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The Hearing Voices Network spans over 40 countries, all involved are experiencers. 1-10% of the world’s population report this and similar phenomena. >85% of experiencers participating in this Open Dialogue method of peer led community report wellness into full recovery within 5 years. This is with <10% taking any medications, generally no anti-psychotics are involved. See our FREE 7-DAY CALENDAR to join us. We do not tell others what to believe or do, an illness framework is not necessary.

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Funny meme

Life sucks a lot for me, rn, but I found this funny.

5 Comments
2024/10/31
12:47 UTC

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Voices from iPhone background sounds

I lived in Arizona from august to October 2024. It wasn’t your normal move either. I had to stay in a hotel for the stay. I ventured to get an Airbnb although my job was already an hour away and had I a rented an Airbnb, the closest one would have taken me an hour and a half to get to work. I value time and sleep. Days inn in buckeye by Wyndham was the hotel that I was staying at. And it was amazing except for how they clean their sheets. For weeks I thought there was an infestation of bedbugs but I could never see any. Turns out, it was the laundry detergent they were using. Turns out my skin is extra sensitive. Coming home after a long day was my favorite part of the day. My second was sleeping. But before I could ever catch some zzzzzzz I had to make sure I had these steps in order.

  1. My neck was fully cracked
  2. My back fully cracked
  3. White noise is present ( fan, ac unit, iPhone background sounds)
    1. Degrees

Once these steps were done I always had the most fantastic sleep. Most restful nights ever. It also helps that I have prescribed medication as well. Now one night as I was drifting to bed, I suddenly hear a voice, at first its slight and then it gets louder. I could hear “let him in” I assumed it was the next door neighbor so I put my ear closer to their wall but it wasn’t them, it didn’t stop. I could hear it getting louder. So the next logical thing I thought to do was check the front door, maybe someone was there. But no one was there. It didn’t make sense because my tv was off, the neighbors weren’t making that noise, I’ve already checked outside, that was clear. I had even checked the restroom to make sure no one was in there with me. Where was that voice coming from? Finally a thought entered into my mind. Check your phone, I told my myself I knew the only app I had playing was the pre downloaded one where you can play sounds to help you fall asleep. I had it on Rain. Where you hear a lovely rainstorm with little jungle animals sounds as well. But this voice was just so different, I don’t understand frequencies, but when I changed it to a different sound, the voice stopped. I have not been able to hear it again. Blame it exhaustion, Blame it on glitches, But what I heard was so clear and so scary. I considered going to sleep with my friend who was staying in the room a couple doors down.

If anyone has had a similar situation please do share your experience.

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2024/10/31
04:47 UTC

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Bright Light on Black Shadows, Chapter18-Dr.Rauni Kilde- Gang stalkers TRAINING MANUAL Gang stalking

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2024/10/30
23:15 UTC

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How did it start? How has it progressed? How is it now?

Hi,

Curious to know when/how people started hearing voices. What was their demeanor? Nice, polite, angry, mean? One voice, multiple voices? Frequency of hearing the voices? What were they originally talking to you about?

How have things progressed with the voices? Has their demeanor changed? Have you considered the voices could be a mental health issue, or do you believe they are 3rd party voices independent of yourself? If a 3rd party, do you think it's humans or other? Thanks.

14 Comments
2024/10/30
15:42 UTC

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Amyloban 3399 and other considerations vs Abusive Voices

I just wanted to share what a wonderful supplement Amyloban 3399 is for voices. If you haven't heard of this yet, its making waves in schizophrenic communities. I've been taking it for about 2 years and it is amazingly effective. Optimally under easily created ideal conditions, it will reduce abusive voices down to 15% of their normal strength. An 85% estimated improvement.

These conditions are created by taking 2 amyloban every 2 days, and by avoiding triggering foods like sugar, caffeine, and alcohol. That's about it.

I've struggled recently when taking this substance though. The pill itself is sensitive to either light, oxidation, or touch. As such, amyloban that is improperly stored, handled, or overly old ends up losing its effectiveness. When my voices returned this year and I was still taking amyloban, I didn't realize that the pills had actually degraded so much they had lost their magic. Once I bought a new bottle the beautiful reduction was present. So having fresh amyloban that's properly cared for (keep out of weather conditions, light, direct sunlight , minimize oxidation and physical contact whenever possible) is essential. It's scary how ineffective my last bottle was toward the end. I suffered unnecessarily for the last 5 months wondering what I was doing differently for my total peace to be so difficult to attain.

