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Learning to live with the voices in my head

Debra Lampshire started hearing voices aged five. Comforting at first, they soon took control.

Debra Lampshire started hearing voices aged five. Comforting at first, they soon took control.The voices became so visceral and intense that Debra had to spend 18 years in a psychiatric hospital. Then, a chance friendship with a car mechanic gave her the tools to restore her life, but she’d have to learn to coexist with the voices that once tormented her.

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Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Louise Morris

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