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Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

Unknown userMember27 Apr 2018, 3:57 pm AEST

Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

For this Topic Tuesday we will have Special Guest @Georgie_Paulik from our partner organisation Perth Voices Clinic joining the discussion around your experiences of hearing voices, the impact this has and management tips.

@Georgie_Paulik is a clinical Psychologist and is the Clinical Director and Founder of Perth Voices Clinic. A bit more about her career:

Georgie completed her PhD in 2007 from the University of WA and her thesis investigated the role of anxiety in the hearing voices experience.
She has undertaken research into voice hearing so that we can understand the experience better – why it happens, when it is most likely to happen, and most importantly, what can we do to reduce distress around it.
She helped develop a novel intervention for voice hearers, called Relating Therapy, which helps people to change the relationship they have with their voice (which unfortunately can often be a very negative and bullying relationship) a bit more about that here
She has a keen interest in the role of trauma and voices – how trauma can cause voices (for some people) and how to best address underlying trauma.

With Georgie’s wealth of experience, this will be a very interesting and insightful night! We are really looking forward to having everyone involved!

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In response to: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

KoalaCasual Contributor15 May 2018, 8:18 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

Unfortunately no!

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Georgie_PaulikSenior Contributor15 May 2018, 8:19 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

@Queenie I do love the 'soap box hour' and find many (though not all) people find this to be helpful (if they can get their vocies to abide by it). It sounds like perhaps your relationship with your voices has changed now thogh and perhaps you don't need such tight restrictions on the relationship? I hope that is the case at least.

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LeapyCasual Contributor15 May 2018, 8:19 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

I find that slow breathing and listening to music helps me when my voices are bad. I'm also learning to be more compassionate towards them which can be hard as one of my male voices who I call the mean one tells me to harm myself

In response to: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

Georgie_PaulikSenior Contributor15 May 2018, 8:20 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

Was great you could join us @Queenie. Please go do some self care 🙂

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TasharoseContributor15 May 2018, 8:22 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

I have to go as I am getting really tired. Thank you all for making my first ever post and also forum event meaningful and full of insight. Take care all

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jbellCasual Contributor15 May 2018, 8:22 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

I'd like to know if anyone else has these expereinces I have.

I hear the voices repeat the same things over and over and over and it drives me crazy. I also hear the same piece of music over and over.

?Does anyone else have their voices push them and push them until they are so broken that they are screaming and crying, but then they keep pushing more until you have a 'wake up call' moment and realise that they have been there to push you to your limit so you have a breakthrough in whatever it was that had been tormenting you. And then they go on to the next game, another one to go through until you are broken of that one. It is like going through hell over and over and over until you are free - I am still being broken.

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SmashpeaContributor15 May 2018, 8:24 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

@Georgie_Paulik When my voices fully merge they don't tell me to hurt others although sometimes they tell me to hurt myself but not often. Their main command is to burn stuff - but it's only ever my things and only ever things that I really value. What's that about?!?

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Georgie_PaulikSenior Contributor15 May 2018, 8:25 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

@Smashpea it sounds like you have tried a lot. Please don't lose hope. It is often about trying the right thing at the right time. Might be that there are some other unresolved things to deal with first.

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Georgie_PaulikSenior Contributor15 May 2018, 8:25 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

sorry to hear that @Koala

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Unknown userMember15 May 2018, 8:25 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Hearing Voices // Tues 15 May, 7pm AEST

@Tasharose thank you so much for joining and sharing with us tonight and becoming part of the forum community!

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