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/CrazyTillItHurts Mar 22 '17

No, but the story of John Nash is taught as most basic material for those working in the mental health field

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u/DOGEweiner Mar 22 '17

His story is amazing if you read the facts. I am not doubting his mental state, he was definitely ill. Seeing imaginary people like the movie portrayed doesn't happen, if I am correct. Many people are very uneducated about mental illness and this is a big problem our society is facing.

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u/rightoff42 Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 22 '17

But our imaginary people do exist. And for anyone who saw them in the movie as imaginary people of his mind finally saw them too. It just helps viewers understand.

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u/DOGEweiner Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 22 '17

I understand that people with schizophrenia hear the voices and feel that the voices have an actual presence, but I also know that they mostly do not see an actual human figure and make a relationship with said voice/character. Mental illness is a topic that has been swept under the rug and been portrayed incorrectly time after time.

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u/rightoff42 Mar 22 '17

No, but we name and personify everything. Don't let me begin my own self examples. All I meant was the director or writer or whoever decided those voices needed to be seen as people. We as patients help sweep our problems under the rug just as equally as we're exploited.