For a recent segment on his CNN show 360, Anderson Cooper spends a day wearing a “schizophrenia simulator”—basically headphones that mimic what it’s like to hear voices constantly in your head. The voices, which vary between being very negative and somewhat positive, make it extremely challenging for the normally very smart and level-headed Cooper, who at times just seems to be barely holding it together. This is not only an extremely interesting experiment, it’s simultaneously creepy and heartbreaking. Watch.
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This is a good blog post.
Thank you for sharing this with us! I once dated a woman who has severe paranoid schizophrenia and I could never fully comprehend what she must have been going through until this. There needs to be more journalism like this, where we can experience and empathize with others behind the locked room of their perspective.