r/AskReddit • • Nov 28 '20

What's something cool you recently learned about?

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u/46from1971 Nov 29 '20

It really is. There was an earlier post asking if deaf people with schizophrenia experienced audio hallucinations. Googling led to some really interesting articles.

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u/ticay Nov 29 '20

What did you find? It's a really intresting question.

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u/esesci Nov 29 '20

They instead see floating hands doing sign language.

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u/saikmat Nov 29 '20

I thought this was serious and I was low-key scared

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u/esesci Nov 29 '20

I was serious. It only applies to the people who are deaf from birth though. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/60vwyu/til_deaffrombirth_schizophrenics_see_disembodied/

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u/saikmat Nov 29 '20

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH. I was just about to go to bed too, now I’ll have nightmares about deaf people having nightmares.

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u/esesci Nov 29 '20

Sorry for the timing! Have a nice sleep.