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On shame and voice-hearing.

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|April 9, 2017

Summary

Exploring distressing auditory verbal hallucinations reveals the crucial role of shame. This emotion, a complex social cognition, offers new insights into the self and the nature of voices heard when no one is speaking.

Area of Science:

Psychiatry
Phenomenology
Psychology

Background:

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are often linked to negative emotions.
Current research frequently treats these emotions as undifferentiated.
A more nuanced understanding of specific emotions may offer deeper insights into AVH.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore how focusing on shame can illuminate the experience of hearing voices.
To investigate the understudied aspects of AVH related to selfhood and otherness.

Main Methods:

Qualitative analysis of findings from the 'What is it like to hear voices' study.
Integration of insights from Dan Zahavi's philosophical work on subjectivity, empathy, and shame.

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Keywords:

Mental health care

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Shame, as a higher-order social cognition, directs attention to specific, elusive aspects of AVH.
Focusing on shame opens new questions about the subjective experience of voice-hearing.
Shame is particularly relevant to the perceived otherness of voices and self-constitution.

Conclusions:

A shame-focused analysis provides a richer understanding of auditory verbal hallucinations.
This approach highlights the intricate relationship between emotion, selfhood, and the experience of AVH.
Further research into specific emotions like shame is crucial for understanding distressing voice-hearing.