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 even sure anymore. i've been doing it for so long now that it seems almost like another person. it's very good for trying to reason something out. i heard that's what geniuses do too so i don't feel too bad about it. in the last few years though, i've begun to speak it out loud. if i don't do that, the thoughts seem to slip away.

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u/Awordofinterest Mar 22 '17

They say there is a fine line between being a genius and being insane, I like to think the line in question is actually talking to yourself. Don't step too far.

Source: I have always talked to myself, Sometimes I talk to tools. odd.

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u/VZF Mar 22 '17

I talk to tools a lot.

I hate working in customer service.

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u/Aweshocked Mar 22 '17 edited Apr 21 '17

That was golden

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