The echoes in the head are 'common things'

For some people, the phenomenon of hearing voices in the head is a positive experience, not a sign of mental illness or exhaustion at all.

Researchers at Manchester University are trying to explain why there is such a phenomenon.

(Photo: vacant) As usual, this type of auditory hallucination (as psychologists still call) is often accompanied by mental disorders. They may be symptoms of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and sometimes depression.

However, Dutch scientists' research (beginning in the 1990s) found that some healthy people also often heard voices in their heads. The team went to the Dutch television station to look for people who had experienced it, and obtained amazing results. Many people call to say that they do not feel echoes as unpleasant, nor do they ever need mental health counseling.

Some even said they were excited, excited when they fell into such a situation.

The results of the study found that the number of people who hear the echo in their heads is more than what psychologists still think, perhaps about 4% of the population.

Aylish Campbell, a psychologist at the University of Manchester, hopes to expand research in the Netherlands by investigating why the reactions of those who hear echoes in their heads are so different.

"We are looking for people who hear voices in their heads that experience many different feelings," she said.

Campbell and colleagues speculate that this difference may arise from different life experiences. Childhood injuries, the belief that others are unreliable or dangerous, and the uncertainty can be combined with fear, making people hear voices in their heads.

And for those who are optimistic, such experiences can again make them very excited. Campbell believes that anyone can hear echoes, especially when stressed. For example, those who are heartbroken because of the loss of a lover can hear the voice of that person.

T. An