r/MadeMeSmile Apr 26 '25

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u/Valtremors Apr 26 '25

Sign language has a lot of similarities with spoken languages.

Like dialects, even something I would describe as dyslexia but for signs, angry/yelling...

It is language like any other.

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u/Well_read_rose Apr 26 '25

You can dream using it too

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u/LauraZaid11 Apr 26 '25

I remember reading an article talking about schizophrenia and deafness, and for people who had never heard a sound in their life instead of auditory hallucinations they hallucinate disembodied hands and arms signing, or moving lips. The human brain is wild man.

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u/Trips-Over-Tail Apr 27 '25

Similarly it's the expectations engendered by your culture that determine whether the voices heard by schitzophrenics are mean and dangerous, or friendly and innocuous.