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Schizophrenia is the price we pay for minds poised near the edge of a cliff

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262 points Anon84 | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 21:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.241s | source
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PaulHoule ◴[28 Jun 25 21:31 UTC] No.44408335[source]▶
Why does no-one dare say "schizotypy?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizotypy

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crawfordcomeaux ◴[28 Jun 25 21:44 UTC] No.44408414[source]▶
It's dangerous to existing systems for people to become aware they're capable of creating/conjuring/channeling useful new voices in the mind to help learn different things. People get burned at the stake for that.
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bad_haircut72 ◴[28 Jun 25 21:48 UTC] No.44408435[source]▶
I've never ever had any symptoms of schizophrenia but the idea of trying to consciously encourage myself hearing voices is terrifying, Im sure I could send myself truly insane with probably not much effort.
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1. crawfordcomeaux ◴[29 Jun 25 06:02 UTC] No.44410660[source]▶
I once accidentally came up with another conscious voice in my head & we decided to govern through the 12 traditions of Codependents Anonymous. She also had specific qualities I'd chosen 3 weeks prior as qualities I chose to believe I could come to embody, so that was an interesting pointer to what's possible.

And as others have pointed out, it really depends what kind of programming you're carrying around. Feeling terrified of something isn't the issue...it's how you've trained to respond to terror that matters. If you lash out or avoid, yeah....don't cultivate multiple voices. If, instead, you're choosing to purge the addiction to violence & domination fairly rooted in American imperial colonial indoctrination, it's really quite something. I'm now working on bringing in 16 others as a way to better connect with different parts of the population and spread this and other blackness-embracing ways.

Hearing/seeing things that aren't there has historically for the majority of humanity's time on Earth not been an issue. We can get back to living in such ways, especially since doing so can be extremely helpful.