I used to say that these people saved me, but what I now know is they did something even more important in that they empowered me to save myself, and crucially, they helped me to understand something which I'd always suspected: that my voices were a meaningful response to traumatic life events, particularly childhood events, and as such were not my enemies but a source of insight into solvable emotional problems.
Jeg plejede at sige, at disse mennesker reddede mig, men hvad jeg ved nu, er, at de gjorde noget endnu vigtigere ved at give mig kraften til at redde mig selv, og af afgørende betydning, de hjalp mig til at forstå noget, som jeg altid havde haft en formodning om: At stemmerne var et meningsfuldt svar på traumatiske livshændelser, særligt barndomshændelser og var som sådan ikke mine fjender, men en kilde til indblik i følelsesmæssige problemer, der kunne løses.