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hear your name called when there is no one with you

hear or see things as you are falling asleep

experience the voices as being in your head

feel voices are coming from outside and heard through your ears like other sounds

feel as if you are hearing other people’s thoughts or as if other people can hear your thoughts

experience nasty or threatening voices that tell you to do dangerous and unacceptable things or try to control you

hear a voice that feels friendly but encourages you to do things that might not be good for you

hear a kind supportive voice or a voice that helps you

hear more than one voice and they may talk or argue with each other.

"I remember hearing this malicious whispering which I assumed was coming from other passengers on the train...it was like being able to hear people's thoughts and in my paranoid state these were always malevolent and critical."

Hearing voices with bipolar disorder

"When I was younger I thought having someone who talked to me in my head was normal."

Read Katie's story

Why do I hear voices?

There are lots of reasons why you might hear voices. Here are some of them:

Voices as you fall asleep or wake up – these are to do with your brain being partly in a dreaming state. The voice might call your name or say something brief. You might also see strange things or misinterpret things you can see. These experiences usually stop as soon as you are fully awake.

Lack of sleep – sleep problems cause you to hear voices or have other sensory experiences that you can't explain in everyday ways.

Hunger – you may hear voices if you are very hungry or if you haven't eaten much recently.

Physical illness – if you have a high temperature and are delirious you may hear voices or see and say strange things.

Drugs – you may hear or see things after taking recreational drugs or as a side effect of some prescribed drugs. You might also have these experiences when you are coming off drugs.

Stress or worry – you may hear voices while feeling very stressed, anxious or worried.

Bereavement – if you have recently lost someone very close, you may hear them talking to you or feel that they are with you. This experience is very common and some people find it comforting.

Abuse or bullying – you may start hearing voices after being abused or bullied. This can include hearing the voice of someone who abused you being unkind or threatening or ordering you to harm yourself or do things that you know are wrong.

Other traumatic experiences – you may hear voices as a result of other traumas, which can be associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and with dissociative disorders.

Spiritual experiences – some people hear a voice as part of a spiritual experience. This may be a very special experience and one that you feel helps you make sense of your life. Or you may feel as though you are hearing the voice of an evil spirit.

Mental health problems – you may hear voices as a symptom of some mental health problems, including psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder or severe depression.

"I started hearing voices when I was 16. It resulted from a traumatic event in my life that led to weeks of a manic period."

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Parent&teacher collaboration is important to teens that go threw mental health problems .

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Mental health can be caused by caring to much about other people and putting to much presser on yourself. Mental health can come with not giving another time to take care of you facially and just taking your self as a joke.

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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can help if you have Mental health issues. Therapy can help you talk about how you feel and what's causing you to feel the way you feel.

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We've all scrolled through our social media news feeds and seen posts like this:
"So excited to announce that I accepted my dream job with..."
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"Having a total blast on my Europe trip..."
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"Omg, my boyfriend just sent me the most gorgeous flowers..."
With handpicked, filtered highlights from our acquaintances glittering all over our timelines, it's no wonder that so many of us feel lonely when we look at our phones. But what if we could see not only the good moments but the hard ones as well? What if we could look at our timelines and see that we're not the only ones struggling?

What if social media could help us feel a little less alone?

In the fall of 2015, I was severely struggling with my mental health. My anxiety left me paralyzed, while my depression rendered me unable to even get out of bed, let alone function like a normal human. As I scrolled through my Twitter timeline, I saw all of my Internet friends doing amazing things on the web. I couldn't help but wonder how they did it when I could barely get by.

And then, I saw it: a joking tweet from a friend about how she had a cold and was planning on doing nothing but stay in bed and watch the Hallmark Channel all day.
Why is it that she can talk about her cold when I feel ashamed to talk about my anxiety?
That's when I knew I had to do something:

Staying silent about my struggles, especially when I'm able to speak up without facing consequences, was just contributing to the stigma surrounding mental health.

I vowed to be open about my mental health using the hashtag #TalkingAboutIt, and I encouraged my followers to do the same. Slowly but surely, people all over the globe started joining the conversation, sharing their good days, bad days, and everything in between. Now, #TalkingAboutIt has become a safe space on the Internet where people can combat the stigma while being reminded that they're never, ever alone.

