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Jul 5, 2012 · At 17, Eleanor Longden had a promising future ahead of her; then she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. After a lifelong battle with the voices in her head, today she has a Masters in psychology...
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Diagnosed with schizophrenia, hospitalized, drugged, Longden was discarded by a system that didn't know how to help her. Longden tells the moving tale of her years-long journey back to mental health, and makes the case that it was through learning to listen to her voices that she was able to survive.
Aug 8, 2013 · 43K. 2.4M views 10 years ago. To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices...
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Eleanor Longden’s riveting story — featured in today’s talk and more in depth in the new TED Book, Learning from the Voices in My Head — raises many provocative questions.
Aug 4, 2013 · Eleanor Longden was a college freshman when she started hearing voices in her head. Diagnosed with schizophrenia and checked into a psychiatric ward, Longden spent years trapped in a nightmare of hospitals and medications, pain and despair.
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Mar 1, 2013 · The voices had turned terrifying, and her mental health status was a catalyst for verbal, even sexual assault. A doctor told her, “Eleanor, you’d be better off with cancer; it’s easier to cure than schizophrenia.”. She even attempted to drill a hole in her head to get rid of the voices.
Aug 8, 2013 · Learning from the Voices in My Head is available for the Kindle, the Nook and through the iBookstore. Do your voices ever talk to each other (and exclude you)? Sometimes. In the old days they would talk about me a lot more, but now they usually speak to me directly.
