Matt Geer, composer and organist
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Voices and me (and me) (and me)

1/1/2020

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a bit of background

Since I was 14 years old, I have suffered from auditory hallucinations on and off. However, the past couple of years has been quite intense. I was diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder (a mixture of schizophrenic and bipolar symptoms) after two hospital admissions totalling about 5 months. 

In 2018, I wrote a piece called 'Lithium' that is inspired by the mood part of the condition, going between mania and depression. It's been an interesting journey hearing voices as a composer, as an almost Cage-like view has changed my behaviour and reaction to hearing them. 

​Intervoice are an amazing hearing voices movement that internationally raise awareness of hallucinations, I've linked them below:

http://intervoiceonline.org
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