Blackpool – Young People’s Open Event (June)
The Hearing Voices Network is working with Shaun, a young person from Blackpool, with a dream. He wants to develop a peer support groups for young people in the Blackpool area who hear voices, see visions or have other unusual sensory experiences. The good news is that these groups already exist in London and Bradford […]
HVN Launches New Associate Trainer Role
By recruiting a team of Associate Trainers, we hope to use the HVN message to bring about real change to the way people who hear voices are understood and treated by mental health services. These trainers will use their skills to inform, challenge, guide and inspire practitioners – offering a select range of high quality […]
11 May: Voice Collective in the North East
Please note: The following is from Voice Collective, a London-wide project supporting children and young people who hear voices. Please contact them directly to ask about this event as HVN are not running it ourselves. Thank you. After lots of enquiries from young people in the North East, Voice Collective are holding an ‘Open Event’ […]
Young People & Hearing Voices: Animation
A Little Insight Voice Collective, a London-wide project supporting children and young people who hear voices, see visions or have other unusual perceptions, have released a brand new animation to challenge stigma. Watch this clip below:
Communicating With Voices: Part One
Contributed By Rachel Waddingham Over the last 12 years, I’ve been struggling to find ways of dealing with the voices I hear. For much of that time I’ve been taking enough neuroleptic medication to knock out a horse. Meds are a bit like putting a giant mattress over the voices – I find it dulled […]
Famous People Who Hear Voices
Many famous and noted people have spoken about their voice-hearing experiences in the media. We’ve included a few of these people below. John Frusciante (Guitarist, ex Red Hot Chili Peppers) I had just so many mental problems. It wasn’t until I was 28 that my brain actually felt like a spacious place. When I was […]
I Talk Back To The Voices In My Head
Dean Smith, in the Guardian on Saturday 4th April 2009 I was working as a holiday rep in Brittany 15 years ago when I started hearing voices. I was in my mid-20s and thought it was my mates mucking about. I looked inside and outside the flat to see where they were. It felt really […]
A New Animation About Hearing Voices
“I hear, I hear what you don’t hear” Voice hearers from the Netherlands have created an animated short as a way of raising awareness about voice-hearing.