Digital demons: the radical new treatment helping people with psychosis

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🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Jenny Kleeman reports on a new therapy where patients who suffer from psychosis create a digital avatar of the voices they hear. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:08.2	Today, Avatar Therapy, the sci-fi treatment for psychosis that really works.
0:17.7	People can't stop talking about Golden Globe nominated for Best Picture Drama, September 5.
0:22.6	There's a hostage situation right now in the Olympic Village.
0:25.2	A claustrophobic masterpiece, The Times, Ed Potten.
0:28.2	ABC wants news to take over.
0:29.5	Their sports. You're in way over your head.
0:31.3	Based on true events.
0:32.5	If they shoot someone on live television, whose story is that?
0:35.6	Is it ours or is it theirs?
0:36.8	A taut, tense thriller,
0:38.2	four stars, the guardian, Peter Brettshaw. Our job is to tell the story of these individuals.
0:42.6	What's happening? Oh, God. September 5, in Cinemas, February 6th, cert 15.
0:50.0	A quick warning before we start. This episode discusses suicide and self-harm, but I would really
0:55.8	urge you to listen if you can because it's ultimately an extremely uplifting story.
1:05.4	When I think back, sometimes we're quite hard. I had some traumatic experiences early on.
1:13.3	One of my parents was an alcoholic
1:16.0	and had serious mental health issues as well.
1:20.2	We all suffered quite badly,
1:22.4	but I didn't act out when things happened to me.
1:26.1	I just carried on and I don't think anybody noticed really that I was struggling.
1:32.3	This is Claire.
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