

But Alderson-Day thinks that a better understanding of why people hear these voices could help mental health professionals treat them in a more targeted way, perhaps helping those individuals manage and reframe their experiences into ones that are less distressing. Right now, the common practice is to treat frequent psychotic episodes with medications. Over time, if the predictive processing theory holds up, this might change the way we treat some mental illnesses. Voice hearers are well represented among people who call themselves mediums or psychics. I know at least one or two people who would call it that.” Others think of it in terms of the voice of a passing loved one, or in terms of a spiritual framework. “Which may be that they think it’s just something that their brain is producing like a kind of unconscious brain radio happening. “Quite often the very first time they might not realize that other people can’t hear the voice or the voices but over time what they might do is develop an explanation for themselves that makes sense of it,” says Alderson-Day. But many people who experience auditory hallucinations can understand sine-wave speech without training. Sine-wave speech is a form of artificially degraded speech that humans can understand with proper training. “Doing this kind of research particularly with non-clinical voice hearers is really key for showing how what we believe about the world, what we expect to hear can really shape our sensory experiences,” says Alderson-Day. Non-psychotic voice hearers accepted that it was happening in their heads, which again leads credence to predictive processing theory-our expectations really might matter. The biggest difference between those who heard voices and those who heard voices and had psychosis was their ability to accept that the tone wasn’t real. Everyone hears voices Hearing voices is also a characteristic of a number of other psychiatric and neurological disorders, such as bipolar disorder, Alzheimers disease, Parkinsons disease and epilepsy. Again, suggesting that voice hearers are primed to hear sounds in their environment. They can also be caused by an infection, brain tumour or confusion (delirium), especially in older people.This tendency, to hear the tone when none was present, was especially likely to happen to those who hear voices – whether or not they had psychosis. They can happen if you have migraines, a high temperature or just as you wake up or fall asleep.

Sometimes hallucinations can be temporary. a change or loss of vision, such as Charles Bonnet syndrome.

Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease.mental health conditions like schizophrenia or a bipolar disorder.Hallucinations can be caused by many different health conditions that affect the senses. think that your body is moving like flying or floating when it is not.taste things that only you feel are not pleasant or is strange.
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