BBC Radio 4: My Name Is … Rachel
After working with Akiko Hart to create an ‘Alternative Review of the Mental Health Act’ for National Hearing Voices Network, I was keen to keep up the momentum and get people talking about the coersive end of the mental health system. Luckily, after speaking with a contact in the BBC Current Affairs dept. an opportunity […]
BBC Why Factor: Why do people hear voices?
I spoke with the Why Factor, along with Rufus May, Elisabeth Svanholmer, Peter Bullimore, Angela Woods and many others, to explore some common questions about hearing voices. The show was intended for people who don’t know much about the topic, but may carry some stereotypes or ideas that aren’t so accurate. For me, the ‘why’ […]
Healthista: Living with ‘Schizophrenia’
This World Mental Health Day the folks at Healthista asked me if I’d be interviewed talking about what it’s like to live with ‘schizophrenia’. This was a strange request as one of the things I’m most vocal about is that the language of mental illness is part of what stripped me of my autonomy and […]
Making Sense of Madness: An emancipatory approach
7 July 2017, 10 am – 4.30pm, registration from 9.30am Hackney House, 25-27 Curtain Road, Hackney, London, EC2A 3LT https://madness-london.eventbrite.co.uk This unique, one day event, featuring Jacqui Dillon and Rai Waddingham (recently featured on BBC Horizon: Why Did I Go Mad?), explores experiences often dismissed as symptoms of serious mental illness: voices, visions, paranoia, unusual beliefs and altered states, and […]
Article on Hearing Voices in the Belfast Telegraph
As a study highlights how hearing voices isn’t always a sign of mental illness, Rachel Waddingham, who has made peace with her 13 voices, tells Lisa Salmon why this is an issue that we all need to hear about.
Newsweek: Hearing Voices Movement Special Report
In the Autumn, last year, I met with a lovely young journalist called William Lee Adams in a quaint tea shop in Canterbury. Sat on the sofa, surrounded by shoppers and sightseers enjoying their lunch, we chatted for an hour or two about my experiences of hearing voices and the importance of the Hearing Voices […]
Free Talk: Hearing Voices? (24 July, Faversham)
About This Event When? Thursday 24 July, 7.00 – 9.00pm Where? The Alexander Centre, 15-17 Preston Street, Faversham, ME13 8NY If you believe what’s written about people who hear voices in the media, you might think that people who hear voices are either violent or tragic victims of severe mental illness. As is often the […]
Me & The Meds: The Story of a Dysfunctional Relationship
This article first appeared in Mad in America (www.madinamerica.com). The use of medication in mental health services is a hot issue. Despite the paucity of evidence supporting its long-term efficacy, critiquing the use of ‘antipsychotic’ medication can be felt as a personal attack both on those who use it to manage distressing experiences and those […]
Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry Interview
Rachel’s recovery from psychiatric labelling and unnecessary treatment from CEP on Vimeo. A few weeks ago, I was interviewed by Luke from the Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry (CEP). CEP exists to communicate the evidence of the damaging effects of psychiatric drugs and treatments in the UK to the people and institutions that can make […]
Voices Matter: Hearing Voices Movement
Between 19th & 21st September, hundreds of people from around the world descended on Cardiff, Wales, for the annual World Hearing Voices Congress. This annual event is one of the highlights of my year, and I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to go every year since 2009. It’s a fantastic opportunity to […]
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