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Over 20% of Irish children report hearing voices

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Hearing voices may affect over a fifth of schoolchildren aged 11 to 13, a psychiatric study has found.
In most cases, the auditory hallucinations stop with time, the findings show. But children who continue to hear voices could be at risk of mental illness or behavioural disorders.
Researchers carried out psychiatric assessments of almost 2,500 children aged between 11 and 16 in Dublin.
They discovered that 21%-23% of younger adolescents, aged 11 to 13, had experienced auditory hallucinations

Full article on RTE here: http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0412/over-20-of-children-report-hearing-voices.html

I have to admit I'm very surprised by this report. It seems an extraordinarily high figure to me.
I never knew hearing "voices" was so common. I didn't hear anything growing up but I think if I'd heard anything I would have really been freaked out by it.
Probably would have been reluctant to talk about it too, I'd imagine a lot of people would have called me crazy or labelled me a "psycho". Hopefully with this report showing that hearing voices is commonplace, it will help breakdown taboos about it.
Did anyone on here hear voices growing up? Did it scare you? Did you talk to anyone about it? What are your thoughts on this?

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MungBean

Kids are all compulsive liars, anything based on what kids say is bullshít.

ScumLord

Victor wrote: »

Once, I saw three coffins in the office at work. My eys were telling me there were coffins, logic and common sense told me that we don't keep coffins in work. I was only able to deduce I was halucinating.
I wasn't halucinating, the coffins were there - the builder who was fitting out the storey below us was doing a prank for Halloween.

Sometimes the mind has difficulty reconciling perception with reality.

This is why everyone should do hallucinogenic drugs, so if they can tell the difference between real life and hallucinations.

stovelid wrote: »

Thanks OP.

I've just killed my children to be on the safe side.

They weren't your children to begin with and you know it.

fluorescence wrote: »

I remember once having an auditory hallucination. It was when I drifting off to sleep one night and it sounded (clear as day) as if someone was speaking right beside my ear. I can't remember what it was now, but it was a deep man's voice.

Hasn't happened before or since then. Weird.

I've had something like that a handful of times over my life. It's usually my fathers voice calling my name as he would have done when I was late for school.