Doesn't define me

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Momoftwo

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I'm deaf since birth.

I don't feel that I'm a deaf person. Deaf doesn't define me. I'm just me as human being except my hearings are "broken".
 
My 5 years old daughter and another small kids asked me what s wrong with my hearing .. I told them that my ears are broken so they understood lol

Peace
 
I became hard of hearing when I was 5 years old from illness....then during my high school years I start losing more of my hearing, now I can't hear a darn thing...Oh well that's life :dunno:
 
I was born hearing till 2 yrs old that I got meningitis illness. My right is hard of hearing and left is deaf.
 
Hmmm I think my comment didn't get to you. What my comment means that I don't call myself a "deaf" person. I'm just human being. I don't label myself as a "deaf" person. I'm just a human being. That's what I said "Deafness does NOT define me. I'll try to explain to you. "define" means like to label yourself as of who you are. I don't consider myself as a deaf person. I am simply a human being - just me - I don't consider that deafness is part of my life. My ears are just "broken". Hope it helps you.

I don't ask you how you became deaf. Do you label yourself as a "deaf" person? I don't. It's not about denied. Deafness is no big deal...deafness is very, very small so this is why deafness does NOT define me at all. I feel like I am very normal person just like normal hearing people.
 
well I guess then being deaf in my left ear is no big deal.

I explained to my 3 year old that my left ear dont work and that its broke and she understood. She now knows when she wants to share a secret she needs to speak into my right ear.

Whats funny is when you explain to kids that you are deaf or hoh they dont care. When you tell an adult that they look at you funny and start treating you like you are dumb. What gives??

deaf is not dumb, unfortunately my family has yet to realize this. I feel left out of alot of conversations when everyone gets together for the holidays. :(

Maybe I shoud stand on the coffee table shout to them that being deaf is not dumb and that I feel very excluded from the family when they dont take the time to clarify a conversation that I only catch the tail end of. And when they do they scream at me like they have repeated it 1,000 times.
 
I am just being me, all kind of shapes include being deaf. Of course not perfect one. Someday I am going to be a perfect with all kind of shapes. No big deal with what I have and do not have. It is people who stop me from being me alike they said " Oh I am sorry your deaf" I hate when they said it cuz I do not need pity from them. I am happy being who I am and I do not need to prove them I am deaf but a Surivor just alike them. We all are alikeness, too bad they do not see us alike them.
 
My mom got german measles when She was preggy.Cause that I'm deaf :deaf: ...doesnt bother me at all... My ears are quiet and loved it!



M-:afro:
 
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