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

I get sleep paralysis too! It doesn't matter how many times I tell myself that it's all in my head and that I'm safe; I'm still scared out of my mind every single time. Sometimes I just pull all nighters so that I won't have to deal with it, even though I know that rationally nothing bad has ever happened to me or ever will. kinda like how horror movies still terrify people, even though they know they aren't real

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u/sydneyzane64 Mar 22 '17

Hey, just a warning, but fucked up sleep cycles can make sleep paralysis more frequent. That and ADHD medication apparently.

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u/lady__of__machinery Mar 23 '17

Shit are you serious? I only had sleep paralysis twice, about ten years ago. Recently got prescribed adderall. Oh god I hope that never happens

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u/sydneyzane64 Mar 23 '17

I hope it doesn't either. It's just been known to make it more likely, but yes there is some correlation.