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Living with Voices: 50 Stories of Recovery Reprint Edition

by Marcus Romme (Editor), Sandra Escher (Editor), Jacqui Dillon (Editor),
4.6 out of 5 stars 18 customer reviews
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: PCCS Books; Reprint edition (February 23, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1906254222
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906254223
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsFinally!
By Raeven on May 6, 2011
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Finally found a book that I connect with on a cellular level. My son was diagnosed with schizophrenia 10 years ago. I have repeatedly begged my son's doctors to delve into his childhood. I have given ALL of his psychiatrists detailed descriptions of his life. None were interested. They all say that it is a physical brain disorder and ply him with drugs that have reduced him to a subdued version of what he used to be. I have always disagreed, but they don't listen. - This book, written by psychiatrists and health professionals, does a good job of presenting what voice-hearing sufferers experience - and, more importantly, a solution. It is based on the premise that the sufferer has experienced trauma that then results in hearing voices. Identifying the voices, their personalities, tones, words, etc., helps to identify the incident(s)/person(s) that caused the trauma. Recovery occurs when the sufferer learns to identify and connect a voice to a particular time/space/person. - This sounds so simplistic... and I'm probably doing a very bad job of describing the contents of this book. But I am so gratified to read a book that echoes what I have believed from Day 1. Unfortunately, the psychiatric community in the United States will think it's hogwash. Their solution, though, is to push meds. If the meds don't work (and they usually don't), then there is no alternative. They tell the "patient", and family members, that the "disease" is chronic and without hope of any significant recovery. The doctors tell you to get on with your life and expect very little from your loved one. Not only do they impart a sense of hopelessness to everyone concerned but they stick on the label of "schizophrenia" - which, as we all know, is like getting a neon light emblazoned on your forehead that says "psychotic killer.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starshearing voices does not mean mental illness
By Leslie K. Gray on April 11, 2011
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This is the best information I have received! 6 Hospitals full of doctors and mass medications later that did nothing to stop the voices for my son, this book is the foundation of why. I have been saying all along I think it is linked to trauma! not heredity.
This book helps to see the grand picture. in my opinion ALL medical personnel who have degrees or not can learn from this book if they have to deal or help those around them who hear voices.
Stop the pharmaceutical companies from making massive $ from over medicating of MD's who don't know what to do and learn how to help the core reason why those hearing voices do.
Many stop learning and just hold a money making title and gave up on helping others. This is the very best tool I have found yet. Yes the US is behind compared to the UK and Europe in mental health care.
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5.0 out of 5 starseducational book on the problem of hearing voices
By Geraldine A. on February 5, 2012
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Living with voices is a book that will inform the reader about what it is like to hear voices and will provide ideas for recovery and should be read, i believe, by everyone who is affected by this health problem.
People may feel afraid of the phenonenon of hearing voices as it is associated with ideas of madness but it is not always a sign of psychiatric condition. it is sometimes a sign that the person has developed a relationship with themselves where they have unconsciously created an 'other' within themselves to communicate ideas and feelings with during a period of emotional isolation. Recovery is possible from threatening or insulting voices when the hearer learns how to picture who the voices are i.e. who or what they might represent and then talk to them and resolve what the voices are saying by taking on board the life lessons that they are trying to teach. voices are the unconscious mind trying to break through to point out something that is necessary for the emotional survival of the hearer. the hearer may be suppressing themselves in some way that is uncomfortable for the unconscious mind or deeper spirit to endure. i found this very interesting and helpful.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHearing voices?
By wujichuan on February 9, 2014
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If your hear voices you think are not your own, but no one else hears them, then please read this...you're not alone, others share this as well, so let them tell you their stories and perhaps guide you to some resolution and peace.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVoices are related to our emotions.
By Jane Crowe on March 7, 2014
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If you hear voices you understand that they are related to emotions. They know everything personal about you and they know how to push your buttons. This book helps you understand the medifor behind your voices to enable you to develop a way of living in harmony with them.
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5.0 out of 5 starsInteresting case study of those using the methods that Dr. Romme and others promote.
By Steven J. Lister on November 28, 2013
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Insight into lives and recovery of "Voice Hearer's" that do not always rely on drugs and have positive outcomes using techniques developed by other voice hearers and Dr. Romme. The Voice Hearing Network or "Inner Voice" is only now making in roads to the US. Mostly based in Europe and the UK. Very helpful, unfortunately this series of books (there are more) is extremely difficult to get in the US. I recommend using amazon.uk to get the others in the series, which are more instructional.
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4.0 out of 5 starsVoices are important
By james glover on October 2, 2013
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As a psychiatarist it severely downplayed the utility of medications for the voices in patients who have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and many of the patients with voices seemed to have PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) or a dissociative disorder. The examples of how they coped with their voices were interesting and emphasized that questions should be asked about the voices to determine their significance and help the patient to work with the voices in a cooperative manner.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great book and very hopeful

Published 10 months ago by LorettaA.
5.0 out of 5 starsToo bad the US is so far behind

Fascinating Book which shows a new way to think about paranoia and psychiatry. Too bad the US is so far behind.

Published 10 months ago by Frank Katz
4.0 out of 5 starsFascinating but poorly edited

This is a fascinating study of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia, from the perspectives of those experiencing them. Read more

Published 10 months ago by 50-something
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

This book is extremely important for the field of psychology and changes the outlook for victims of psychosis.

Published 17 months ago by don frazee
2.0 out of 5 starsDissapointed

These people did not inspire me or give me faith that recovery is common as the title misled me to believe. Read more

Published 23 months ago by Mo
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent book

Excellent companion book to the same author book entitled "Children Hearing Voices". It shows that people who hear voices can have successful lives and don't have to be medicated... Read more

Published 23 months ago by Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 starsUS mental health practices leave much to be desired

But Dr. Romme and his patients provide alot of good information for the so-called "schizophrenic" in our society. Read more

Published on February 21, 2014 by johnjayr
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Book - Maybe it will have the answers you was looking for

I put this book as one of my wishes 8 months ago. I was thinking that maybe it could helps to find the right answers to my daugther's problem. I regret because I waited so long. Read more

Published on January 21, 2014 by Zvonko Pino Varela
5.0 out of 5 starsHearing Voices? Read This!

Do you or a family member struggle with hearing voices? This book gave me and my daughter a totally new perspective on this problem.

Published on December 7, 2013 by Nancy
4.0 out of 5 starsA must read for mental health professionals!

I found this book,as a mental health professional,very interesting and informative. Opened my eyes as to a whole new way of viewing and treating voices that have come about as a... Read more

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