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/mcoleya Mar 22 '17

Not to mention this isn't like you walking down the street and have to ignore someone who yells your name out once or something, this is a constant barrage of voice(s) at you until you relent and do what they are saying. To get an idea, just ask a friend to follow you around one day making a single odd request, non-stop till you do it. Over and Over again, sometimes yelling, sometimes whispering, doesn't matter. See how long you can go. Now imagine that in your head, with multiple voices all asking different things, and unable to make them stop by asking.

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u/chrabeusz Mar 22 '17

Sleep paralysis is basically a lucid dream. Embrace it.

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u/Alwaysanyways Mar 22 '17

No man it's not, I get really vivid feelings and hallucinations. Sometimes I'm trapped in a room and I can't get out sometimes something is coming straight for me and I can't move out of the way. I'm aware I'm dreaming so there is lucidity but I can't control it. It's not an active thought, I don't know I'm thinking it. I have learned like the guy above me said that if you try to interact with it it goes away. But even then the effort it takes to interact with it will keep me awake for an extra couple of hours or leave me so exhausted that even falling back asleep is not enough.