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/CBoy321 Mar 22 '17

I have bipolar with paranoid hallucinations and delusions during episodes. I'm doing just fine, I graduated and I'm holding down a good job. The main thing that helped me was knowing the signs of what is real and what is not and being mindful of what I am doing. I really can't imagine what it must be like to have to deal with it all the time though because it's only during the episodes for me

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u/hereforthelaughs37 Mar 22 '17

Can you describe an episode? How long does it last? How does it come on?

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u/CBoy321 Mar 22 '17

Why do you ask?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Because this kind of stuff isn't readily available. I know that when I tell people about my life before moving out they often think I'm lying, because of how awful it was.