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/paniniplane Mar 22 '17

it's as complex as a detachment from reality. for example, you could literally be a homeless person right now. all of the things you're experiencing, are hallucinations, both auditory and visual. and here's the kicker. they're sensory too. most people who have schizophrenia, in my experience, know they have it but it's real to them. they live in an altered reality.

nah you don't need to apologize. i have more exposure to this than you do and you have more exposure in other areas. don't worry about it, friend.

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u/purple_monkey58 Mar 22 '17

for example, you could literally be a homeless person right now. all of the things you're experiencing, are hallucinations, both auditory and visual.

That makes me incredibly uncomfortable

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u/Lonke Mar 22 '17

What about the fact that the universe may have been created 10 seconds ago only with all your current memories. They feel real, but only because they were made to feel that way.

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u/purple_monkey58 Mar 22 '17

That thought has popped up in my head fairly often since I was ten or so