How can you say I am not who I say I am without knowing me?

Status
Not open for further replies.
zebadee2010 said:
I think that a good online community is just as good as a therapist. Only difference between the two. In an online community you can have many people posting many different sides and stories. Which is what I have gotten BTW.:D
Click to expand...

not quite the same. the major difference is - in forum, you get selective in nature. You only hear what you want to hear. From therapist - no. Like I said - the therapist for CI is not the same as the therapist for "special case". it's completely different. It's more like a CI-support group. Like I said - a personalized attention for your case because everybody's case is different. She/he will help you to cope with the issues that will come in future. You do not have to see'em regularly... only when you need to.
 
If his audi is anything like mine. They will give him a packet with LOADSSSSSSSS of information. Mine gave me information on support group's, listening therapy,Speech therapy, List's of all the surrounding movie theathers that enable CC.. and so on..

EDIT: this was all given to me tho on my first real mapping!
 
Deaffy said:
If his audi is anything like mine. They will give him a packet with LOADSSSSSSSS of information. Mine gave me information on support group's, listening therapy,Speech therapy, List's of all the surrounding movie theathers that enable CC.. and so on..
Click to expand...

there you go. nothing like a therapist for "special case".
 
deafbajagal said:
Contrary to popular belief, most culturally deaf people are usually not against CIs. Initially they were because the purpose of the CI was to "save people from deafness!" What culturally deaf people resent is people mocking ASL or demeaning ASL, devaluing deaf culture, and anything pertaining to making it seem like being deaf is incomplete and incompetent. Deaf people face obstacles, even today. Laws and acts such as ADA do shit for them. In my hometown which is becoming a popular pitstop for culturally deaf people still has issues with police mistreatment and hospitals refusing to provide interpreters.

I believe you are who you are because we have discussed some things, and we did so outside of the AD forum. I think you mean well and sometimes say things out of context without intending to insult others. You do have a way that rubs people, especially culturally deaf people, the wrong way, but I think that's a cultural issue. You are a little bitter, but I don't blame you for it. It's a miracle you survived your accident. It took you nearly two months to walk again.

I will admit that many of your postings are very similar to a previous AD member. I see why others may think you are him.

My advice to you is just keep posting and keep learning what you can about CIs, ASL, and whatnot. Be sensitive to what you are posting, but keep true to yourself. I hate to break it to you. You're no longer hearing, and all the CIs in the world will never cure your deafness. You will have hearing tendencies and views, which is only natural. It's time to learn about deaf views. And as you can imagine, sometimes the two worlds will collide. As you have seen.
Click to expand...

I really didn't intend to offend anyone, hearing or not, at least with my initial posts. It really is a miracle. Visit zachsisk.com for a little more details than I have given here. I plan to keep posting and whatnot. I don't plan on being hearing again. But I will be able to hear something again. At least while i'm wearing the CI, which is basically what I want.

My current though process is simply to make it through my job in two weeks. Afterwards perhaps i'll try and learn ASL even though i have few to use it with. I will have like 5 months of nothing to do before I can start school back.
 
zebadee2010 said:
I really didn't intend to offend anyone, hearing or not, at least with my initial posts. It really is a miracle. Visit zachsisk.com for a little more details than I have given here. I plan to keep posting and whatnot. I don't plan on being hearing again. But I will be able to hear something again. At least while i'm wearing the CI, which is basically what I want.

My current though process is simply to make it through my job in two weeks. Afterwards perhaps i'll try and learn ASL even though i have few to use it with. I will have like 5 months of nothing to do before I can start school back.
Click to expand...


:) you have lots to use ASL with.. There are alot of deaf folks here who I am sure would not mind video chatting with you to key up ASL. I wish I had sought that type of help when I was taking ASL when I lived in LA.
 
Deaffy said:
:) you have lots to use ASL with.. There are alot of deaf folks here who I am sure would not mind video chatting with you to key up ASL. I wish I had sought that type of help when I was taking ASL when I lived in LA.
Click to expand...

