Please welcome HVN at NAMI SW to the Pacific Northwest Hearing Voices Community! Below is a message from the facilitators. Back in July, John McDonald and I attended the training for facilitating a Hearing Voices Network Group, or HVN. It was facilitated by John Harold and Reggie Lee, two amazing men who offer an immense …
Please see the below article, which includes a number of local Hearing Voices Group Facilitators. Our network is growing strong because of the work of these amazing people and so many more that are not mentioned! Thank you all! https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/dec/30/hearing-voices-network-changing-the-way-mental-health-is-viewed/
Uplifting writing from Major Tom, one of our beloved community members.
Fresh writing Essay “The Currency of Love” I believe it is possible to partner with money. What do I mean by that? What I mean is that intention makes the difference. Intention is the life-blood, or currency of money, or anything in terms of exchanges and in terms of relationships. My premise is that “It …
Encouragement to be Fully You Written by Tom Clute, MSW People are more than willing to accept you as you are, imperfections and all, if you can allow them to. Test it out. If they don’t, they don’t accept themselves either. Self-acceptance eases and heals the burden of self-loathing and self-criticism. These are programs and viruses that have no place …
One tidbit of information that we understand through both research, and direct and indirect observation, is that hearing voices is commonly brought on by stress. The stress of living as a member of a marginalized community or population member, often referred to as “minority stress” is so great that it is directly linked to a …
