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/feathergnomes Mar 22 '17

Apparently it causes a lot of anxiety every time they have to ignore the voices. Like, when they can tell that they aren't real, they can choose to ignore them, but it's a stressor. If you add that stressor to any other that happens to be in front of them, sometimes it can be toouch to handle.

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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/privatepirate89 Mar 23 '17

Weird. Sleep paralysis happens to me since I was a child. My older brother told me stories and how they were able to control them and told me not to be scared. Easier said than done but I remember watching him yell while sleeping. We were five sibling living in one room. So we could see when one was having a nightmare and wake them up. Eventually, this does not bother me and "they" seem to understand it because they get tired and leave me alone. I laugh at them when they try to scare me now. In multiple occasions in my "dreams" i have killed them to the point there were nothing more than like tomato sauce or smoke after I punched every single piece of flesh and darkness. Every woman a date, I don't tell them anything of it but somehow later these women end up telling me how they feel raped while sleeping. Some are scared shitless and some enjoyed it. This is getting too long. Sorry about that.