‘I’m free’: How VR therapy helped a schizophrenia patient silence 27 years of voices

For 27 years, Vibeke Andersen heard voices telling her she was worthless.

The 53-year-old was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and heard voices for 27 years, which had her repeatedly going in and out of psychiatric hospitals. The voices controlled what she said and did, and sometimes told her that even her family could not love her.