This damn stuff is expensive, and only one place makes it, mushroom wisdom. But a supply should last you about half the year. I often found myself forgetting doses and going weeks without it throughout the years.

Don't forget the dietary stuff if you have hostile or obnoxious voices. It's important to optimize your mental health and the number one way I found to do that is through avoiding the big mainstream offenders - caffeine, sugar, and alcohol. These great joys of life are also notorious thieves of peace unfortunately, and its worth it to cut these things out if your suffering greatly from your voices.

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2024/10/30
11:22 UTC

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New V2K Frequency for N3 or CB3 ear implant mabye wrong topic?

https://youtu.be/c_-E1sbA6Ig?si=28g1zOnRxj9p3VIw

During an investigation, 18 distinct frequencies were identified, each associated with various Bluetooth-enabled devices commonly found in humanoid technology. The frequencies include examples such as 438.899, 924.999, and 868.399 MHz, with each corresponding to specific types of devices. These frequencies appear to be triggered by pressing a button on their respective controllers, such as car keys or remote controls, initiating signals that interact directly with an implant.

By continuously broadcasting these frequencies, it’s possible to override or block external attempts to access or initiate certain devices remotely, effectively denying authorization to any entity attempting to activate the V2K technology through external command.

The Frequencys where retreaved via Frequency Analyzers. On personel with implants.
Different Controllers may be diffrent frequencys listen to the first 20 seconds if it does not interupt it or the voices dont become lower that means that this Frequency Range isent for you you must have another CB3 or N3 Module installed in your ear.
Listen to the first 10 mins if this is the first time using a frequency interuptor sometimes the signals takes time to break. If you havent ever broken the Signal Before try not to focus on the voice make your self busy for quicker break.

I can i feel it as a robotic eng im getting closer to finding the answers on how to control this device.
If you have a Device go get a flipper zero analyze your frequency for a while send me all the diffrent Frequencys it emnmits i might be able to create a custom one for your protection.
Notice on Flipper Zero there is a app called Cyborg Detector it seems to be able to interfear with the NFC of the implant. With both combined i have managed to finaly get peace..

5 Comments
2024/10/29
20:04 UTC

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Protect myself or risk abuse?

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2024/10/28
20:07 UTC

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Interview With Dr. Rufus May, Clinical Psychologist, Psychiatry Survivor, Voice Hearer.

Interview With Dr. Rufus May, Clinical Psychologist, Psychiatry Survivor, Voice Hearer.

In this 40 minute interview Dr. Rufus May discusses the emergence of his mental phenomena in his teens. He talks about the setbacks in his personal life and moving forward. Now a licensed clinician Dr. May relays career advice emblematic of most all who are similarly burdened and work professional roles. Dr. May shares wisdom on community and methods to find wellness within. A foundational video for anyone looking to understand the principles of the HVN and how it empowers voice hearers through community and acceptance.

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2024/10/26
06:55 UTC

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Sometimes my voices scare me.

Sometimes my voices make me paranoid. They're there everyday, most of the time they're fine, but there are moments they can make me really scared.I'm just wondering if anyone has any techniques or advice? I feel very lonely and confused.

9 Comments
2024/10/23
19:25 UTC

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Discourse 5 - Ryan

Join Ryan and I in this 5th discourse (not 4th as stated in video, my bad) as we cover a lot of ground in a short period of time! This is an amazing testimony of triumph against very nefarious odds that NEEDS to be heard and shared. Thank you for taking the time to listen, relate and learn.

2 Comments
2024/10/21
01:59 UTC

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Desperate. Need advice

I'm sorry if this does not belong here. Please redirect me to where I can find help if you do not have an answer or if this seems inappropriate for this community.

My voices arent constant. They are not mean either. They are more like entities. I can see them when I access inside my head - I can explain further if you ask. I can see them, hold a conversation, feel their touch, argue. They're full fledged individuals that live inside my head. When I'm too distracted they go quiet, but when I have a moment without distraction they come out and talk.

