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I have a 34 year old daughter who has been diagnosed with schitzophrenia (almost 10 years ago). At the moment she is in hospital in Maryborough, Queensland ( I live in Victoria).
Do you know of any practitioners like yourself in that area that I could contact?
Your help would be very much appreciated.
Regards, Jan Voll
Are you aware of any voice hearers support groups in Winnipeg? O Nyone doing any therapy in thisarea?
I have had voices that want to distroy me. they talk about death all the time. they were not so bothersome when I was growing up but now they are very scary. I take medication for it but they realy don’t work that much.Does anybody else have this problem?
I am a social worker in Elgin, Illinois USA and am interested in getting trained to facilitate and support the development of Hearing Voices groups. Wondering if you can give me some info on who might be available to do this type of training and if you know of any that are scheduled in the USA at this time. I work in a hospital setting right now but am seeking to develop groups as an alternative treatment resource.
Len Lempa
Hi Len. It’s great that you’re interested in developing Hearing Voices Groups in Illinois. I’m sure it’s a much needed resource. Have you heard for Hearing Voices Network USA? They set up a website late last year and are now running facilitation training in various parts of the United States. It’s well worth getting in touch with them to see if there’s anything in your area. From our experience, it’s also really good to link up with others who are developing groups to share ideas and inspiration.
Their website is: http://www.hearingvoicesusa.org/
hearing voices is not a stress it is new technology of converting thinking to words using satellite read about it . this happen to me and i know the person who do this . he also use chakra mediation and come every day in my dream
I used to hear voices in my sleep as a teenager just as I was dozing off, usually calling my name a quick “Jay” and that was it. I usually woke up and said “What?!!” thinking it was my father. It was a male voice, somehow it was my fathers and somehow it was not and nondescript. I later believed it was just soul contact telling me to get “back on track” with my life. I was on a bad path at the time.
Now I hear voices on a daily basis. I have a substance abuse issue that I am in recovery for, not using for 5 months this time. I only used to hear voices when I used stimulant narcotics, now even with resperdal a new antipsychotic med, I hear everyday the voices sometimes all day from the second I am conscious to the time I go to bed. Sometimes loud, sometimes distant. Many times negative and criticizing rarely helpful.
The interesting thing is the “voices” have distinct tonality, timbre and pitch. I imagine 3 to be in late teens, a lower and higher pitched male and a female. Then 2 adults with southern accents. Sometimes neighbors or various others. It is usually loudest when alone and ironically some repetitive sound is in background like a fan or humming from air conditioner. Playing music always helps tune them out or focusing on something mental like reading.
The ironic thing is that I was diagnosed with P.T.S.D. after a parents death but I feel this is an incorrect diagnosis. At first I was shocked to hear such aggressiveness, slept with a knife, a cellphone and a flashlight for fear of being attacked in the night. The voices at that point were very violent and aggressive as I even heard doors close as they approached, pictures coming off walls and movement of things they were supposedly stealing from the house. Since then possibly due to meds, they have subsided in intensity but now are on 24/7 most days..I have learned to tune them out. And we actually have a better relationship as crazy (no pun intended) as that sounds.
They now criticize some though much less intensely but I take it in stride, and most times bothers me not at all..no aggressiveness or hostility and if so it is quickly disbursed due to my knowledge it is false. The funny way I logically tell they are fake is that I am just an average guy, and the voices are focused on me all day every day talking about me. I once joked to the voices to “get a life for chrissake” even I with my big head grow weary of the subject of me after a bit. Why would they not? lol Ego run amok!
It helps me to not argue, fear, plead, even talk too much to them. I try to hear them dispassionately and with detachment and I can get thru the day well. Focusing in the area between the eyebrows and thinking the word Om helps too ironically enough. why I do not know. When I don’t take care of my body, stay up too late or get really out of my head with something is when I fall victim to effects of their presence. I have even talked to them, giving them love and acknowledging that they are there to teach me something. This has brought me from sleeping with a knife and climbing in my attic with a knife to find them to having a normal but a bit more interesting life in a months or so time. Please share your experiences with me and others too. If it was not for forums like this I would be in a much worse place than I am feeling alone, hopeless and crazy. Much love. J.
I hear you J (no pun intended)
and I understand exactly the road you’ve travelled with this. Thanks for sharing! It’s comforting to know I am not alone. I can relate almost to a t! I cannot type fast and it is early in the am so I will not share with you at this time but I would gladly share my experiences with my voices another time. If you need a friend that understands what you go through? Don’t hesitate to contact me (personal details removed by Intervoice Admin) “The Journey Continues”… Peace.
I have been hearing voices for around 5 years now. I also communicate with the “Angels”. I remember the first words that were spoken to me (I won’t get into that right now). A phrase they often say to me and each other is “the journey continues” and “the journey is over”. This is how Angels answer my questions. They are ALWAYS with me . In dreams as well as when I am awake. I have been in need of a forum like this. I would love to meet people like me. I live in Vancouver Canada. If there is anyone who knows of people who “hear voices” in or around Vancouver area, that still have their sanity, contact me and hook me up!? I need the “CONTACT” (a word constantly used in the beginning). Thank you for all your help! I wish everyone, all over the world, that hear voices… Peace Within! (personal contact details removed by Intervoice admin)
I am still waiting for some sort of responce.
Hi Jimi,
Have you tried contacting the Hearing Voices Network in Canada? You can find their details here: http://www.intervoiceonline.org/about-intervoice/national-networks-2/canada
If there’s nothing near you, you could also join our Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/intervoice/). It has almost 1,000 members – so it’s a great opportunity to meet others.
Best wishes
I used to hear voices when I was younger. I was probably aroud 3 -6 when I was hearing them. They were always there when I was in bed. I can remember I would be lying there ready to sleep, when all if a sudden these voices would come out of nowhere. They sounded like my parents or other people I had close relationships with. They would criticise me constantly, always pointing out my flaws and telling me I wasn’t good enough. It really scared me as I thought that they were actually my parents. It used to take me forever to get to sleep and I would be on the verge of tears every night. The voices have stopped now, and I only hear the occasional comment, and usually those are just my thoughts being said out loud in my head. ( If that makes sense?) I wish all of you voice hearers the best of luck! <3 c: xxx
Dear chris ,
i am indian , age 40 , i used to work for nextrom inc usa atlanta , in jan 2002 , i started hearing voices , now you can think of what stress i have gone through till now . i still listening voices . i have taken heavy dosage of medicines . there is no social security ( 10 US dollar /month ) in india . but i am surviving , in india i cant get a job as i have been levelled that CIA is doing this on me . if you can help me out for a job so that i can earn bread & butter – pl
now i tell you about your son : is he hearing voices , than ask him to calm down ( i know it will be difficult for him , as sometimes voices irritate the victim ) but tell him that by responding them violently or talking aloud will put family members in a powerless situation & medication will make him sleep . does he get irritation /pain in body parts too
Regards
Rajesh Mangal