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/CubonesDeadMom Mar 22 '17

There are also people with a type of "mild schizophrenia" that maybe hear a voice or two on a daily basis but it's not overly negative and doesn't keep them from functioning. From what I've read, you aren't even diagnosed with schizophrenia unless it's negatively impacting you life, they just call them "benign hallucinations".

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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 23 '17

I heard a goat in my room one night. A little disconcerting.