Personal Experience
May 12, 2011
Personal experience is at the heart of the Hearing Voices Movement. All of the accounts in this section have been contributed by members and give you a small glimpse into the wide variety of ways people experience and understand ‘hearing voices’.
If you would like to contribute your experiences to this site, we would love to hear from you.
- For short experiences and reflections – please click on ‘Share Your Views’ and leave a reply to this post.
- For longer articles, please email us or post a comment on our ‘Share Your Story‘ page.
Whilst we cannot publish every single article in full, with your help we will work to ensure there is an ever growing collection of experiences and perspectives represented here.
November 7, 2015 | Personal Experience
I am 28 now and I have seen and heard voices since I was 4. I hear them in a telepathetic way in my own mind. My childhood has been […]
August 9, 2013 | News, Personal Experience
As many of you are aware, Eleanor Longden (a valued member of the Intervoice Board) travelled to Long Beach earlier in the year to give an inspirational talk about her […]
Tags: Book, Eleanor Longden, Hearing Voices, Inspiration, Recovery
February 3, 2012 | Personal Experience
A psychedelic artists impression of Robin Timmer’s experiences of hearing voices.
Tags: Film, Hearing Voices, Personal Growth, Recovery
May 18, 2011 | Groups, Personal Experience
A Voices Hearer Facilitator’s Account By John Exell I help run a hearing voices group which I will describe, but first a brief introduction. I am a voice hearer, diagnosed […]
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience
The extraordinary story of Dr Rufus May Published: Independent, 18 March 2007 At the age of 18, Rufus May was diagnosed as an incurable schizophrenic and locked up in a […]
Tags: Alternatives, Diagnosis, Hospital Experience, Medication, Pharmaceutical Industry, Psychology, Recovery, Self Help, Side Effects, Unusual Beliefs
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience
The Recovery Position This is an extract of Peters story is taken from an article by Adam James, published on the Psychminded website. To see the full article click here. […]
Tags: Diagnosis, Paranoia, Recovery
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience
Source: The Independent on Sunday, 18/03/2007 I am from Nigeria, I’m a textile designer and a craftsman, but I am also caught up in two worlds. Elements talk to me […]
Tags: African Psychologist, Empowerment, Hearing Voices, Panic Attacks, Recovery, Shamanism, Visions
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience
Jan Holloway & J. Thomas This article appeared in Openmind 103 May/June 2000: Voice-hearing experiences and ways of coping are different for every individual. Jan Holloway and J. Thomas describe […]
Tags: Coping, Distressing Voices, Empowerment, Hearing Voices, Hospital Experiences, Personal Experience, Recovery, Time Sharing
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience
Taken from the preface to “Recovery an Alien Concept”, available to purchase from Working To Recovery I was brought up in a working class Roman Catholic family and like many […]
Tags: Childhood Abuse, Hearing Voices, Hearing Voices Groups, Hope, Journeys, Ownership, Personal Experience, Recovery, Trauma
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience, Your Stories
An account of hearing voices as a child by David Batty, Friday November 16, 2001, SocietyGuardian.co.uk Maria from Manchester began hearing voices when she was seven – three years after […]
Tags: Childhood, Hearing Voices, Hope, Peer Support, Recovery, Self Help, Trauma, Young People
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience
Hearing Voices and Dissociation ‘Making Friends with Voices’ is a personal account of one woman’s experience of hearing voices, dissociation and childhood trauma. It explores the inherent meaning hidden behind […]
Tags: Childhood Abuse, Dissociation, Hearing Voices, Trauma, Understanding
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience
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 […]
Tags: Diagnosis, Hearing Voices, Hope, Personal Experience, Recovery, Young People
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience
Don’t fight it because you are fighting with yourself Brian from Australia describes his road to recovery from experiencing negative voices and shares what he has learnt over the last […]
Tags: Coping, Hearing Voices, Personal Experience, Personal Growth, Strategies
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience
My name is Alba. Here is my story from various points of view: The beginning of my experience: Getting to know Andrea I was 32 years old at that time. I […]
Tags: Communication, Different Perspectives, Personal Experience, Spiritual Guide, Telepathy, Voice Profile
May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience, Your Stories
An account of hearing voices as a child David Batty, Friday November 16, 2001, SocietyGuardian.co.uk Janneke, from Heerhugowaard in northern Holland, began to hear five male voices in January 1993. […]
Tags: Childhood, Coping, Hearing Voices, Newspaper, Recovery, Understanding, Young People
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