Many Children 'Hear Voices' (article from GD)

[freeplessinseattle]

This was in GD, and of course wasn't really taken seriously. To me though, this reminded me of when I was child and did in fact hear voices that were not at all my imagination, and didn't lead to schizophrenia or anything (as far as I know, lol).

At the time though they did bother me to the point of tears. It wasn't anything to do with my imagination, I dearly did not want these sounds in my head but they haunted me and dominated my thoughts sometimes, making it hard to concentrate on other things, or sleep. It's hard to describe, and the actual words weren't even that audible often, more kind of muffled, or many people talking at once.

My dad said he had the same problem when he was that age, and my grandfather speculated that maybe as children we are more attuned to psychic abilities, even if we don't want to be. So maybe the kids that tend to be more intuitive (like I've grown up to be) are the ones hearing voices. I don't know, maybe far-fetched, but sounded better to me than just thinking I was losing my mind!

Another poster on that thread said that she heard voices and her dr. diagnosed her with hypoglycemia, and said that can cause the voices. I don't know, my voices went away after awhile and my diet and health was pretty consistent, so I just wanted to see if anyone here had experienced something similar?



Many children 'hear voices'; most aren't bothered
Mon Jan 25, 9:51 am ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly 1 in 10 seven- to eight-year-olds hears voices that aren't really there, according to a new study.

But most children who hear voices don't find them troubling or disruptive to their thinking, the study team found. "These voices in general have a limited impact in daily life," Agna A. Bartels-Velthuis of University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands wrote in an email to Reuters Health.

And parents whose children hear voices should not be overly concerned, she added. "In most cases the voices will just disappear. I would advise them to reassure their child and to watch him or her closely."

Up to 16 percent of mentally healthy children and teens may hear voices, the researchers note in the British Journal of Psychiatry. While hearing voices can signal a heightened risk of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in later life, they add, the "great majority" of young people who have these experiences never become mentally ill.

To further investigate how common these "auditory vocal hallucinations" are and whether they are associated with developmental and behavioral factors, the researchers looked at 3,870 Groningen primary schoolers. All were asked whether they had heard "one or more voices that only you and no one else could hear" in the past year.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100125/hl_nm/us_children_voices




This was in GD, and of course wasn't really taken seriously. To me though, this reminded me of when I was child and did in fact hear voices that were not at all my imagination, and didn't lead to schizophrenia or anything (as far as I know, lol).

At the time though they did bother me to the point of tears. It wasn't anything to do with my imagination, I dearly did not want these sounds in my head but they haunted me and dominated my thoughts sometimes, making it hard to concentrate on other things, or sleep. It's hard to describe, and the actual words weren't even that audible often, more kind of muffled, or many people talking at once.

My dad said he had the same problem when he was that age, and my grandfather speculated that maybe as children we are more attuned to psychic abilities, even if we don't want to be. So maybe the kids that tend to be more intuitive (like I've grown up to be) are the ones hearing voices. I don't know, maybe far-fetched, but sounded better to me than just thinking I was losing my mind!

Another poster on that thread said that she heard voices and her dr. diagnosed her with hypoglycemia, and said that can cause the voices. I don't know, my voices went away after awhile and my diet and health was pretty consistent, so I just wanted to see if anyone here had experienced something similar?

[freeplessinseattle]

1. sorry about the dupe paragraphs, now too late to edit:( n/t

[winyanstaz]

2. You are not crazy :)

Clairaudiance is a spiritual gift. Since my answer will be long..I sall just say that many children and adults experience it and are fine....
And now I shall go make a post about it ;)

[freeplessinseattle]

3. thank you for your response

to be honest, I have mixed feelings about being so intuitive and sensitive sometimes, as I'm sure you and others here understand why. For one I have been conflicted sometimes about tapping into my current abilities more deeply because I'm afraid the voices might come back. If there was some way to harness them somehow when convenient without them dominating...or maybe it's not a concern anymore, that window of opportunity passed when I was a child, which would be a bummer, too.

Now I want to go read your post!:)

[FirstLight]

4. ....iiiiinnnteresting....

Firsly, thanks for reposting here I saw this in GD and was NOT about to "out myself" in there! :rofl:

I was reading this out loud over the phone just now to a Girlfriend and my young daughter came over and read over my shoulder...then said "so, what, some people say you hear voices when your seven & eight?" (she *just* turned 8 last week)

I said ya

she looked up and thought to herself and said, "that must be what I've been hearin'"

and just walked away, no worries... ;)

and of course, I took the opportunity to teach. I reminded her that many people 'grow out of it' because they think it is just imagination or not "real". I told her I think you can make it better over time if you use it to talk to your angels & guides. and if someone shows up who is talking bad,'or you see things that you don;t like or don't want in your space, you CAN say "back off!"

she smiles all knowingly, my little one who knows about grounding & protection and healing angels already...
she nods and that is all...

~~~~~~

I used to see thing and talk to animals so easily when I was a child. Fairies and devas were a reality to me. Reading Narnia chronicles didn't help either lol...
I grew out of it, played with magic (not in a respectful way) when in my 20s, and eventually came back to a place of living in harmony with my own spirit once again, which opened up the planes of experience...

I "see" things diferently now, but I am conscious more of the signs and twinkles in my reality for sure.
I love the angels and spirits I share my world with, I wouldn't trade them for anything!
And obviously, my kids are right there with me! ;)

[SheilaT]

5. When I was very young,

about three or four, I would hear people calling my name as I was falling asleep. I recall rationalizing it as being quite logical, that any normal person would probably think she'd hearing voices calling her name. I seem to recall that I'd hear several, maybe three or four, people around me, both male and female voices, but I could never make out what was being said other than my own name.

It certainly didn't frighten me, but it was gone by the time I was six.

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. Thankfully my main experiences were with energy/empathy.

Going to a mall in my teens would drain me completely. I'd have to go home and sleep. It was impossible to separate others' emotions from my own, and my self-worth and self-image decayed to nearly nothing (in later years). Drugs and alcohol certainly didn't help much except to dull the emotions (and of course, they're not gone, merely waiting!).

A few times I scared my adopted parents with insight, which I never ever attributed to anything extraordinary. It was merely normal to me, and their sidelong glances accompanied with obvious, painful fear didn't help much at all.

Of course now that I'm public with "skills", there are those who =continue= to seek to "disprove" or test me. Please pray for me, as they are extremely destructive. I have light to bring, and will be free to do so.

Edit: In the psych ward, I confronted my assigned doctor: "Is there a single person in here who is not having drugs thrown at them? One single person?" She blanched and walked away. NOT a place for recovery of any sort other than that provided by Big Pharma.