Hearing Voices
Hearing voices is a simulation where each student is given an MP3 player to mimic hearing voices while trying to accomplish several different tasks. Overall, this simulation challenged me emotionally and physically, tested my ability to cope, and gave me insight into what it is like to have a mental disorder.
How did I feel physically & emotionally during the experience? At the start of the simulation, I was feeling confident in my ability to overcome the voices. I was excited and ready to go. As the simulation progressed, I found myself becoming more and more irritable. I am normally far from an aggressive person, but during the sim I felt some aggression building up inside of me. I woke up this morning feeling great physically, …show more content…
Those were much easier to ignore and just pretend like they were background noise. When the lady started talking to me, it became harder to cope. By the time I got to the man yelling at me, it was very hard to cope by just ignoring it alone. To cope, I started to listen to what they said and refuting what they were saying to me. For example, the voices would tell me that I stink, and I would think no I just showered. Once I had refuted what they said to me once, it was easier to drown them out. Distracting myself helped a lot to drown out the voices. I would try to make small talk or focus on something else to keep me from focusing on what the voices were …show more content…
While I was at the library, a lady wanted to tell me all these different stories about UMHB. I just could not focus on what she was saying to me at all. I was frustrated and just wanted to get out of there. Trying to read the article and answer the questions was also challenging because I could not focus on the task at hand. I could not imagine trying to get through an exam while hearing voices.
What did I find most surprising about this experience? I was surprised at how loud and mean the voices were. I expected them to start then stop and at least have some breaks, but while the headphones were on they were constant. I was surprised by how hard it was to tune them out. I thought I would be able to ignore them better than I did, but the only time I was really able to tune them out completely was when the blowers were going outside.
If differences were noted in coping styles/techniques between me and my peers, how would I explain this
Hearing voices is a simulation where each student is given an MP3 player to mimic hearing voices while trying to accomplish several different tasks. Overall, this simulation challenged me emotionally and physically, tested my ability to cope, and gave me insight into what it is like to have a mental disorder.
How did I feel physically & emotionally during the experience? At the start of the simulation, I was feeling confident in my ability to overcome the voices. I was excited and ready to go. As the simulation progressed, I found myself becoming more and more irritable. I am normally far from an aggressive person, but during the sim I felt some aggression building up inside of me. I woke up this morning feeling great physically, …show more content…
Those were much easier to ignore and just pretend like they were background noise. When the lady started talking to me, it became harder to cope. By the time I got to the man yelling at me, it was very hard to cope by just ignoring it alone. To cope, I started to listen to what they said and refuting what they were saying to me. For example, the voices would tell me that I stink, and I would think no I just showered. Once I had refuted what they said to me once, it was easier to drown them out. Distracting myself helped a lot to drown out the voices. I would try to make small talk or focus on something else to keep me from focusing on what the voices were …show more content…
While I was at the library, a lady wanted to tell me all these different stories about UMHB. I just could not focus on what she was saying to me at all. I was frustrated and just wanted to get out of there. Trying to read the article and answer the questions was also challenging because I could not focus on the task at hand. I could not imagine trying to get through an exam while hearing voices.
What did I find most surprising about this experience? I was surprised at how loud and mean the voices were. I expected them to start then stop and at least have some breaks, but while the headphones were on they were constant. I was surprised by how hard it was to tune them out. I thought I would be able to ignore them better than I did, but the only time I was really able to tune them out completely was when the blowers were going outside.
If differences were noted in coping styles/techniques between me and my peers, how would I explain this