It's been a little over a year since I started the hashtag, and it's flourished into a community. When we're having a great mental health day, we tweet. When we have a panic attack, we tweet. When we can't get out of bed, we tweet. We're there for each other because we've committed to using social media not just for those glittering highlights but for the hard moments as well.

This will be a huge year for #TalkingAboutIt. There will be inspiring and uplifting readings, with guest speakers candidly talking and joking about their mental health. There will be also regular #TalkingAboutIt Twitter chats, where users can meet each other and learn more about what they can do not only to better their own lives but also the lives of others.

Above all else, #TalkingAboutIt will continue to be a loving, safe community that is committed to breaking down the stigma surrounding mental health.

Will you join the conversation?

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The holiday season is certainly a challenging time for those who are going it alone, including activists who have been on the front lines of protests this year.

SAN DIEGO - Community activists have led protests and rallies for social change but have said this year hit differently. Faced with the challenge of COVID-19, on top of everything else, left many who are expected to be strong feeling anxious, overwhelmed and isolated.

"The world doesn't see, I don't think like the manic side of it, like where you're in your head, your mind's moving like a thousand minutes per second, you know, it's just constantly going, going, going," said Louisville activist Christie Welch.

Following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, activists across the country mobilized movements.

"When you're out there on the streets, you don't feel protected, you don't really you don't really see the impact that is having on your body," said Tytianna Wells, a Louisville activist, who wrote a poem for Breonna Taylor.

From Louisville to Minneapolis and even San Diego, community leaders say the felt the pressure.

"Really feeling the pain and the weight of two pandemics, not just mentally but emotionally draining but also financially draining which all contribute to your mental health," said Aeiramique Glass Blake, Generation Justice executive director.

American Psychological Association says 59% of adults say they're taking action against racial injustice, but the grueling work of activism takes a toll.

"Here's the problem with trying to change broken oppressive systems, you're out in the trenches. We're living in a time in our country where a fellow citizen might kill you for what you believe," said Portland activist Cameron Whitten.

Activist Tasha Williamson says it easy to lose yourself in this kind of work and Black activists seeking therapy has a stigma attached to it.

"We always have to appear strong, we have to look strong, we have to be strong don't cry because girl if you cry, you are going to look weak. What goes on in the home stays in the home is how many of us were raised because that's how our parents were raised and our grandparents were raised," Williamson said.

Advocates often find talking out the problem can be a challenge when they're typically the ones people turn to for help.

"It's too difficult to just stack, stack and keep stacking eventually you're going to be the one who has a breakdown and then you'll be calling somebody," said Rev. Shane Harris, CEO of People's Alliance for Justice.

Protesting can leave physical scars. Tasha Williamson says she suffered nerve damage in her wrists after being handcuffed by National City Police following an Earl McNeil protest in 2018.

"That can be a trauma that causes your mental health to mess with you," Williamson said.

Wells says activism for her does cause anxiety, PTSD and depression.

"When I get home, it's even worse because, like, I'm not actively out doing anything," Welch said.

"There's going to be moments where if you're trying to create peace, you're going to feel guilty because, you know, there's a struggle going on," said therapist and podcaster Celeste Vicere, who studies the impact activism has on mental health.

Activists in 2020 have expressed increased isolation.

"It can be a very lonely place to be an activist, but the reality is that that experience of isolation is a limited experience, you're going to find community, Whitten said.

What are ways activists cope in a pandemic?

Wells says she writes, and Welch says she sits by the creek in her backyard.

"Self care I think is so extremely important, we have to step back and take care of ourselves became we cannot pour into somebody else if you are empty," Blake said.

While traveling to meet with George Floyd's family in Minnesota, Rev. Shane Harris came down with coronavirus.

"Look at me I'm a survivor of COVID-19 while I had to survive standing up for people who felt like they're voices weren't heard," Harris said.

As we close out 2020 and enter into the holiday season, many people are isolated from family and friends because of COVID-19. We will explore the impact of isolation on mental health in our series Going It Alone.

We'd also like to hear from you if you're Going It Alone this holiday season.
If you want to share your story or have us address a specific topic, please send an email to yourstories@kfmb.com and add Going It Alone in the subject line.

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Newsela | "OK not to be OK": Mental health takes top role at Olympics

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After decades of being told to shake it off or toughen up, athletes like Simone Biles took a stand at the 2020 Olympics and put their mental health first.

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Anxiety is the biggest problem of mental health.