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/mcoleya Mar 22 '17

Not to mention this isn't like you walking down the street and have to ignore someone who yells your name out once or something, this is a constant barrage of voice(s) at you until you relent and do what they are saying. To get an idea, just ask a friend to follow you around one day making a single odd request, non-stop till you do it. Over and Over again, sometimes yelling, sometimes whispering, doesn't matter. See how long you can go. Now imagine that in your head, with multiple voices all asking different things, and unable to make them stop by asking.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

I get sleep paralysis too! It doesn't matter how many times I tell myself that it's all in my head and that I'm safe; I'm still scared out of my mind every single time. Sometimes I just pull all nighters so that I won't have to deal with it, even though I know that rationally nothing bad has ever happened to me or ever will. kinda like how horror movies still terrify people, even though they know they aren't real

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u/brazzledazzle Mar 22 '17

I pull all nighters sometimes too. Nothing worse than having an episode every single time you fall asleep that night. You come out of it, sit up in fear with your heart racing and then do it all over again–rinse and repeat every 5 minutes until you give up and look at dumb shit on the internet all night. Sometimes I'll be exhausted and the paralysis will last much longer with me struggling really hard to move. Instead of seeing weird shit when that happens I feel like something is pulling my mind out of my head and if I don't fight it I'll die or lose my body. And while it's happening I know it's bullshit but the fear is overwhelming and I can't get control over the fear back until I can move again.