> the idea of trying to consciously encourage myself hearing voices is terrifying, This is not unreasonable. It could be less awful if the voices were positiv

> the idea of trying to consciously encourage myself hearing voices is terrifying, This is not unreasonable. It could be less awful if the voices were positive and not harsh and negative. Schizophrenics outside the US were found to have a more benign relationship with their voices. The striking difference was that while many of the African and Indian subjects registered predominantly positive experiences with their voices, not one American did. Rather, the U.S. subjects were more likely to report experiences as violent and hateful – and evidence of a sick condition. ref: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2014/07/voices-culture-luhrmann-071614 https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2014/07/voices-culture-luh...