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Voices and coping with Voices
Voices are usually associated with:
- Intolerable or unsatisfying living conditions
- Recent traumas (eg bereavement, loss of job)
- Future aspirations or trials
- Childhood trauma or abuse
- Emotional intolerance and control (from family/home environment)
Romme & Escher have found significant differences between coping styles in terms of the balance of power between the hearer and the voices.
Good Copers
- Saw themselves as 'stronger' than the voices
- Experienced more positivevoices
- Experienced less imperative(commanding) voices
- Set more limits to voices
- Listened selectively to voices
- Communicated more often about their voices (shared their experiences with trusted others)
Poor Copers
- Saw themselves as weaker than the voices
Experienced more negative voices
Experienced more imperative(commanding) voices
Did not dare set limits on voices
Tried to escapes from voices using distraction techniques
Copers are stronger, less threatened and more supported than non-copers
Kate Edgar
