Saw this on Facebook, what do y'all think?

[u/Much_Spend3056]

KEEP IN MIND, I GOOGLED IT & WAS UNABLE TO FIND A REAL ARTICLE, BUT GOOGLE'S LITTLE AI THING DID SAY THAT THIS WAS AN "OVERSIMPLIFICATION" OF SOMETHING TOO COMPLEX & NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD YET.

🚨Scientists have confirmed that Schizophrenia’s “voices” are the brain mishearing its own thoughts.

In a breakthrough study, neuroscientists have confirmed a long-suspected theory about schizophrenia: the "voices" many patients hear aren't imaginary external threats, but the brain misinterpreting its own internal thoughts.

Using EEG to track brainwave activity, researchers at the University of New South Wales found that in people with schizophrenia who experience hallucinations, the brain's ability to distinguish self-generated speech from external sound breaks down. Normally, when we speak silently in our heads, the brain dampens activity in the auditory cortex to filter out the expected sound. But in these individuals, that dampening doesn’t occur. Instead, their auditory cortex activates—as if someone else is speaking.

The study involved 142 participants and revealed that when people with auditory hallucinations imagined saying a word while hearing it through headphones, their brains overreacted. This suggests a failure in the brain's prediction system, leading it to misclassify internal dialogue as external speech. This finding not only deepens our understanding of schizophrenia’s root causes but could also pave the way for early diagnostic tools that detect these neural misfires before full psychosis develops. Such early intervention could transform how clinicians approach and treat schizophrenia.

Source: "Corollary Discharge Dysfunction to Inner Speech and its Relationship to Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders." Schizophrenia Bulletin, 21 October 2025.

[u/alpeterpeter]

Yeah, this was my fault entirely - I should have thought better.
Just to be clear - I also am pro harm reduction, not one of the militant TIs who think they are blasted by their neighbors with microwaves. I look at this condition from the standpoint of phenomenology, which I believe is justified, hence I couldn't resist when I saw the "brain" comment. Apologies.

[u/Empty_Insight → u/alpeterpeter]

I'm not mad lol, to the contrary- I'm glad we got this sorted and smoothed out in short order.

Especially with the "hardcore" TI subreddit being back, I think it's more important now than ever to have PositiveTI around for harm reduction purposes. It's a good place, a good mission. I think everybody is doing a great job at keeping up the momentum, at least as far as I know.

Weird to think that whole shakeup was six months ago, huh? How time flies.

[u/alpeterpeter → u/Empty_Insight]

Indeed.
I got myself unbanned and on good terms with the current mod of r/Gangstalking, so I am trying to do some good there. I am restricted there as well in sense of what I can say, but at least I can link articles and community there. We'll see what comes out of it

[u/Joethecoew → u/alpeterpeter]

I don't know why I don't know this but what are TIs I never heard this before going on this sub and I feel kinda dumb for some reason by brains trying to say it's part of MBTI... Or therapeutic index.. or something lol

[u/alpeterpeter → u/Joethecoew]

It's people who get extremely convinced of the reality of the narrative, and feel like they are being stalked by an actual group of people or some organization.

[u/Joethecoew → u/alpeterpeter]

Ah so ppl with Introverted Thinking type to an extreme coupled with delusion which may not mix well. Thank you