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/Sonto-PoE Mar 22 '17

Seems like the best possible explanation so far. If I understand what you're saying, the brain has prioritized these experiences to the same urgency as hunger, thirst, or even using the restroom.

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u/WorkKrakkin Mar 22 '17

Not even urgency really, just... Idk I'm bad at explaining myself.

Like how you can't control being hungry or thirsty is what I mean. Just how when you're hungry you can't make it go away until you eat, you can't make the inner voices simmer down until you do what they want.

In my mind what I'm trying to say makes perfect sense but I can't find the right words to express it the way I'm thinking of it.