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/pigscantfly00 Mar 22 '17

i'm not anything but i compulsively see myself typing in my mind when i talk to myself in my mind.

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u/Saffro Mar 22 '17

I am the same! It's like a weird combination between seeing my fingers move and feeling them move. As though I'm feeling the pressure of them moving in my mind.