In the foot steps of Hear Again and typeing...

I wish all the cycles of abuse could be broken. Abusers would understand what they've done, would heal, and would no longer abuse. Abuse victims would heal.

How about you?
 
Nika said:
I wish all the cycles of abuse could be broken. Abusers would understand what they've done, would heal, and would no longer abuse. Abuse victims would heal.

How about you?
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I wish you had to go through a test before being a parent to see how you would treat a child, and if it was bad, they would be incapable of kids.
 
I can't stand shopping. Can't stand it. Don't like anything about it.

You?
 
That, and the slow walking, and the general lack of entertainment of the shopping activity. Having to rely on other people. Losing money doing it. There's just nothing I like about it.
 
Nika said:
That, and the slow walking, and the general lack of entertainment of the shopping activity. Having to rely on other people. Losing money doing it. There's just nothing I like about it.
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I agree, and meeting people... eeek.
 
And talking to strangers. I hate having to talk to strangers. And monetary interactions with impatient people.
 
Gah. Yes! The <freak out> It's a blind person! What do I do, what do I do?
 
God forbid the cane touches something!
"Do you need help up the stairs? Should we take the elevator?"
 
My response is usually "Uh - isn't that what it's for? To touch it before I run into it?"
 
Nika said:
I understand -- I wish more people could understand that psychosomatic illness is legitimate and not self-induced or desired or whatever other things people say.
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Me too. Even when a condition is purely psycosomatic, often that person doesn't think they can see, even when they can and do so subconciously which was the way I was when I was blind last time. I only fully realise that this time round because I find myself having to relearn things I thought I knew. It's very imbarrassing. For example I used to read braille at a fast speed, but I realise that though I was feeling the dots I must have been taking in the information by sight too. Now my braille speed has slowed down considerably because I can only take the dots in by touch.




Are you functionally blind in bright light? I have photophobia and sometimes if it's sunny out it's so bright I have to just close my eyes (even with sunglasses on.) Or in what conditions can you not see anything?
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In most lighting conditions I am completely blind now as my eyes react very badly to light.
In certain lighting conditions where it is light enough for me to see but dim enough to hurt my eyes I can see quite a bit. I can also read X16 with Zoomtext although I have a braille display as well. That is sight at my best. At my worst I am total. Or I only see vague shapes. I wear shades in dim light but in bright light I find it easier wearing a mindfold as it blocks off the light completely. I have limited control of my eyes so just keeping them closed for me takes a concentrated effort. They sometimes spring open on their own accord and that hurts. I also find that sometimes in some certcumstances that they will just shut automatically and I need to try to prise them open. I had major problem with this last time I had an eye test.

In what conditions can you not hear anything? (I'm just very interested, but if you would rather not answer that's fine.)
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That's ok and it's easy to answer you since apart from very loud noises I don't hear anything. I can only hear Jilli bark when she is right next to my ear. But I cannot hear her bark if she is further away.

Thanks so much, dreama. I wish doctors would more easily admit when they didn't know or when they are wrong instead of putting the blame on the patient. Do you mind if I ask what conditions you have that have no known physical cause?
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The reason to my eye pain is unknown. I don't even know for sure wether it is purely psycosomatic or not this time. But since it was purely psycomatic last time I think people are just assuming it's the same this time round.

I have also had pains which proved to have no physcal cause. About 6 years ago I was ill and got very dizzy a lot. I could only walk very slowly and needed a stick for support but it turns out it had no physical cause.

About 2 summers ago I had a really bad ear infection. Since pains come and go I did not report it until almost a week later when the pain just continued to get worse. When I went to the doctor I was afaid they would just say that there was nothing wrong like they usually do but this time their was something physically wrong so I was put on a lot of pain releaf and antibiotics.
I just thougth I'd tell you this as an example of how physical and psycosomatic pains feel the same so when 'real' pains happen I can't tell the differance.
 
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