Hearing by GDJ. CC0 public domain via Pixabay
Hearing things that other people do not – in other words, an auditory hallucination – is something that approximately 5-15% of the population experience at some point in their lives. For people with a psychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia, the experience of auditory hallucinations can often be bewildering and upsetting. However, for some people unusual sensory experiences can be an important and meaningful part of their lives.
It is hard to estimate the exact prevalence, but a small minority of the general population regularly hear voices without any need for mental health support. In many cases these voices are experienced as supportive, meaningful, and in some cases spiritually significant. Such “non-clinical” voice-hearers describe voices that may act as a guide or friend, in some cases having been present for many years.
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NOTE: This study is not about hearing voices in a mental ill-health situation but about the non-clinical hearers mentioned above.
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