Sign in if you're proud to be Deaf

I'm definitely in. I'm not just "in" because the bandwagon says so. I am in because being deaf is who I am and it makes me to be the person I am today.

I am not saying that it is all about the deaf-power thing. It just means that I am who I am by being deaf. That's the identity I will have as long as I live. ;)
 
Wow, this thread rose from the grave, didn't it?

I'm just like my belly button - innie!
 
SkullChick said:
Um... being proud of deafness, count me OUT.
But accepting my deafness count me in.

Big difference.

Reason?
* Missing out so much stuff.
* Limitations.
* Unnecessary challenges.
* Communication breakdown.
* Getting judged in a negative way about my disability.
* Can't hear important sounds like fire alarm, emergency siren, baby crying or if someone got hurt, if natural disaster happened in my sleep or when my CI battery died I wouldn't know, and that's scariest thing ever.
* I want to be able to just walk up to hearing person and start conversating no problem or being able to have small talk and respond to people talking to me.
* 1000000 reasons I'm not proud to be deaf.

BUT I do love ASL. If its totally my choice I'd rather to be Hearing that know ASL. But I'm deaf so I accept it and try to lessen the effect of being deaf much as I can. Hence the CI to hear important sound in my waking hours, hear if people say excuse me or talk to me behind my back I'd acknowledge it and turn around to smile or point at my ear. Being able to understand people talking to me much better but I wish I can speak back but I'll work on my confidence to use my speech and practice to get it back in shape as for now CI's been wonderful help.

Also on the note, I'm not trying to be hearing! Why is it that if you get CI you were "trying to be hearing"??? I'm so tired of seeing this "I don't want CI cuz I'm proud to be deaf" but hearing aid is fine and automatically is acceptable but CI automatically mean to try to be hearing? Just stop doing this immature bs please.
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I understand what you mean.

I also accept my deafness. :)
 
There's 2 doors - deaf door on the left, and hearing door on the right...

I'm walking to the left and opens the deaf door and closes behind me

I'm IN! :thumb:
 
Am in both way proud to be Deaf, also have accepted my Deafness and hat it will always be part of my whole life from birth to the very end of my last breath. :)
 
Deaf can do anything...ya name it! ! Who said that "Limitations" ? ? Nah, I don't THINK SO.... Humans are Humans... Nothing with "Deaf" issue. I'm talking about here is HUMANS! Deaf can't hear. Thats all. :dunno2:


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M-
 
I'm totally in!!! :)

SkullChick, it's against AD rule to bring all PM up on public area without GA's permission, just report to mod or admin and don't bother her (GA), just let you know about AD rule.
 
Pacman said:
I'm totally in!!! :)

SkullChick, it's against AD rule to bring all PM up on public area without GA's permission, just report to mod or admin and don't bother her (GA), just let you know about AD rule.
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Ohh I didn't know, thank Pacman for letting me know.

Yeah I did, thanks I'm not gonna bother anymore :)
 
I would be interested, now, what the extent of being "in" is. In other words, what is the extent of your enculturation? (is that a word, lol?).
 
I'm proud to be deaf, because I've accepted who I am and all that I can do.
 
My Story...

I used to be so ashamed, so depressing, to feel so stupid, and to feel so worthless because of my deafness. I also used to be teased and was picked on by some students of public students because of my voice was so bizarre to them and some of them were so mean to me. So, I stopped to use my voice for speech when I was only young a little.
I fear my family when I thought they were just looked down at me because of "deaf and dumb" subject. I actually refused to share or to be open-minded with my family, that reason was I couldn't trust them because I thought they were not always understood me fully. I sometimes felt like they are my "friends" rather than they are actually my family.
I was so stupid as if I felt like it was, very ashamed for who I am, definitely hated myself for that (not just because of deafness but my appearance was inculded too..), and stong low-esteem. I could less care for almost everything I hated for.. I almost never took sports or to social some students, and I never trust anybody else but my best friends.
When I was eleven years old, I moved to different school from the public school and everthing was so worse for me. I was completely aparted out and "lost" my happiness, I got only two friends and was teased brutally by students. Everything went so worser, worser, and especially each pain I gained when it came a tough thing on me. I tried to kill myself at only ten years old a few times before moved to different school, and later, I again tried to kill myself sometimes at age of thirteen to a several months before fifteen years old. Even, my mom tried to support me and to encourage me to accpet my deafness and to be proud but I refused because I was too depressing and hated myself.

However...

