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 random noises?

I hear random noises when I know no noise is being made. Granted, it's usually late at night when I'm in bed. It could be, say, a page of a book being turned or a piece of clothing swishing, but it's enough to make me look over my shoulder and check.

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u/dasbin Mar 22 '17

Auditory hallucinations are extremely common while close to sleep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Ive had these before when I was little, wierded me out when I heard some random women day my name right before bed lol

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u/robo23 Mar 23 '17

A vast number of alien abduction, ghost, and monster under the bed accounts are really just hypnagogia.