Thanks for the introduction, Shay. There's so much interesting stuff here. The thing that really jumped out at me was the comment on how the change in your soundscape - from noisy home to quiet apartment - seems to have helped, at least with some things.

My son moved out of mhc housing in October 2009 and immediately fell apart - for a variety of reasons. He disappeared in early December, and I went to his apartment to see if he was holed up in there and not responding to phone calls and knocks. It was the first time I'd been to the building, and the first thing I noticed was how weird the accoustics were. You could hear disembodied voices, doors slamming, and other sounds coming at you from other parts of the building. It would really be a nightmare to live there if you were prone to psychosis I think. I do wonder if it contributed to his decompensating at that point.

I was listening to a Madness Radio interview the other day. Will Hall was interviewing an author who had a website and blog to accompany his book. The website included a recording of the soundscape of an African village where one of the psychotic people featured in his book lived. Frustratingly I can't find it now. If I find it I'll post it. I'd like to know what people here think about it.