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My emotional world, externalized: Jon Ronson talks to Eleanor Longden

on Aug 8, 2013

By Jon Ronson In 2010, I made a radio documentary about Eleanor Longden for BBC Radio 4. When I heard that TED was doing a talent search — looking to give the TED2013 stage to people who might not normally have access to such a place — I thought of Eleanor. I told the TED […]

Everything you ever wanted to know about voice hearing (but were too afraid to ask)

By Michelle Quint

on Aug 8, 2013

During her freshman year of college, Eleanor Longden began hearing voices: a narrator describing her actions as she went about her day. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Longden began what she describes as a “psychic civil war,” fighting to stop the voices as they became antagonistic. What helped her was something unexpected: making peace with them. By […]