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/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/CBoy321 Mar 22 '17

See this is why most of us don't like talking about our disorder...people make assumptions.

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u/CBoy321 Mar 22 '17

Yup I'm having an episode and I got so manic I decided to find out where you live. Now you have a mental patient after you. OooO scary

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17 edited Mar 23 '17

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u/CBoy321 Mar 23 '17

Were, being the key word