The living did that. We are not so different. Many voices pulling and shoving, wheedling or shouting, being eminently reasonable or emotionally manipulative. A mob of voices. As well as relatives, friends, and the influential people at work, there are the mob voices projected by the mass media, all trying to get a piece of us.
Many people don t know who they are any more.
But are too proud to admit their need or seek help. Until they seek help, they cannot be helped. Some rush from religion to religion, sect to sect, guru to guru. They look for an authority to put down the mob within them and take charge. They react by trying to go against the voices.