{"id":22137,"date":"2013-10-25T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/?p=22137"},"modified":"2013-11-08T17:02:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T00:02:20","slug":"voices-and-visions-and-schizophrenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/voices-and-visions-and-schizophrenia-1025132","title":{"rendered":"Voices and Visions and … Schizophrenia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"woman\"What does it mean to hear voices? Is someone who hears voices and sees visions necessarily schizophrenic<\/a>, or could these hallucinations<\/a>, as they are commonly called, simply be another of the myriad ways the human psyche responds to traumatic life experiences?<\/p>\n

Groups like Intervoice, which is also known as The International Network for Training, Education, and Research into Hearing Voices, are devoted to raising awareness of what it means to hear voices–an experience that is far more common than most people believe.<\/p>\n

And yet, despite increased global consciousness regarding voices and visions, the fact remains that the majority of individuals who show up in psychiatrists\u2019 offices saying they hear and see things that no one else sees or hears are likely to receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Unfortunately, this often leads to long periods of psychiatric care that may cause further damage to these individuals\u2019 psyches<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Personal Account: Eleanor Longden\u2019s Story<\/b><\/h2>\n