One of them is a little boy, maybe 5-7 in age if I had to estimate. He is one of the more prominent ones. I tuck him into bed every night and have been for a year now. The other is my guardian angel, who takes care of the kid while I'm busy "handling" the body and the tangible. The rest of them I have to travel through the town in my mind to visit and hear.

My main concern is never the reasoning behind their existence, or to debate how "real" they are. I am afraid of where they would go if I die. I know the angel will return back to where he came from, maybe so will I (it is a reasonless belief but my body is not mine and i am somewhat of a spirit too, or at least not the original soul); but i worry about my baby. If i were to die or be sent back or stop hearing him at any given moment, I cannot ensure he stays safe.

Does anyone know anything I can do? Any prayer or ritual? I'm not much religious but I am willing to try. I do not have money and I am not of legal age yet, if it's any concern. I'd do anything there's proof behind, only to make sure he is set to live a better life than confined in a mind of a body much older. He is the sweetest thing, the best to happen to me. It's the least I could do.

Thank you all so incredibly much and I am sorry if this does not fit here.

3 Comments
2024/10/20
20:32 UTC

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How i found out voices are working together.

i’m gonna make this as short as possible. when I first went to war with my voices I knew that they were human so I would tell them thangs like I’ll fight all you with no shoes on. One week later I’m at work. I see you a guy walking down the sidewalk, holding his shoes in his hand saying out loud where are you at. His voices were telling him the same thing and they wanted us to fight. Another time voices were telling me that they were an outlaw biker club that worked with the devil. I told them I don’t give a fuck who you are. I’m ready anytime a few days later. I’m at work again and there’s a bank connected to the new job we were building.a man in a leather rebel jacket pulls into the parking lot On his Harley reving his engine for like five minutes and then takes off My voices and his voices wanted us to bump heads. Situations like this would continue to happen until they realized I knew what they were doing. This is just a reminder to everyone to stay calm. There’s a song by colby acuff called if I were the devil and there’s a verse that says I would find all the wolves in the land make them fight each other tooth and nail and hand to hand. Find all the sheep make them stir up the pot because once the wolves have killed each other sheep are what I want. stay strong and be safe out there. and never do anything you wouldn’t have done before you started hearing voices.

7 Comments
2024/10/19
15:58 UTC

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What am I experiencing?

I it’s like I have two separate minds, one is normal me and my normal thoughts and day to day things and another part is 3 different little people shouting and taunting me and repeating things over and over and just showing me random stuff and random convos and phrases etc, they are literally never ever quiet and I always shout at them to shut up and they never do. I’m so exhausted, this is 24/7. What is this and what can I do about it? I also have bpd

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2024/10/19
08:10 UTC

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Rufus May: In a Crisis. Finding Ways to Live With Voices of Panic, Blame and Punishment

Rufus May: In a crisis: Finding ways to live with voices of panic, blame and punishment

Mainstream practitioners are beginning to be interested in dialoguing practices with voices. This includes the Avatar therapy approach currently being trialed in the UK where voice hearers practice being assertive and dialoguing with computer generated images of their voices. I will reflect on my experience of using voice dialogue and witnessing different ways people who hear voices have found to strengthen their sense of self and change the relationship with their voices. I will consider the value of trauma counseling, bodywork and different spiritual approaches to finding ways to live with voices. I will also look at the dangers of dialoguing with parts of our mind that are more disconnected or unconscious. Ways to make this process safe will be considered including the use of grounding practices, community support and ritual.

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2024/10/19
06:54 UTC

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Webinar Announcement: Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy: A Road Map to Hope and Recovery for Families and Caregivers. 11/26/24 1PM ET

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Date: Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern
Can't make it live? Don't worry; a recording will be sent to all registrants.

Register Here (donation based, don't miss out)

Stijn Vanheule, PhD, is a professor of clinical psychology and psychoanalysis at Ghent University (Belgium), where he chairs the Department of Psychoanalysis. He has published extensively on psychosis and other mental health-related topics, as well as Lacanian psychoanalysis. He is also a practicing psychoanalyst in Belgium.

