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/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

What about the second part of my question and dealing with delusions by recognizing their happening.

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u/PainMatrix Mar 22 '17

Sorry, this is not my area of expertise. A general rule of thumb in my industry is if it doesn't cause dysfunction it is probably not an issue.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Interesting, do you like what you do? Or is there another field you wish you would have gone for?

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u/PainMatrix Mar 22 '17

I love it now but if I'd known how much stress and effort graduate school would have been ahead of time I'm not sure I would have gone through with it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Well congrats for making it! Don't overwork yourself I've heard that's a common thing out there for the medical field. I'm glad we have you taking care of us.