Category Archives: hearing voices

Mental illness: Medication alone isn’t the answer


A sometimes hard to read article in Toronto Star telling the story of Kit Skelly and the impact on him and the whole family of what all too often happens when people look to the healthcare system for help. A life … Continue reading

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Mental Health: The road to diagnosis is filled with twists and turns


If you hear voices you are not alone. I do too. Research shows as many as 10 to 15% of us do:  that’s about a billion people – it’s more common than left-handedness and more common than living in North … Continue reading

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The brain is the ‘most complex thing in the universe’ – Robin Murray


Article and radio interview with Prof Robin Murray on BBC Radio Scotland This is a piece more about Dr Murray and his career, his endless curiosity and his charm than it is about the lives of the people he studies – … Continue reading

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The Doctor Who Hears Voices – Rufus May [subtitulado]


Full version of this remarkable movie now on YouTube – with subtitles in Spanish. Related articles Rufus May (madinamerica.com) the life scientific – Robin Murray (recoverynetwork:Toronto) Brain Gym – Rufus May  (recoverynetwork:Toronto) The Doctor Who Hears Voices – Rufus May … Continue reading

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My Inner Gollum – Brian Moore


Brian Moore on Desert Island Discs – a long running BBC Radio show – a a frank and personal interview on an imaginary desert island:  the interviewee gets to take six tunes to their island, to play each on the show … Continue reading

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I had voices in my head but bullies didn’t try to understand


Great Feature article from The Scottish SUN telling the story of Gemma Pattison who began to hear voices as a teen and found that those around her used it to bully and taunt her – making the experience even more … Continue reading

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Holistic Mental Health Conference


June Thur 21st -Fri 22nd Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine 1255 Sheppard Avenue East Sheppard/Leslie TTC -Leslie Subway station Kevin Healey, coordinator of recoverynetwork:toronto will be leading a workshop as part of the Holistic Mental Health Conference … Hearing Voices: a normal human … Continue reading

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TVO – Mental Health Matters


TVO series on mental health culminates with fours shows this week…two taped yesterday at Hart House, U of T. TVO’s The Agenda has been running a regular series on mental heath the last couple of months – we’ve featured  it … Continue reading

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“Antipsychotics made me want to kill myself”


An article yesterday May 5th on BBC News  at bbc.co.uk/news… The story of one man David Strange’s story , stuggling to balance the benefits and side effects of the medications he takes to manage his difficult experiences . It also shows … Continue reading

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Schizophrenia: A Recovery – Jonathan Benjamin


Jonathan Benjamin describes his experience falling into mental illness, with depression,  hearing voices, thinking he was being visited by an angel then possessed by a devil, of self-harming, diagnosis, diagnoses, feeling numbed by medications; hopelessness; suicide – arrest, being sectioned and psychiatric discharge. He … Continue reading

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