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2024/10/18
23:12 UTC

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Voices experience

Anyone who’s experiencing voices in your head and know they’re real people or aliens or maybe AI and know your not psychotic? Any ideas on how this is possible or what this is because I’ve been experiencing very vivid voices for three years and they have ruined my brain and body and they are keeping me alive somehow and I am barely alive and can’t get out of bed or and can barely think and these voices help me think and say almost everything I think and say. Who are these people? Does anyone know?

14 Comments
2024/10/18
05:19 UTC

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Types of voices you have?

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2024/10/17
03:53 UTC

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Feeling crappy

Was awoken at 2am by a voice, sounding aggrieved, screaming FUK YOU!! at me, bloody murder. I am ill with a severe cold right now, woke soaked in sweat, then they were mocking me for needing to change clothes & then other voices thanking me profusely for pissing off the 1st voice. A bunch of mutha fkkin antagonisers & I want to kill them all. What do you do when yer fkkin pissed af at your voices? (I'm so sad it interrupted a really fun dream I was partially lucid in 😭😭😭 they gleefully ruin things for me ☹️)

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2024/10/16
06:22 UTC

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Probably what's going on

I think they have created a D.I.D with a few personalities to threaten the inner child with anyone who has harmed you as a kid. Then they somehow are able to get i to your beliefs and habits. This is how they can gain access into your thoughts to make suggestions. You add hypnosis into it so they can control which personality they need to keep everything together and change your beliefs from your day to day. They somehow gain the trust of the inner child to convince it that it will need them to protect it. From there they will mess with you and get you to respond because your brain is not self aware and just thinks that it is their own thoughts.

5 Comments
2024/10/15
20:14 UTC

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How doctors describe akathisia vs how people who have had it describe it

7 Comments
2024/10/15
08:41 UTC

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Why psychiatry is to blame for the suicide epidemic

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2024/10/14
20:33 UTC

6

Get rid off voices through listening.

Hey everyone. There's a listening method that might help with getting rid of voices. Would anyone be willing to try it? Let me know.

32 Comments
2024/10/14
19:55 UTC

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Non existence

For a long time (decades) I've wondered, off & on, if I really exist but lately I'm pretty sure I don't. I don't know how to explain this to anyone so I keep it a secret. Anyone else feel like this, ever?

Edit: by "not exist" i mean... i am just a bunch of entities in a trench coat with a human head on top, thinking it's human but really it isn't

16 Comments
2024/10/13
13:00 UTC

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Online Meetup Group

Hi I'm a UK based voice hearer, I also see visions and experience tactile sensations. I've recognised I literally have noone to talk to about it all. I used to go to a HVN Unusual Beliefs group some years ago, we had teas/coffees and informal chit chat about our circumstances and diagnosis. For lots of reasons I don't get out much now but I'd love to start something like that but online. Would anyone be interested in a weekly online meetup group? Just checking for general interest at this point, it would be free using zoom I think.

11 Comments
2024/10/12
13:35 UTC

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My experience with making audio recordings of my voices

My experiences are very similar to others I’ve read here, but in some ways a bit different, particular the onset.

I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety all my life, quite severely. Unfortunately I’m medication resistant (bad side effects) to the point where my doctor doesn’t feel it’s safe to prescribe anything, and I’ve learned some other ways to manage it. Otherwise I’ve had no major mental health issues.

I started having “anomalous experiences” in 2020, but what’s curious about this is that I had proof that they were really happening: incidents of things like clairvoyance, mediumship, and other psi. I was contacting parapsychologists and experts trying to understand what was happening and learning about it.

Part of my exploration got me messing with “EVP” (electronic voice phenomenon), where a person makes audio recordings of apparent spirits. This was a kind-blowing experience that put me into more intense ontological shock.

After a year of doing the EVP work I started hearing the voices outside of doing sessions, buried in ambient sounds like crumpling paper, running water, etc. Something many of you are very familiar with. But here’s where things get strange: I applied my same EVP audio process to these sounds (record, filter out noise, raise volume), and captured the voices on audio.

