Positive voices and Recovery stories
Last updated 02/08/2007
In this section we provide accounts by people who hear positive voices; have learnt to accept them and/or found ways of coping with them:
Recovering from voices by changing your relationship with them, article by Marius Romme
Marius Romme in this new article, considers five questions about the importance of changing your relationship with the voices. Based on interviews with 50 voice hearers who have recovered from the distress caused by their voices.
Alessandra's Story
"My name is Alessandra, I'm 44. I'm a mother of a beautiful daughter who's 15 years old. I'm a social worker and have been working in a psychiatric mental health service for the last 7 years. I hear a voice that I believe is my spiritual guide."
The mad doctor: The extraordinary story of Dr Rufus May, the former psychiatric patient
At the age of 18, Rufus May was diagnosed as an incurable schizophrenic and locked up in a psychiatric hospital. Now, he is a respected psychologist and a passionate campaigner on mental health issues. He is also the guest editor of this special issue. Here, he tells his extraordinary tale
The recovery position
Peter Bullimore used to be a successful businessman. But after being diagnosed with schizophrenia he became a "revolving door" patient for eight years. Yet after attending a self-help group for voice-hearers he found a route to recovery. He tells Adam James how he is now committed to service-user led initiatives
Odi Oquosa: Artist and Shaman
Because of the problems I was having, I had to talk to the doctors, who sent me to a psychiatric ward. They saw me as a mad person, who was delusional, as I was still talking with my voices. My social worker was the only person who trusted me. Now I help others who have had similar problems. I see myself as an African psychologist. The modern, European approach is only geared to the body and mind - not the spirit. These things are not clinical - psychiatrists can not cover it; I think us shamans can.
How I tamed the voices in my head
When Eleanor Longden began hearing things, she soon found herself drugged, sectioned and labelled schizophrenic. Then a psychiatrist taught her how to talk back.
Jan Holloway & J. Thomas: Learning from voices
Voice-hearing experiences and ways of coping are different for every individual. Jan Holloway and J. Thomas describe their voices and how they manage, and the Hearing Voices Network outlines its work.
'I learned to live with voices'
Brian was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. He now takes medication and no longer hears the voices. But he questions whether his voices are a form of mental illness or merely a normal human variation.
Ron Coleman: Recovery an Alien Concept
The journey through madness is essentially an individual one, we can only share part of that journey with others, most of the journey is ours and ours alone.
Research and related articles on recovering from overwhelming voices
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Comments
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I have had people contact me through voice to skull (frequency sent direct to the brain at a rate the brain understands as speech which bypasses the ear canals) since the new year after being harassed out of my work place. I have lost 2 jobs, moved 3 homes, 2 countries, mistreated in a mental health villa after being labeled schizophrenic, attempted suicide and now looking to apply to univeristy to become a psychologist and psychiatric nurse to help others in my position. We all know remote EEG exists, microwave weapons exist and MK ULTRA is still used by surveillance organisations globally for experiments or is it just entertainment and power. People who say being a victim is a condition because they had a bad experience are wrong as these people cause the bad experience later to blame for the reason why the victim killed themselves. Does Rufus May still hear the voices or has he agreed not to publicise so he can sleep at night at the expense of incorrectly diagnosing victims? The people he experienced itching their heads were those involved in a large organisation including people from all walks of life, professions all with the same interests in making people suffer if they can't get what they want. Disposable, disconnected, fearful, insane on their record, usually in debt with no contacts to refuse their involvement. Rail workers, passport officials, airport bidding, police involvement, mps involvement almost as if these mobile surveillance operatives the MS5 do not need due to scientific advancment are just gangstalking. Do you ever get the feeling that fate is forced? Do you know why the lowest earners pay more tax? Do you know why insane labelled individuals can now be removed from society? Why suicide rates are altered? To hide the truth about law abiding citizens being illegally targeted for mind control. Who benefits most from it? Everyone involved but the victim.
