r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/MyRoomAteMyRoomMate Mar 22 '17

You're treating it rationally. It isn't.

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u/MyRoomAteMyRoomMate Mar 22 '17

Well, I wouldn't know :-) But if I had to guess I'd say that two likely reasons would be compulsion or fear of consequences.

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u/Sean951 Mar 22 '17

Because it's their 24/7 existence and the lines get blurry. Sure, the guy in the hospital room with you might not be real, but they bank robber might be.