Lau2046
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I think she's referring to counseling to accept your loss (Psychiatrists, Psychologists). It's unusual for someone with such little loss to need therapy really. I went to see a counselor after my right ear went a couple of pitches to profound. However, if my right ear suddenly went to mild loss like yours, I'd be taking up Tango dancing to celebrate.
I think what many people are trying to understand is why you're going off the deep end posting all over this board about hearing loss, stem cell replacement, surgery to correct your hearing, etc., and you have mild hearing loss. People generally have that reaction to sudden hearing loss when they lose a significant amount of their hearing in one day, in the severe range, or nearly all. That's tramatic, but not in your range. It's like you were told your near sighted and wearing eyeglasses should help you at school - and you react in horror, saying you'll never get a job, please your family, or be a productive member of society and you want to give up in life.
You're in India among the poorest of the poor who live on street, outcasts from society. Their lot in life will never change. There are girls and young women that have rejected romantic advances, or for some twisted sense of "punishment," have had acid thrown at them, burning a significant portion of the body. This is very common in India, as you know, and no amount of surgery will correct this so they're doomed to a lifetime of pain. You just need hearing aids for mild loss, and you tell me your life is nearly over because of this? Have you ever thought about approaching one of these people to tell them about your sad lot in life and how helpless you feel? Of course not, you'd be too embarrassed because there's no comparison. You've spent a lot of time on this board harping on about how hard your life is - and most of us would give anything to hear what you do. The forum is "AllDeaf" - so that should be the first clue.
You need to sit down with a counselor to determine why you have so little self-worth and feel incapable of making a life for yourself. Do your parents even know you feel this way over something so minor? How would you handle that bigger crises in life? There are people all over India that wear eye glasses, some with far worse vision than your degree of hearing loss - and they succeed. You need to find out why you're using this as an excuse to give up. If people on AllDeaf seem insensitive to you, it's because Americans don't believe in weakness. I sincerely hope you make an appointment with a therapist because you need help and it's not with your hearing.
Laura
on tinnitis
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Getting tired of it.