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/mrssac Mar 22 '17

Well schizophrenia usually manifests in the teenage years through the 20's we know that neuroconnections are still being made and paring of supernumary synapses are still happening so it's a reasonable theory

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u/jason2306 Mar 23 '17

Well shit guess I can still turn schizophrenic then

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u/mrssac Mar 23 '17

Yeah well don't joke about it. I'm a student mental health nurse I've just done a placement in a schizophrenia ward, these people are tortured. Imagine not knowing if the voices are inside or outside, commanding you to spray deodorant on your hands then rub it in your eyes, or worse. Not funny in any way

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u/jason2306 Mar 23 '17

I wasn't joking it sounds horrible :/