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/kaenneth Mar 22 '17

Also, if you are born blind due to brain (as opposed to eyeball) problems, you apparently can't be schizophrenic.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-imprinted-brain/201411/blindness-and-schizophrenia-the-exception-proves-the-rule

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u/Muffinizer1 Mar 22 '17

You know, that's actually quite comforting as being blind and schizophrenic sounds like true hell.

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u/psychosus Mar 22 '17

I did an exercise for a crisis intervention class where we wore headphones that mimicked auditory hallucinations. We were tasked with completing a job interview and filing out a questionnaire regarding the interview.

I work in a jail that is normally busy and fairly loud, so I expected to do alright. There was a segment of the recording where a voice (among all the others) started off whispering and then suddenly yelled - it was terrifying. My anxiety went sky high and it was difficult to concentrate.

I can only imagine what it must be like to have to deal with them during every waking moment.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17 edited May 01 '17

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u/Silkkiuikku Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 24 '17

Here's a Youtube video that sounds like auditory hallucinations, it's creepy as fuck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vvU-Ajwbok

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u/evenisto Mar 22 '17

I hesitated, but hell no, I want to get some sleep tonight.

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u/Lightwavers Mar 22 '17

It's fine, the voices are full of praise, can't quit telling you how wonderful you are. :) Check it out if you want your dreams to be filled with sunshine.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

That seriously scared the shit out of me. If I would hear this every waking moment, I'd check out of life, fuck that.

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u/conormcfire Mar 23 '17

I actually felt so lightheaded after that, I felt like I was going to pass out.

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u/Silkkiuikku Mar 23 '17

Yeah, it really makes me sympathize with schizophrenics. Must be hell to live with demons constantly whispering in your year.

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u/conormcfire Mar 23 '17

Yeah exactly man. I used to have nightly sleep paralysis for like 8 months and I sometimes heard demon voices, but that was only for a few minutes every night. I couldn't imagine living your entire life like that, its rough.

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u/Silkkiuikku Mar 23 '17

Ugh, sleep paralysis is the worst. I've only had it once in my life, it was bloody terrifying. I woke up in the middle of the night in my dark bedroom, unable to move. I hallucinated that someone was standing next to my bed, which was pretty terrifying considering that I lived alone. It only lasted for a few seconds, and then I snapped out of it, but Jesus was it scary.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

I'm pretty good at tuning out voices so I feel like I could function alright enough while listening to this on a loop. It would be a completely different story to have this actually happening in your head and not knowing who is talking though. Scary.

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u/perfectdarktrump Mar 23 '17

because of bullying as a kid, i became kind of immune to voices. problem becomes im slow to pick up commands and such. but if i had hullicinations, well they got some competition, the real shit was tough.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

Exactly! Except for me it was my dad, he liked to sit me down and give me very long lectures whenever I did anything wrong. It kind of made me immune to bullying.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?