Here is what ‘Mad In America’ say about this Open Paradigm feature:
“Voices Matter” is the first full production to emerge from the Open Paradigm Project, a collective dedicated to heeding the voices and perspectives that accompany the diverse and changing realities we all share. This documentary about the Hearing Voices Movement was filmed over the course of three days at the 2012 World Hearing Voices Congress in Cardiff, Wales.
The Hearing Voices Movement started 25 years ago in the Netherlands, as an organization for voice hearers and others interested in this phenomenon. In 1988, The Hearing Voices Network was established in England, and in following years, further networks have been established in Italy, Finland, Wales, Scotland, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Japan, Israel, New Zealand, Australia and the USA. The network is currently comprised of thousands of Hearing Voices groups, and growing.
For more information, see:
Mad In America: www.madinamerica.com
Open Paradigm Project videos (now under ‘Mad in America’): www.openparadigmproject.com
I have been hearing voices that seem to be 3 guys at a radio station I used to listen to. They address themselves as these 3 people. Two are nice one is awful. They interrupt me at strange times of the night of day and are basically a nuisance. I do not know how to make them stop. I do not tell people about this because I do not want them to be afraid of me or think there is something wrong with me. Are there any HVN groups in the Dallas, TX area?
Hi Ron, thanks for posting. That sounds really hard – both hearing the voices, but also feeling you can’t tell people about it. There’s a Hearing Voices Network in the US (http://www.hearingvoicesusa.org) that may be able to point you in the right direction to find a group near you. There are quite a few groups in the US, but their network is quite new so it is going to take a while for it to spread across the whole country. In the meantime, there’s a very supportive discussion group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=141539811229). If you want to keep it private, it’s best to use a different facebook account that isn’t linked with your friends/family (some people set one up with a pseudonym for this). You might also want to see http://www.intervoiceonline.org – the international hearing voices network.