Schizophrenia Is Older Than The Bible

"The brain is a master storyteller, designed to make sense of the chaos of our lives. It compensates for the presence of auditory hallucinations, caused by a defect in self-recognition, by writing a narrative to account for them. It's no accident that schizophrenic patients reach for spy agencies, religious entities, or supernatural forces when describing the voices in their heads."

When People With Schizophrenia Hear Voices, They’re Really Hearing Their Own Subvocal Speech