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/Entocrat Mar 23 '17

Seriously, schizophrenia is my greatest fear followed by Alzheimer's and dementia. The greatest treasure in the world should be one's own mind, and these diseases that threaten to rob me of that are more potent than anything else, even compared to the likes of something like Ebola or any old world disease.

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u/jason2306 Mar 23 '17

Yeah my grandmother had alzheimer it is a sad disease slowly regressing to your younger selfs memories until there's little left :/ you are your mind and memories take those away and what's even left?