I could do video chat, but as I think i mentioned earlier or maybe to you on Facebook. I'm not big into me being on video. I tend to only be only video when absolutely necessary. I don't like my picture being taken either. But it is a possibility.
 
zebadee2010 said:
I really didn't intend to offend anyone, hearing or not, at least with my initial posts. It really is a miracle. Visit zachsisk.com for a little more details than I have given here. I plan to keep posting and whatnot. I don't plan on being hearing again. But I will be able to hear something again. At least while i'm wearing the CI, which is basically what I want.

My current though process is simply to make it through my job in two weeks. Afterwards perhaps i'll try and learn ASL even though i have few to use it with. I will have like 5 months of nothing to do before I can start school back.
Click to expand...

don't worry about ASL. You don't have a real good reason to get into it anyway otherwise it's just a waste of your time.

Just focus on your health recovery - your incision on your skull, eyesight, walking, balancing, etc. You've got a long way to go :thumb:
 
Yeah you did inform me on that. But was just putting it out there to give you something to think about.
 
Jiro said:
don't worry about ASL. You don't have a real good reason to get into it anyway otherwise it's just a waste of your time.

Just focus on your health recovery - your incision on your skull, eyesight, walking, balancing, etc. You've got a long way to go :thumb:
Click to expand...

Will do on the last part. But eventually I may end up learning ASL for the heck of it. But if my CI were to stop working i don't know that it would be all that useful around here.

I really think doctors and stuff should be required to learn it. That way if I have to go to the doctor at least that would give me a good reason to know ASL.
 
:dance2: This thread has become way more productive than those that were closed this past week!
 
zebadee2010 said:
No need for all this language. Or fighting, i expected things to get dirty or even mad and conflicting, but not over something like a cartoon comment.
Click to expand...

right. this is where one has to take it to PM land.

what a potty potty potty mouth she has :eek:
 
Jiro said:
do you see life in cartoonistic sense?
Click to expand...

Just so you know - we've seen the response to this above quote. I would like you to be aware of this rule we have on AD:
  • 3.) NO TROLLING. A troll is someone who provokes members into flaming discussions by posting outrageous messages, and usually ends with name callings and flame wars.

Please refrain from this behavior. Thank you.
 
posts from hell said:
Just so you know - we've seen the response to this above quote. I would like you to be aware of this rule we have on AD:
  • 3.) NO TROLLING. A troll is someone who provokes members into flaming discussions by posting outrageous messages, and usually ends with name callings and flame wars.

Please refrain from this behavior. Thank you.
Click to expand...

ah. perfect. my post doesn't fall under that requirement since I simply asked a question.
 
zebadee2010 said:
My biggest problem with not hearing, maybe because i'm used to hearing, is that I have no clue what's going on around me. If i'm in the house I can sometimes feel people walking but like at Walmart today, I didn't know if someone was behind me or coming towards us from the outer isles. I just can't hear what's going on.

I can communicate with my family fairly well, but not if its more than one.
I still have many other problems other than just no hearing.[/QUOTE]

That is what we have been attempting to get across to you.
Click to expand...
 
zebadee2010 said:
I still see no reason for me to consult a therapist. I'm not about to go commit suicide or anything. And as soon as this CI gets activated this week I think that things should go uphill quicker.

Honestly I dislike going to doctors in general, they all seem to want to prescribe anti-deprescents which are just as bad as the depression itself. One side effects of anti-deprescents can actually be suicide.

I really will probably never go to a therapist unless required by law.
Click to expand...

There is a very simple explanation for the suicide and anti-depressant correlation. It actually has nothing to do with the medication itself.
 
TheWriteAlex said:
Why do you have to start this attention grabbing thread in the general section that only pertains to a couple people? :sure:
Click to expand...

Thank you. :ty:

This simply could have been addressed in PM. The fact that the OP posted this indicates that he's an attention whore. Where's a facepalm when a girl needs one, eh?

:roll:
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top