Orfeu and I are a member of a forum group called the Psi Shrinkers. It's a bunch of regular Joes with a hobbyist's interest in things like...well, here's the description:
"The Psi Shrinkers group was formed to discuss psychology, the art and/or science of mind and behavior. Discussions involving such related fields as anthropology, sociology, criminology and education are also welcome. Human beings. Activities, interactions and intentions. Why do people do what they do and think what they think? In the physical, spiritual and virtual realms. That's a general description of this group."
And this is that Second Life schiziphrenia-themed location I mentioned in my previous post just now:
"Orfeu just turned me on to Virtual Hallucinations, which is immersive, with his post in the Virtual Psychology thread."
Virtual Hallucinations, Sedig (26, 45, 22)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sedig/26/45/22
Virtual Hallucinations Warning Notecard
Some people find the virtual hallucinations experience disturbing, particularly the voices. If you find it bothersome, just walk to the end of the clinic and click the "Stop Voices" button.
If you have a history of mental illness, particularly a psychotic disorder, you should not tour this facility.
The virtual hallucinations environment has been experienced without difficulty by a few people with well-controlled schizophrenia. They found it interesting and educational. However, I don't know if experiencing a version of someone else's hallucinations is helpful or harmful. While I doubt it could induce hallucinations, I don't know for sure.
So please be careful. Remember that you can quit at any time.
Nash Baldwin
aka James Cook, MD MS
2004-09-08 14:39:30 note card
Virtual Hallucinations About Notecard
The virtual hallucinations project seeks to educate people about the mental illness schizophrenia. About 1% of the population will develop schizophrenia during their lifetimes. It usually strikes in the late teens or early twenties, and is very debilitating.
People with schizophrenia have "disordered thought" or difficulty maintaining thought processes. They develop delusions, like the belief that the police are after them. They also experience auditory hallucinations, typically one or more voices speaking to or about them. About 25% of people with schizophrenia also experience visual hallucinations, typically distortions of the environment around them.
This clinic building is based on the hallucinations of two specific people with schizophrenia. They were interviewed in detail and gave feedback on early designs for the hallucinations. While the hallucinations are not glamorous, they fairly accurately reproduce these patients' experiences. You should get a sense of just how intrusive the voices of schizophrenia really are.
The virtual hallucinations environment is best experienced in mouselook. One person should go through at a time.
Also, at the end, please click on the "Click to take survey" object. We're interested in feedback on the experience.
Nash Baldwin
aka James Cook, MD MS
2004-08-30 10:48:52 note card
"Very cool.
By the way, if you go, don't forget to detach the visitor badge when you leave or the voices will follow you. Eek!"
"Here's a picture from Virtual Hallucinations. You have auditory hallucinations in your ear telling you all kinds of weird and awful things and sometimes just laughing and then you have visual hallucinations like this alarming changing poster."
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And it was very cool. You walk through the building with the HUD on and "experience" the kind of auditory and visual hallucinations common to many people with schizophrenia. Interesting and heartbreaking.
Repost. LeeHere Absent, Mar 5, 2011 http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/thats-what-she-said.772/page-20#post-31126
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