Comment by Lapsa

2 months ago

why do you suppose blind from birth people are immune to schizophrenia?

Are they? I figure they just don’t have visual hallucinations.

  • perhaps immunity ain't confirmed. but just recently there was an article of a complete absence of documented cases. not a single blind from birth person has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia. why do you suppose that's so? if I put on my conspiracy hat and go balls to the wall - arguably whole disease thing can be painted as a hoax, as an another form of a societal control. how have you ruled out such possibility? have you read about mental disease treatment from 1950s and after-lobotomy surgery ice cream treats? I don't have visual hallucinations either

    • Hmm I think you’re right. That’s really interesting. If this implies it’s a deliberately constructed phenomenon, what mechanisms could be responsible for producing it visually?

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