Hearing voices is considered a defining symptom of mental illness. Experiencing these voices can often be classified as a debilitating condition that can have an extreme impact on daily life by weakening or disrupting contact with reality (Kalhovde, Elstad, and Talseth 2013). However, according to the Mental Health Foundation (ND), this is not always the case, as many people hear voices but never consider them a problem or feel like they need to ask help with mental health services. being written, a visualization was produced as part of the process. The idea behind this was to focus heavily on a particular aspect of a mental health issue, which would then allow a question to be developed around that specific topic. The visualization was presented in the form of a pair of headphones, suggesting the idea that once a person has a pair of headphones either in their ears or covering their ears and music is playing, then only she can hear what is being played. When it comes to hearing voices, the particular voices that an individual can hear can usually never be heard by another person and are often unique to that individual, just as the music playing in headphones would be that individual's choice. individual. . A question was asked, with the main focus being on managing hearing voices and what can be done to continue living normally without this experience causing negative effects on the individual. This idea will relate to the difficult topic of stigma and labeling and how this can affect an individual's ability to manage their voices to the extent they feel comfortable. This assignment will aim...... middle of document ...... listeners were the stabilization phase which suggests that people can and do learn to cope with their vocal hearing. Once this has happened, people begin to view the voices as part of themselves and their lives and can choose whether or not they want to listen to the voices' advice or choose to listen to their own thoughts. while being comfortable and happy with their experience of hearing voices. This view is shared by another person involved in Romme and Escher's (1986) voice-hearing experiment, as they distinguished similar stages in the process of learning to cope, but described them such as “1) fear, anxiety and flight; 2) investigate the meaning of voices and accept voices as independent beings; and 3) accept myself, explore what I am trying to escape, reverse the confrontation with the voices, and no longer try to escape”.