Is Hearing Voices Ever Normal

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In general when we hear that someone is hearing voices, we believe that the person is experiencing a psychotic episode. Psychosis is a break from reality and not knowing what’s real and not real. Usually hearing voices, also called auditory hallucinations doesn’t happen in a vacuum. You can get them as a part of a depressive episode or a manic episode. And you can also see them with the psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. • Another scenario where you can hear voices is when you have certain medical problems like being in a temporary state of intoxication from a drug or alcohol, being delirious, or having seizures or migraines. • But there are people who have no medical problems whatsoever and still hear voices. It’s estimated that 1 – 3% of people with no psychiatric disorder hear voices. Researchers have seen differences between pathological voices and non-pathological voices. • In this video I discuss these differences and also discuss other situations of hearing voices such as with hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. • References • Baumeister D, Sedgwick O, Howes O, Peters E. Auditory verbal hallucinations and continuum models of psychosis: A systematic review of the healthy voice-hearer literature. Clin Psychol Rev. 2017;51:125–141. • Vanessa Beavan, John Read Claire Cartwright (2011) The prevalence of voice-hearers in the general population: A literature review, Journal of Mental Health, 20:3, 281-292, • Want to know more about mental health and self-improvement? On this channel I discuss topics such as bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorder (ADHD), relationships and personal development/self-improvement. I upload weekly. If you don’t want to miss a video, click here to subscribe. https://goo.gl/DFfT33 • Disclaimer: All of the information on this channel is for educational purposes and not intended to be specific/personal medical advice from me to you. Watching the videos or getting answers to comments/question, does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. If you have your own doctor, perhaps these videos can help prepare you for your discussion with your doctor.

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