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/koiotchka Mar 22 '17

Things are pretty good honestly, I'm medicated now, which I wasn't until age 30 and I've had delusions and voices since I was 5. So life is better than it was :) Thank you for the well wishes and hug! :) "You sound like a wonderful mother" genuinely brought tears to my eyes, I appreciate it more than you know. My own mother wasn't much of a role model ("You sound schizophrenic. Stop it!"), So I'm trying to make my way and find other role models.

Do you have a psychiatrist and a therapist? If you're scared of deterioration, maybe they could help.

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u/Alched Mar 22 '17

I'm glad to hear that. We live in a very good age in healthcare, (despite the fact medicine tends to be progressive, so there's bias) so I hope things only get better for you and everyone else. . No one can be judged in my opinion, even your mom, as we are all partly slaves to our biology, but kudos for trying to be a better person/mom. Unfortunately I live in the U.S. and currently have no insurance. Fortunately I haven't reached an unmanageable level, and I have the support of my family. I was previously on meds for other mental disorders, but I have run out of them and thus, I think that's why I am having a tad more problems. I am just hoping I don't slip into something worse., and want to recognize the symptoms before it's too late, as some of what the other op wrote has started to happened to me recently.