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6. GENERAL DISCUSSION = 87 for them not just because they start reconcile with their voices, but because they start to recover from stigma that was often assigned by professionals (Corstens et al., 2014; Dillon & Hornstein, 2013). Ihe recovery approach could facilitate overcome multiple problems and moving towards a positive and meaningful life (Terry & Cardwell, 2015). Recovery from something does not mean being cured most often it means living together with the problematic condition (such as addiction, mental health issues) but by concentrating on future and building on individual strengths could help the person to live a full life. Recovery from voice hearing could be considered as a unique process because the condition of voice hearing is not perceived as problematic during recovery. It was apparent in Study 4 that voices could help the hearer to heal, by becoming a supportive experience and this condition becomes an integral part of the recovery process because the change in hearers relationship with their voices results in development in hearer’s relationship with social others. The study findings suggest an opening to the outside world parallel to the change in the relationship with the voice. The findings of Study 4 outline the importance of voice hearing movement that is characterized by deinstitualization and self-help help. Therefore, Study 4 could draw attention to this particular kind of consumer movement that is barely known and is in its infancy in the Hungarian context. 6.4. LIMITATIONS Limitations of the four empirical studies were discussed at the end of each paper. This time I will briefly summarize the main limitations and highlight what limitations could be when we use a qualitative research method (especially the method of IPA) and when we would like to examine recovery. 6.4.1. Limitations of IPA Since IPA is a relatively recent method that is still establishing itself (Eatough & Smith, 2008) and these studies that were included in my book were the first published IPA studies in the Hungarian sample, I find it important to discuss what further limitations of applying IPA could have. Qualitative research is focusing on shortcomings (Atieno, 2009) and as it was mentioned earlier, IPA is a suitable research method for explorative studies. Based on my research experience IPA should be used when the researcher has some previous information about the research topic but wants to examine it in a more detailed way. For example, in case of Study 1 (which was about
