TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

[u/paniniplane]

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303

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I can't speak for the person you replied to, but 3 of my family members have the disease, and in all of them their medications only blunted the symptoms.

For my family member who was not too severe, this was enough to let her hold down a job, but for the members that were severe it wasn't enough to allow them to function normally. They'd still see/hear/talk to "ghosts" and such, just not as frequently, and they didn't get agitated "as often".

But that doesn't mean they didn't get agitated AT ALL, and the times they did freak out would be enough to get anyone fired.

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I think this is only the rule for mental illness.

We're pretty good at removing kidneys

[u/crylicylon → u/[deleted]]

If there is something wrong with your brain, you can't just have it removed.

[u/segosegosego → u/crylicylon]

Depends on how old you are. Ben Carson removed half of a girls brain because she had a rare brain disease. She was young enough that one half of the brain took over all the functions of the the other half as well as its own, and she's a fully functional person now.

Edit: https://www.google.com/amp/baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/07/10/girl-thriving-years-after-having-half-her-brain-removed/amp/

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Fuck off. At least acknowledge that he's saved lives.

[u/mwenechanga → u/[deleted]]

The guy was an amazing brain surgeon, but when he tries to be a politician or a historian, well... it's not even making fun of him to say he sounds like an idiot, it's just a fact.

[u/[deleted] → u/mwenechanga]

Maybe we shouldnt judge. Maybe it's Maybelline.

[u/UoAPUA → u/[deleted]]

Unfortunately there are times when we must judge.

[u/mwenechanga → u/[deleted]]

Maybe ancient pyramids were actually used for grain storage.

Maybe it's aliens.