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Schizophrenic Brains Not Fooled by Optical Illusion

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Re: Schizophrenic Brains Not Fooled by Optical Illusion

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"Schizophrenics aren’t the only ones who see the concave face — people who are drunk or high can also ‘beat’ the illusion."

I had a three beers watching the video, and the first revolution was a concave face. When the next revolution came I saw the illusion and now the illusion is so powerful I can't see it as concave face anymore. I hope that rules me out as schizofrenic...

Re: Schizophrenic Brains Not Fooled by Optical Illusion

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"Schizophrenics aren’t the only ones who see the concave face — people who are drunk or high can also ‘beat’ the illusion." I had a three beers watching the video, and the first revolution was a concave face. When the next revolution came I saw the illusion and now the illusion is so powerful I can't see it as concave face anymore. I hope that rules me out as schizofrenic...

Wait. Who wrote this.

Re: Schizophrenic Brains Not Fooled by Optical Illusion

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"Schizophrenics aren’t the only ones who see the concave face — people who are drunk or high can also ‘beat’ the illusion." I had a three beers watching the video, and the first revolution was a concave face. When the next revolution came I saw the illusion and now the illusion is so powerful I can't see it as concave face anymore. I hope that rules me out as schizofrenic...

Wait. Who wrote this.

Contrary to popular belief, schizophrenia is not the same thing as dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality disorder. (Which is I believe what you were suggesting with that joke.)

From Wikipedia:

    Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of the 
    process of thinking and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly
    manifests as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions,
    or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant
    social or occupational dysfunction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Personality_Disorder

Re: Schizophrenic Brains Not Fooled by Optical Illusion

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I actually saw a concave face until I read the article. Now I see a regular face. I'm not drunk, high, or otherwise on any substance. I hope I'm not schizophrenic, though for some reason I've always thought that it would be awesome to have it like for a few days. So yeah. Concave faces.

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Wait. Who wrote this.

Contrary to popular belief, schizophrenia is not the same thing as dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality disorder. (Which is I believe what you were suggesting with that joke.) From Wikipedia: Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of the process of thinking and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions…

"dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality disorder" has been all but dropped by mainstream psychology. It's considered to be an artifact explained as being induced by a number of factors including attention seeking, desire to please therapist, extreme hypochondria and mimicry.
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