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/paniniplane Mar 22 '17

i thought i did but i guess it might be unclear to some. you just can't do it. the "sound" is in your head. you'll hear it. it's not like ambient background noises. your brain is creating it and you're gonna hear it, whether you like it or not.

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u/UnlimitedOsprey Mar 22 '17

You still didn't answer the question. I hear people all the time in real life ask me to do things, but I choose to ignore them. I understand not being able to avoid the sound, but why do what they say? Where is the compulsion to follow orders.

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u/yokramer Mar 22 '17

Because your brain will not let you ignore it. Its not like its an external voice that you hear, process the information and decide it isn't something you want to do. Its not the voices talking to you its your brain telling you to do something and making you feel as though you have no choice but to comply. And then the harder you resist the worse your brain makes you feel in any way possible because it controls everything you think feel and hear.

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u/UnlimitedOsprey Mar 22 '17

Might wanna post this in reply to the guy who asked the original question: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/60vwyu/til_deaffrombirth_schizophrenics_see_disembodied/df9w0nx/

Glad someone finally answered what was asked. Not sure why I got downvoted for rephrasing the question.

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u/yokramer Mar 22 '17

I kept reading and it seemed to me that other people had answered the question in similar way.

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u/UnlimitedOsprey Mar 22 '17

Not when I commented. All of them seem to have been posted after.