Hearing Voices Network Aotearoa NZ- Te Reo Orooro

Voices can be similar to dreams and nightmares. You can have good and bad experiences, which can be very profound and very real. Some people describe hearing voices like dreaming when awake. Interestingly one of the  triggers for psychosis is sleep deprivation. Just as in dreams the voices can be presented in a symbolic way that makes it hard to see the association with ourselves. The voices may have larger than life personas that exaggerate the emotion involved making it hard to understand, Just as Shakespeare tells stories that portray common themes and emotions , but we have to see past the costume and language before we can understand what is happening.

From Adrienne Giacons article on "Understanding Voices"