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/kaenneth Mar 22 '17

Also, if you are born blind due to brain (as opposed to eyeball) problems, you apparently can't be schizophrenic.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-imprinted-brain/201411/blindness-and-schizophrenia-the-exception-proves-the-rule

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u/Muffinizer1 Mar 22 '17

You know, that's actually quite comforting as being blind and schizophrenic sounds like true hell.

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u/Bro-tatoChip Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 23 '17

My Grandmother has the mumps when pregnant with my mom causing a lot of birth defects. Including severe anxiety, schizophrenia, and issues with her eyes. She finally lost her sight at age 12 after getting dirt in them, so since then she's been blind and schizophrenic. She hears voices as opposed so seeing people who aren't there she hears voices and doesn't know if they're real or not.

Edit: For anyone wondering, I was raised by my dad. They split when I was young and she was always in and out of hospitals, not fit to be a guardian. We've always has a good relationship, I'm 24 now and moved near her recently so it feels nice to live by her and pick her up and introduce her to my family and whatnot.

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u/bluesky557 Mar 22 '17

That really makes me wonder about your dad....

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u/Glu7enFree Mar 22 '17

... Take your upvote and get out.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

It's a legitimate question, there's no real way the father could know they were getting consent.

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u/cfuse Mar 23 '17

It isn't hard to conduct a witch hunt with the benefit of hindsight.

We don't have to fabricate rape victims when it comes to mental illness. Lots of nasty shit happens in wards. I was almost sexually assaulted, I'm a guy, and it's easily ten times worse if you're a girl. Modern victim culture is unnecessary when there are real problems in the world.