Many (though not all) of the voice hearers I work with hear their voices most of the waking day, and thus have found it hard to identify “triggers” (or “things that make the voices worse”) for their voices. However, when we look more closely we notice a pattern – perhaps they are louder/ more nasty/ less easy to ignore at certain times of the day, during certain activities, or when experiencing certain emotions. Common triggers include lack of sleep / tiredness, negative emotions (especially anxiety/stress), drugs, busy noisy places, and boredom. By doing things to reduce our triggers, we can often reduce voice frequency and/or impact of voices.
What have you found to be your triggers? What things have you done (and hopefully found helpful!) to reduce these triggers?
