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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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Georgie_PaulikSenior Contributor15 May 2018, 7:28 pm AEST

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

Thanks @Tasharose and @Queenie for joining us and for sharing.

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Georgie_PaulikSenior Contributor15 May 2018, 7:28 pm AEST

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

Many (though not all) of the voice hearers I work with hear their voices most of the waking day, and thus have found it hard to identify “triggers” (or “things that make the voices worse”) for their voices. However, when we look more closely we notice a pattern – perhaps they are louder/ more nasty/ less easy to ignore at certain times of the day, during certain activities, or when experiencing certain emotions. Common triggers include lack of sleep / tiredness, negative emotions (especially anxiety/stress), drugs, busy noisy places, and boredom. By doing things to reduce our triggers, we can often reduce voice frequency and/or impact of voices.

What have you found to be your triggers? What things have you done (and hopefully found helpful!) to reduce these triggers?

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Unknown userMember15 May 2018, 7:28 pm AEST

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

Welcome @Queenie and @Tasharose - great to have you with us. @Queenie thats really interesting, thank you for sharing. That does sound like it can get messy at times! @Tasharose good that you are here to learn and I hope you get something out of the night. Keep joining along

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BlueBaySenior Contributor15 May 2018, 7:29 pm AEST

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

@Georgie_Paulik
I get scared and worried to disclose this to my support team ie psych. It doesn't happen often only when triggered and traumatised or dissociating.

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SmashpeaContributor15 May 2018, 7:30 pm AEST

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

I hear alot of people whos voices have names and faces - mine don't - just black circles and I hear them from inside my head - when they have merged over half way and I'm actively trying to ignore them I start getting visuals where I see a like a small blackish orb like thing shooting around really fast behind me so I only catch them out of the corner of my eye - is there a reason they can manifest like that?

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Georgie_PaulikSenior Contributor15 May 2018, 7:32 pm AEST

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

@BlueBay I'm sorry to hear that you feel you cannot tell your psychiatrist. That is such a barrier to finding more helpful ways to manage. Thank goodness for peer support (and hopefully, if you find the right one, psychology).

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LeapyCasual Contributor15 May 2018, 7:32 pm AEST

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

Iv been hearing voices since I was eighteen two males two females but I'm learning to live with them

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SmashpeaContributor15 May 2018, 7:33 pm AEST

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

If I catch them early enough I find that putting my headphones in and listening to music as loud as i can is quite helpful but often there is only a small window as they can go from 0-100 in seconds

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lanae976Casual Contributor15 May 2018, 7:33 pm AEST

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

I've found that over the last few years by giving my voices "air time" where I will sit and talk with them (usually early evening when the rest of my family have gone to bed) they are less invasive of my daytime when I am trying to engage in other activities. It took a bit of time to train them but it makes life easier.

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TasharoseContributor15 May 2018, 7:34 pm AEST

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

I hear voices all the time. I have DID plus complex PTSD, atypical anorexia and bipolar. Most of voices I hear are mean, bararating and very dominating. I have no idea how to make them more agreeable and more positive. I can imagine my life would be a lot easier with my voices being easier to communicate with.

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