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"そんな異常事態 is about strange things other than hearing voices?"

Not necessarily. そんな means that and things like that, such, or that sort of. So yes, "that kind of strange thing" would demonstrate that she's familiar with these occurrences to some degree, but they're linked primarily by the fact they're 異常事態, not solely "hearing things in one's head".

"And there I am, somehow accepting the bizarre fact I hear strange voices in my head."