Hi. I've been hearing voices for seven years and I would not have survived this in a town setting, it would have had to have been a city for me, and it was, it was Bristol. It's a great city for finding support and great distractions from the voice hearing. With cafés, bars, community centres, local shopping and really great and inspiring walks around the city, it is heard to beat as place to go through a serious psychotic episode. I found bookshop, coffee shops, and charity shops that helped no end for me to feel human again and reach out a little, just a little. Bristol is certainly a good place to beif you feel like reaching out to diverse groups and diverse new opportunities. I really dread to think how slow my recovery would have been somewhere else and we all know what a cultural vacuum parts of this country can be to live in. Bristol has so much to offer and has been a great place to live both as a newcomer long before I started hearing voices and as someone in crisis who desperately needed places to go in times of crisis. The Watershed, the Arts house Café, the canteen at Hamilton House, Ashley Vale in St. Werburgh's, so many great places to go and chill. Only very few cities can really compete with this one, I feel