Here’s an example of one of these exchanges, recorded using a shop vac: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yu0misa8nmzn5s20nem6d/VacuumEVP.MP4?rlkey=74rv5oomt4w66qfobatydhgqs&st=l1iqy17r&dl=0

Obviously the voices are indistinct and hard to hear. This is very common for EVP, which has a classification system based on how easily they can be discerned by “non-practiced” listeners. https://atransc.org/itc-white-paper/

Eventually these voices progressed to the point of it being experienced as “clairaudience,” purely in my head. Generally very indistinct and hard to hear, but occasionally quite clear (on those occasions accompanied by a sense of physical pressure, like a change in air pressure riding in a plane).

Of course I was convinced I was developing psychosis. I confronted my therapist and psychiatrist (who had both been seeing me for years at this point), and they assured me that I had no other signs of psychosis but agreed that these would generally be considered auditory hallucinations. However my therapist knew my history with anomalous experience and admitted she was open-minded about the true nature of what was happening. I also had a full neurocognitive exam which showed no issues (I scored at or above average on everything). I’m in my early 50s, which is an unusual age to develop something like schizophrenia. It also started seemingly as a direct result of doing the EVP work, intentionally engaging with these things.

I’ve been contacted by spirits that were friends of people I knew, and went through rigorous testing to confirm this (my friend asking numerous questions only his deceased friend would know, and getting accurate answers). Of course since I previously had some proven experience with psi/ESP, I couldn’t rule out that this was all still some sort of conscious phenomenon as opposed to external sources, but I don’t think it’s that simple.

And this is where I’m currently at. I still hear voices, but usually very indistinct. They are 99% supportive and positive, and have frequently given me very practical advice that has helped alleviate longstanding medical conditions. I have done EVP sessions for other people where I have gotten answers to their questions, so it isn’t all just a “trick of the mind.”

At the same time, it’s very clear to me that there is some sort of conscious component to this experience. I fully recognize that they are, to a considerable degree, experienced as auditory hallucination. I can hear things in my EVP sessions that others can’t. But there are a few aspects that have made it impossible for me to simply accept the answer that’s all in my head:

  1. I frequently get veridical information, that is factually correct information that I otherwise should not have known. This happens in pretty much every session I’ve done, which is hundreds.
  2. Other people can, at times, hear the same things I’m hearing (Class A EVPs). This video has some clearer examples (and others much less distinct). This video they “dial in” the connection and by the end (around 5:30) it becomes fairly clear.
  3. This phenomenon has been studied for years and is acknowledged by many to be genuine, and is experienced and captured the same way by others, although in some historic cases much clearer communications have been recorded: https://vimeo.com/101171248

I am not here to tell anyone what the true nature of their own experiences is. Psychosis is genuine, and for some people can be debilitating or even life destroying. But the overlap between that and what seems to be genuine “anomalous experience” is significant, and that has left me with more questions than answers. Someday we’ll have a better understanding of these things (once we get out of our Dark Age of Scientism which denies all things spiritual). Until then, all I know is that I am experiencing things that I do not believe have any easy explanation. Maybe you are, too.

If anyone would like any more information or additional resources for parapsychological subjects or evidence of the reality of anomalous phenomenon, please let me know. I have worked with numerous actual scientists on this problem, and have good general knowledge of the subject.

2 Comments
2024/10/12
12:13 UTC

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ECT

My psychiatrist suggested the other day that I get electro-convulsive therapy... he is frustrated because i won't take antipsychotics injections. Anyone else experience this?

10 Comments
2024/10/12
11:35 UTC

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Trapped in a Horror Film - Illustrating Psychosis with AI

Trapped in a Horror Film - Illustrating Psychosis with AI

From the Hearing Voices Network England - HVN AGM 2020 Keynote with Rai Waddingham. This 3 minute video explores Rai Waddingham’s personal experiences with hearing voices and her insights on mental health. It is effectively a simulation of her bout. She discusses her journey of coping with auditory hallucinations, critiques of the medical model of psychiatry, and the importance of alternative frameworks for understanding voices. Waddingham advocates for acceptance, self-compassion, and community support in addressing mental health challenges. A powerful and eye-opening talk for anyone navigating voice hearing or interested in non-medical approaches to mental health.

2 Comments
2024/10/12
06:52 UTC

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This song made me think of you friends :) wishing you well & a beautiful moment of music 💕

1 Comment
2024/10/10
23:29 UTC

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