Category Archives: hearing voices

spirit of suffrage speaks to Nancy Pelosi

Posted on August 21, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Nancy Pelosi –  Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and  60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011;  the first woman to hold the office and, to date, the highest-ranking female politician in American history … Continue reading →

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World Hearing Voices Day – Friday 14th September 2012

Posted on July 27, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

World Hearing Voices Day for updates, including programme for afternoon session click here World Hearing Voices Day, Friday, 14th September celebrates hearing voices as part of the diversity of human experience, increasing awareness of the fact that you can hear … Continue reading →

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Learning from the voices in my head – Eleanor Longdon

Posted on July 10, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Eleanor Longdon at TEDx London in 2012 telling her story of going to university, eagerly entering the student life fine times, but underneath deeply unhappy but skilled at hiding it.  Then she began hearing a voice – ” my strange commentator” – and mistake … Continue reading →

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Hearing Voices: a normal human experience

Posted on June 25, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This pamphlet accompanies the talk I gave in the workshop at the… Holistic Mental Health Conference Toronto, 21 June 2012. pamphlet available here as  pdf:   hearing voices- a normal human experience [25Jun2012] Related articles Holistic Mental Health Conference (recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com) Disturbed … Continue reading →

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redemption song – Bob Marley

Posted on June 24, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

I love this song. my voices love this song – especially the lines on the buttons here. Listening to it is one of the most reliable ways I can use to ground myself no matter where I am at. And … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry talks about his depression – and voices

Posted on June 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This one’s for a friend having a tough time right now…. In this clip from the excellent BBC documentary “Secret Life of a Manic Depressive” Stephen Fry, in midst of a black cloud, talks about how he experiences depression – a wall … Continue reading →

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Ray Bradbury

Posted on June 7, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Ray Bradbury, Author died this week. Author of Farenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, he attributed his talent to his phenomenal memory and “the voices in my head”. There’s a great [2 mins] clip of him Talking With Terry Wogan … Continue reading →

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“schizophrenia” – sentence or diagnosis?

Posted on June 6, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

TVO The Agenda With Steve Paikin This program was aired Thursday 12 May as part of the Mental Health Matters series: an inquiry seeking to grapple with how much do we really know about what some call “schizophrenia”. Elyn R Saks, Law Professor at USC … Continue reading →

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Severe abuse in childhood may treble risk of schizophrenia

Posted on June 5, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Article in the Grauniad about recent report demonstrating link between early childhood difficulties and adult diagnosis of scizophrenia. children who experience abuse are three times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia in adulthood those who experience sustained or repeated abuse are … Continue reading →

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Medication and mental illness: by the numbers

Posted on June 2, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Toronto Star piece Wed 30 May 2012 Medication and mental illness: by the numbers Published On Wed May 30 2012 3.7   People with schizophrenia who do not take their medication as prescribed are 3.7 times more likely to relapse than … Continue reading →

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