When it was a little more than few months before my fifteenth birthday and... I finally realized no one (except my mom) would help me, not for a second at all. So I determinded to force myself fully to manage my life to recover my wounds I used to grew up with this. I researched on deafness for positive and supportive only, evenually I was oftenly visited LiveJournal (until I finally became a member of LJ recurrently), I read some books about deaf things and their lives, and my mom helped me sometimes for encouraging me to be proud for my deafness. (You can visit the Thread, "Why would you not choose to have CI?", and you will see why.) I also visited a few deaf websites and I went to watch ASL drama, amazing Pete Cook, wonderful deaf dramas, and etc etc AT MY EX DEAF SCHOOL. I listened to some students' experience stories, too. I also learned Deaf history when I was only freshman (I think?) and...

Finally, I realized I wasted my time of being down because of my deafness was "sucks", and "ashamed of being deaf" WAS NOT an optional for me. Besides, my wantness for having CI was on a base of wasting my time too.

After my fifteen of age, I slowly and successfully managed to recover my wounds as a normal life I get back BY ALL THE WAY FOR MYSELF (with some help from my mom and a several of my (best) friends). At the same, I was more invovled with my family no matter what or how they treat me.

I thanked my mom for encouraging me to be proud for my deafness. Now, I am so happy that I am Deaf and I don't feel so ashamed of it anymore. Well, I sometimes feel I don't like my life because of my bad memories, yeah, it's hard for me to let them go. Bah, aha. I am still supported my precious family with all of my heart. :) Oh, of course, and my best friends too. :giggle:

SO, I AM IN!!! :D:D:D:D:D

(Please be respect my personal experience story. Thank you.)
 
Mann_K05 said:
I used to be so ashamed, so depressing, to feel so stupid, and to feel so worthless because of my deafness. I also used to be teased and was picked on by some students of public students because of my voice was so bizarre to them and some of them were so mean to me. So, I stopped to use my voice for speech when I was only young a little.
I fear my family when I thought they were just looked down at me because of "deaf and dumb" subject. I actually refused to share or to be open-minded with my family, that reason was I couldn't trust them because I thought they were not always understood me fully. I sometimes felt like they are my "friends" rather than they are actually my family.
I was so stupid as if I felt like it was, very ashamed for who I am, definitely hated myself for that (not just because of deafness but my appearance was inculded too..), and stong low-esteem. I could less care for almost everything I hated for.. I almost never took sports or to social some students, and I never trust anybody else but my best friends.
When I was eleven years old, I moved to different school from the public school and everthing was so worse for me. I was completely aparted out and "lost" my happiness, I got only two friends and was teased brutally by students. Everything went so worser, worser, and especially each pain I gained when it came a tough thing on me. I tried to kill myself at only ten years old a few times before moved to different school, and later, I again tried to kill myself sometimes at age of thirteen to a several months before fifteen years old. Even, my mom tried to support me and to encourage me to accpet my deafness and to be proud but I refused because I was too depressing and hated myself.

However...

When it was a little more than few months before my fifteenth birthday and... I finally realized no one (except my mom) would help me, not for a second at all. So I determinded to force myself fully to manage my life to recover my wounds I used to grew up with this. I researched on deafness for positive and supportive only, evenually I was oftenly visited LiveJournal (until I finally became a member of LJ recurrently), I read some books about deaf things and their lives, and my mom helped me sometimes for encouraging me to be proud for my deafness. (You can visit the Thread, "Why would you not choose to have CI?", and you will see why.) I also visited a few deaf websites and I went to watch ASL drama, amazing Pete Cook, wonderful deaf dramas, and etc etc AT MY EX DEAF SCHOOL. I listened to some students' experience stories, too. I also learned Deaf history when I was only freshman (I think?) and...

Finally, I realized I wasted my time of being down because of my deafness was "sucks", and "ashamed of being deaf" WAS NOT an optional for me. Besides, my wantness for having CI was on a base of wasting my time too.

After my fifteen of age, I slowly and successfully managed to recover my wounds as a normal life I get back BY ALL THE WAY FOR MYSELF (with some help from my mom and a several of my (best) friends). At the same, I was more invovled with my family no matter what or how they treat me.

I thanked my mom for encouraging me to be proud for my deafness. Now, I am so happy that I am Deaf and I don't feel so ashamed of it anymore. Well, I sometimes feel I don't like my life because of my bad memories, yeah, it's hard for me to let them go. Bah, aha. I am still supported my precious family with all of my heart. :) Oh, of course, and my best friends too. :giggle:

SO, I AM IN!!! :D:D:D:D:D

(Please be respect my personal experience story. Thank you.)
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wow!! The pain u felt was the same pain I felt too growing up around only hearing kids.

Like I said in another thread, your mom is amazing for her encouragement!
 
shel90 said:
wow!! The pain u felt was the same pain I felt too growing up around only hearing kids.

Like I said in another thread, your mom is amazing for her encouragement!
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Really? Were you in my shoes, do you think so? Wow, I don't know that. :ty: for postive comment. :hug:
 
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