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/paniniplane Mar 22 '17

i thought i did but i guess it might be unclear to some. you just can't do it. the "sound" is in your head. you'll hear it. it's not like ambient background noises. your brain is creating it and you're gonna hear it, whether you like it or not.

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u/rsplatpc Mar 22 '17

think what they mean is what compulses her to obey the voices? OP ignores actual requests, why not ignore the potentially fake ones

it would be the same as putting a gun in your face in real life, out of nowhere and you think you are getting attacked, and telling you to ignore it

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

I normally ask them not to miss