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I am also a V2K victim from these state terrorists operating in extremist fractions of the intelligence communties within Britain and abroad. They speak to me, attack me at diffferent parts of my body cause me to have epileptic type fit symptoms, cause me to sleep feel dizzy and sabotage my life. The UK has turned into a mind control hotbed for paedophiles and perverts in power. I have witnessed them stalk me and have seen their machines. Many people being targeted think they are going mad and are met with ignorance by the public either through their denial of mkUltra or the influence of mind control without the knowledge themselves.
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For years I have "heard" voices. I am hearing impaired (No hearing in the right ear and very little in the left ear) What I hear is not something easy to describe but I'll try. While lieing in bed without a hearing aid I seem to hear something coming from another room, like a television program or perhaps the NEWS. I can't make out any words but no matter where I am, visiting out of town, in a hotel room or at home, I still hear this "news report" coming from another room. This is not a constant thing but very often and enough to keep me wondering why. Have you heard of anyone having the same experience? Thank you.
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I've never heard another "Voice" like one would hear a person speaking to him from across a room with physical ears. For me a "voice" always come as an organized thought would, like if I was talking to myself in my mind, without my ears being involved. The thought comes from someone else. It can come as a single word, a sentence or partial sentence, or as paragraphs, especially years ago. 11 years ago I had true manic psychosis with intrusive voices and racing thoughts as well as difficulty sleeping , and was legally held overnight in a mental unit. I recovered in about 12 hours, and flew home alone the next day. It is unusual for severe manic psychosis to resolve this quickly. I had persistent sometimes intrusive voices complicated by depression and subsequently electroconvulsive therapy. Attending Healing Masses at a Catholic church, and praying for who to go to for counseling, the answer came back to go to a certain counselor. When I described the sometimes intrusive voices that steered me wrong frequently, her response was" You can hear the spirits but you're having a problem with discernment." She gave me advice regarding how to tell if something was from God or not. 1 If it is not conjsistent with scripture, it did not come from God. 2 If it is not within the teachings of the Catholic Church, it did not come from God. 3 What would Jesus do? My life rapidly got better and more productive as I got rid of delusional beliefs. Since then I have listened to the New Testament many times on cassette tape, tried real hard to stay within the teachings of the Catholic Church, and am now more healthy and in touch with reality than many supposedly normal and healthy people. I'm doing well on citalopram, (an ssri antidepressant), and have some true bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, and some spiritual gifts. If I have to I can shut down the voices and at other times can talk in English (mentally) to the Holy Spirit and sometimes to Divine Father and Jesus. ( this is not common, but I probably know 20 or more Christians, Catholic and non Catholic, who can do this. It is more common than most would believe.) I know that many nonChristians have this gift also. We should discern (sorting out and evaluating or analyzing) all voices and people by their fruits, and God is our judge.) We have to make judgements about whether a voice or a person is trustworthy, otherwise we are just being foolish. There are alot of voices and people out there who are not trustworthy. Most of the reason I changed my ways for the better 12 years ago was because the pain of making bad (foolish) decisions had become unbearable. There are 3 types of spiritual voices, 1 100 percent holy and trustworthy voices(God and saints in heaven), 2 human, here on earth, (which often include our own self and dissociated and or partially dissociated voices and or ego states), and 3 100 percent evil spirits (demons and possibly souls in hell.) DISCERNMENT (SORTING OUT AND EVALUATING) OF THE VOICES IS ALWAYS NECESSARY, but fortunately it gets easier with practice. The 100 percent evil voices get more cunning and will give 99 percent beautiful truth if they can lead you astray with 1 percent lie. Excellent spiritual counseling and even spiritual direction (my counselor turned out to be a certified spiritual director in the Catholic Church), has been the main source of improvement in my overall health. I went to spiritual counseling every 2 weeks for maybe 6 years and now am out to monthly 1 hour sessions. My psychologist released me about 5 years ago, and I see my psychiatrist every 6 months. I like my current psychiatrist. When I asked him what he thought I had, he said "I don'tknow, but you're not psychotic." Sadly, mny priests, ministers and supposedly healthy spiritual people live in denial or ignorance or have had faulty education regarding voices, spiritual health, mystical or spiritual experiences, and just how complicated we human beings really are. It is difficult to find an excellent doctor or minister who is qualified to really help people who are having problems with voices, but they are out there. Dr Karl Lehman, a psychiatrist, and his wife Charlotte, a counselor have an excellent web site which discusses these types of issues. kclehman.com the article on mimic bipolar disorder(PTSD,triggering, dissociation, demonization) is excellent. Other useful tests to determine whether or not we should listen to a certain voice are: 4 What is my motivation? 5 What good could come from this action? 6 What bad could come from this action? and very important, 7 Am I at peace? For instance, if I do something because I am agitated or anxious to do something, it usually turns out to be a poor choice, with various poor consequences. For those working with Christians who are struggling with mental and or spiritual health problems, the above 7 questions can be adapted to the person as necessary. For non Christians, work with the person where they are at, and if they are seeking truth, goodness, health and peace, they should hopefully improve over the long term. Training on the job and learning from our mistakes are critical in dealing with and sorting out "voices", and we just have to keep trying to do our best. My credentials are Medical Doctor(emergency medicine), and mostly personal experience as a consumer and a lay minister in healing ministry. Christian Healing Ministries out of Jacksonville Florida USA has an excellent web site and many useful materials. Dr Francis MacNutt's book, Healing is an excellent resource.
