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Edit: should say people who are born blind.
Comment by JohnCharles-2024 at 04/02/2025 at 22:03 UTC*
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If you're schizophrenic, what happens if you gouge your eyes out ?
Comment by cactusboobs at 04/02/2025 at 22:20 UTC
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A Reddit favorite.
Comment by yxing at 05/02/2025 at 03:01 UTC
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That is fascinating. I read a chunk of the study, and it does sound like they were primarily exploring whether blindness has some kind of neuroprotective effect, which is interesting indeed. Not discounting that, but I wonder how much of it has to do with how our diagnosis of schizophrenia is based on a primarily sighted population (although auditory hallucinations are definitely a big symptom)--like I wonder if someone predisposed with schizoprenia and became blind at a young age, would be more likely to develop some other (maybe not yet classified) neurological disorder. I didn't see any discussion about that (but maybe I missed it).
Comment by No-Bid6661 at 04/02/2025 at 22:12 UTC
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Scrolled down to find this!! It’s so fascinating