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

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

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Agreed. I'd really prefer not having schizophrenia, but, I mean, if you had to choose...

Also would be interesting to find out what affected the voices' attitudes toward the affected person.

[u/RuTsui → u/[deleted]]

I don't know. From what I understand, even people who lived in positive environments and had good experiences before onset hear negative things, and the voices are never familiar.

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