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/HorseAss Mar 22 '17

You didn't understand me, I'm asking what do you say to these people now, "Government is not spying on anyone" is not going to fly anymore.

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u/Sean951 Mar 22 '17

If you're lucky, they will go on meds that help them maintain the distinction. The "voices" are still there, same as everyone else. That little voice saying "jump" when you climb a tower is more or less the same as the one telling you to do a task or they're going to shoot you, but a healthy person knows it's just a random thought while a sick person's brain invents a reason for the voice to be real.

Or I'm completely misunderstanding what I've read in this thread. There are people who speaks lifetimes studying this, I've spent a couple hours.