ABSTRACT
The Western view of hearing voices - commonly referred to as auditory hallucinations in the mental health world - has for many years been embedded in psychiatry. There are many ways to try to understand what voices are so that they can be dealt with in a way that has the least impact on the person's life. One very important issue about voices and emotions is that voices seem to thrive when emotions are aroused. It is for this reason that the group of major tranquilliser drugs are used in the biological management of symptoms. Voices often corne at unexpected times, causing the person to feel startled. When tackling voices it is helpful to be aware of how various relationships are linked because the target in voice-hearing is the power relationship between the voice-hearer and the voices. The voice-hearers who coped have, in effect, changed their relationship with their voices on many levels.
