Comment by viddytheshow on 04/02/2025 at 23:03 UTC

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View submission: do people with schizophrenia who also need glasses see their hallucinations clear or blurry when not wearing glasses?

Schizo checking in. Well...formerly, I guess. I'm in remission now for 12 or 13 years.

I never had visual hallucinations except for the occasional little black bugs crawling in my periphery. Like fast-moving silhouettes. I don't really feel right commenting directly on OP's question.

However, I did -- and still do, as it's the only "symptom" that's stuck with me -- hear music no one else hears. It sounds the same as any other music coming from an external source. My wife calls it my "bradio," and she likes to ask what's playing for me sometimes.

I mention this because, in what I hope is a fair analogy to OP's question, when an *actual* external audio source gets turned on (radio, TV, youtube, whatever), the bradio quiets down either mostly or completely. It wasn't always like that, but it is now. I don't have to hear two blaring songs at once, which is no one's idea of a good time.

In case anyone's curious, the bradio is playing Beverly Hills by Weezer as I type this. Don't super love that song, but I don't get much say in the matter.

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Comment by Magical-Mycologist at 04/02/2025 at 23:57 UTC

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Does the Bradio repeat any songs daily or just runs through shit randomly?

Comment by yxing at 05/02/2025 at 03:16 UTC

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Not schizophrenic (probably), but I've definitely experienced faint musical hallunications (very occasionally when I smoke weed, and more rarely when I'm just tired or jetlagged). I think because it happens so rarely, it's generally quite enjoyable, and I actually wouldn't mind if it were a bit louder and clearer.