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Trying to find a way to help my 23 year old son who hears voices and is paranoid.. we want to be able to help him without resorting to psych meds, as they no longer seem to be very helpful. The techniques and support described here seem like they might really be helpful. Is there a similar group in the US that we could connect with? In the San Francisco Bay area?
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there is v2s uhf v2k they are all voice to head and thought altering,they need to put something in to get something out!decades ago at cinemas images were flashed so quick only the subconcious would register,the same priniple applies to sent high frequency sentences which are also triggerd by sight.if you like me hear inside your home and outside if you subconsiously hear in you will hear out.you can email me at handyhurst@live.co.uk for more.
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alright this is going to be a a wounderful experience to share with all others refering to the voice hearing. i have been trying like hell to inform the united states defense dept. i ve been contacting professors of universities the media anybody that will resopond still no prevail. 8 years ago i was doing nothing special when i was stunded by what i was hearing, i for several hours was listening to a song replay itself for several hours this song was "TEQUILLA SUNRISE" uno by the group the "EAGLES". back in the 1980s. for about 3 hours i was woundering why me or maybe why was i hearing this. after several years and deep training i have been able to research and investigate this phenomenon, my conclusion after 8 years of research and self development i have learned to munipulate this bizzar behavior. what i have concluded is not out of the ordinary and who is causing this. what i have concluded is that the department of correction is conducting a top secret experiment, although its is not an experiment any longer because the time has elasped from when this has all began. yes i do believe that people are experiencing what they are hearing voices this i highly do beleive, also the question is why do we hear these voices part of the experiment was when humans and animals consume perscripted drugs and narcotics why do i also include animals ? why do animals turn and maul others, why do humans act out and exibit action they probably otherwise would not commit acts of violence on the otherhand. the federal government is involved with tainting our parishables foods and medicine like adding a substance called mecury, while our bodies ingest this mercuy it settles throughout the body and preticuluerly our brains. the voices i know a real everybody or anybody that hears voices here them subconusiously i hear these voices concousiously i communicate with them verbally anytime i am able to see these voices what i have been doing is controlling there actions i know this sounds stupid but true i am trying to explaine this in a way to you all can understand, you are hearing voices and there is a way to turn there equiptment off. the cia and the united states military designed a unit and this unit is called comminications via microwave auditory effect i included radar after my findings what the radar does is when this unit is activated it targets humans the energy like a radar on a jet or land object in a time of war and a jet fighter activates this radar energy goes through from point a top point b while the control of this unit applies communications and a controller can munipulate the human mind subcousiously so you mind reacts to a controllers munipulations such as doing negitive responses. although this may be theory and i need to factuate this but whos going to listen the CIA there behind this. if these voices are bothering you control them i did. also, "ALZHEIMERS DISEASE" is done in this manner as well. if there is anybody who finds this message interesting e-mail me at rorybcarrillosr1@verizon.net you can call me as well at 562.746.8366 i live in the los angeles county area of california. till next time i'll keep in touch. you want the truth. just beleive
