blackstone

Jul. 28th, 2014 08:51 pm
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[personal profile] telophase pointed to this short interesting article: The experience of hearing voices is complex and varies from person to person, according to Luhrmann. The new research suggests that the voice-hearing experiences are influenced by one's particular social and cultural environment – and this may have consequences for treatment.

It's interesting to think about the culturally-mediated experience of hearing voices in Blackstone, the Canadian TV show set in a First Nations reservation. Two of the characters see and hear someone no one else does. In both cases, it's a close family member who is dead, and the experience is distressing. Neither character thinks of the experience as mental illness, though one does ask a doctor for sleeping pills to avoid seeing the dead family member in dreams.

The second season of Blackstone is streaming on Hulu now. Have any of you watched it?

Date: 2014-07-29 03:39 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] lilysea
The experience of hearing voices is complex and varies from person to person

reading this I thought at first that it was about auditory processing / understanding when another person talks to you in person / on the phone / on skype...

Date: 2014-07-29 12:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] amaebi
I haven't seen Blackstone, nor previously heard of it-- it sounds fascinating!

*clicks through to read story*

Date: 2014-07-29 04:34 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] amaebi
This reminds me of Will Storr's The Unpersuadables_.

Date: 2014-07-30 11:44 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] amaebi
One of the sets of episodes in the book is about an English mental health heretic who discovered that he could manage his own schizophrenia best by conversing with, bargaining with his voices. IIRC he was able to stop taking meds and be functional. And he has both evangelized and taught his approach. (I don't recall what his medical qualifications are, if any.)

Date: 2014-07-29 10:37 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] isis
I guess seeing dead relatives/mentors is a thing in Canadian drama - both due South and Slings & Arrows use this device as well!

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