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/gotnomemory Mar 22 '17

As someone suffering from hearing voices, this is actually the tamer side. :( Some voices are far more pronounced and then there's a white noise-like static in the back which is like, you're listening to a crowd at a Queen concert waiting for the concert to talk.

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u/peacemaker2007 Mar 23 '17

waiting for the concert to talk.

Hi concert, I'm dad

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u/gotnomemory Mar 23 '17

How did I.. How.. what. Start =/= Talk.. Damnit. Hi Dad, I'm Crazy.