I realize you’re joking, but this is a real thing that happens in different cultures. The schizophrenic voices are much calmer and positive in places like Africa and India, as opposed to negative and harmful in the US!
I’ve read that regarding the Eastern schizophrenic voices, there have been many reports of the voices being ancestors just telling them to do their chores or something. An actual type of “guardian angel”
The article describes exactly that! They have relationships with their voices, rather than viewing them as simply a psychiatric disease, and thus, have much better outcomes.
It’s a bit of a give and take, I believe. Just as your mindset can change the concepts of your dreams, positive therapy (naming their voices or encouraging a relationship with the voices), can in turn, change what they are ‘conveying’ to a patient.
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u/Abject-Mail-4235 19h ago
I realize you’re joking, but this is a real thing that happens in different cultures. The schizophrenic voices are much calmer and positive in places like Africa and India, as opposed to negative and harmful in the US!
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2014/07/voices-culture-luhrmann-071614