. do not alienate from it. this in itself might reduce the anxiety. try out the technique that will give her some control. What is helpfull for your daughter you have to find out with trying it. But do not swift to quickly from method as if it does not work imediatly and if you swift to quick the child might feel even more powerless. it is difficult to give an advice about someone you do not know, have never seen. But from reading what you wrote I would advice to try to get someone, a professional I do not know the english name for (exhorgist?) as I am Dutch and at this moment not near a dictionary, who with a ritual will send the ghosts out of your house. In my research 3 children were helped in this way. Ask the national hearing voices network in Manchester about it. I think they will know such a person. it might sounds strange but I my research, I work in socail psychiatry, we found that there were several ways to get control. for us there is a strong relation between voices hearing and trauma, but that might not be the case. if i can be of any help, please mail your question to me. with kind regards Sandra Escher.

I need advice. I have a 8 yr old boy with aspergers. I understand he thinks different that most people do. I found him urinating on the living room floor. when i confronted him about it he said his brain was daring him to do it. I asked him if it was his own voice daring him, he said no it was a grumpy boy arguing with him to do it. Several times over the last year he has said his brain argues with him. I am confused. Any advice?

I was wondering if you could please explaib the realationships between imaginary friends and ghosts?

I have a 10 yr old boy who just recently informed my wife that he has voices that tell him to do bad things. some times he defacates in his pants and does not do any thing about it. He said that a voice in his head told him to do it. I am concerned and would like to get a understanding about what is going on. how do i go about handleing this situaTION

I have been hearing a "voice" since I was six. It is not in a sense though a voice. Its more of a whisper that I can't distinguish or sometimes it's as if everything I hear or think is fast-forwarded and rewound over and over. It's not a threatening voice at all. I have tried to listen to it and converse with it, but with no luck. I also gave told it to shutup and go away, normally this works. I quit hearing the voice for a few years until recently. About six months ago I started hearing it again. Since then it has grown louder and more difficult to silence. It's not a result of stress as far as I can tell. It is completely random when I hear it. It has also become more frequent. I am lucky though because my mom and girlfriend are supportive of me.