Category Archives: hearing voices

The Voices in my head – Eleanor Longden


Eleanor Longden’s inspiring talk that she delivered in March at TED 2013. Related articles TED: Eleanor Longden: The voices inside my head – Eleanor Longden (2013) (ted.com) Treating the diagnosis rather than the individual: A look at the increase in … Continue reading

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Cuckoo – On being sane in insane places. pt 4


“Around the same time that the Jack Nicholson character in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest was trying to get out of psychiatric hospital, a group of eight people were doing just the opposite.” So begins this excellent radio show … Continue reading

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call us crazy


A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Greg MacDougall who wrote this piece on peer and survivor organising in Southern Ontario. Greg’s article made the cover of Canadian publication  The Dominion for it’s May 2013 edition. Greg also … Continue reading

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hearing voices congress 2013


The world’s most innovative gathering in mental health takes place this year in Melbourne, Australia. The World Hearing Voices Congress 2013  Melbourne, Australia Nov 20 – 22 . . Congress Website http://www.regonline.com.au/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=1196422 Congress flyer https://www.regonline.com.au/custImages/320000/326262/Congressflyer.pdf Related articles 2013 World Hearing Voices … Continue reading

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hearing voices – worker training 26th June 2013


Workers from over  twenty  agencies have now attended our unique, foundational  worker training. We ran this workshop just last week, here’s what people said… “great workshop! I learned a huge amount!” “has given me the confidence to try”  “Emancipatory!”  “informative, simple … Continue reading

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I will not obey the voices in my head – Bart Simpson


From: Behind the Laughter Season 11, Episode 22   Jean Paul Sartre said it, here we have that other great existentialist Bart Simpson saying it in chalk. Just because a voice says tells me something -do I have to believe? … Continue reading

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voices inside my head – Sting and 400,000 people, Warsaw


Sting in Warsaw Leading a sing-a-long of “Voices inside my head” There are not many words- ten- so please ,join in too. Chemical imbalance my ass indeed. https://recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/chemical-imbalance-my-ass/

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If I hear the voice of an angel – Jean Paul Sartre


On 28th October 1945, Jean Paul Sartre gave an important lecture titled: Existentialism is a Humanism. He included a passage about a woman who heard a voice she interpreted as the voice of God. If a voice speaks to me it is I … Continue reading

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Hearing Voices Worker Training – Fri 31st May 2013


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Voices Matter


Voices Matter is a 23 min movie documenting the World Hearing Voices Congress 2013 in Cardiff, Wales. The hearing voices movement is 25 years old began when Patsy Hague asked of her psychiatrist Dr Marius Romme : “how come you believe in … Continue reading

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