living with voices 16Jun2014-Poster

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Living With Voices

Toronto, Mon 16^th June 2014

Many of us will hear a voice, or voices, at some time or other. For many it is a comforting or valuable experience, yet for some it can be bothersome, distracting, disruptive, even terrifying – this can lead to isolation and illness and exclusion from society.

In our society this surprisingly common experience has become a taboo of which we fear to speak. When we hear of someone hearing voices we might both dismiss it as ”not real” yet also regard it as real enough that they must be ill and even dangerous. We might be surprised to learn this belief is not common to all cultures and is also relatively new.

This pattern…