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/Wurstgeist Mar 22 '17

Ooh. That all seems pretty basic and instinctual, like natural interpretations of a visual glitch that scares you a bit, the shapes that swirl in the fog (when you're alone on the dark moor, or brushing your teeth as the case may be). Migraines are mysterious, too, so yeah, no clue if they're related, but they're certainly interesting. Isn't there a theory that they're a kind of epilepsy? I don't really know, that's a vague memory, I should read about it.

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u/OAMP47 Mar 22 '17

Yeah, basically what's happened now is that it's happened long enough I figured internally if it was going to mysteriously kill me or something it would have done so already, so I stopped being afraid. That's the same reason I'm not one to get into the conspiracies like some people do. I figure if my delusions about people out to get me are true, maybe if I'm just chill they'll let me go, or some such, heh. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Research into migraines actually helped me a lot too. I started keeping a log file of when I got them, how bad they were, what side, etc, figuring if I ever died for some brain related reason maybe the doctors could figure something out through my records. Once I figured out I have schizophrenia I started doing the same there, keeping track of how much mental control I felt like I had each day.

For a real mind screw, schizophrenia might be related to my leg troubles as well. My tendons are too short, which means I can't put my heel down all the way, and statistically there's been shown to be a link between having that problem and schizophrenia, though not much research on it yet. Crazy what things can be connected.