Eleanor Longden
Mental Health Advocate | Overcoming Psychosis and Self-Empowerment
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Eleanor Longden is a prominent mental health advocate who has inspired millions with her TED talk on overcoming psychosis. As a voice-hearer and psychiatric survivor, she uses her personal journey to challenge stigma and empower those facing mental health challenges.
Longden currently works as a consultant for the Hearing Voices Network, advising organizations on developing more compassionate, recovery-oriented mental health services. Her keynotes offer audiences a profoundly human perspective on the lived experience of psychosis, underscoring the critical importance of self-determination and collaborative care.
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The voices in my head
To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking. Initially innocuous, these internal narrators became increasingly antagonistic and dictatorial, turning her life into a living nightmare. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, hospitalized, drugged, Longden was discarded by a system that didn't know how to help her. Longden tells the moving tale of her years-long journey back to mental health, and makes the case that it was through learning to listen to her voices that she was able to survive.
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TED | 2013 | 🇺🇸Long Beach, United States |
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