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It means my ears don't work, pretty simple.
I don't link my identity to it at all, my ears don't work, I am not my ears. Being deaf doesn't effect WHO I am as a person. My likes and dislikes, my interests, what I find funny, what I believe about things, these are things that make up who I am. Being deaf effect how I communicate with other people, it doesn't define me.
And luckily Bebonang is not the boss of me Hahahaha. I'll deal with my hearing loss exactly as I please thank you very much As is my perogative and luckily we live in a world where you get to make your own decisions on how you're going to live your life and deal with things that happen to you. We are not at the mercy of others and having it dictated to us how we handle things
I should also say I'm late-deafened. Started losing my hearing at 20. I don't "identify"as hearing either. It's just not that important of an aspect to who I am as a person and what makes me "tick". Now if I had been born deaf that'd probably be a different story.
I don't link my identity to it at all, my ears don't work, I am not my ears. Being deaf doesn't effect WHO I am as a person. My likes and dislikes, my interests, what I find funny, what I believe about things, these are things that make up who I am. Being deaf effect how I communicate with other people, it doesn't define me.
And luckily Bebonang is not the boss of me Hahahaha. I'll deal with my hearing loss exactly as I please thank you very much As is my perogative and luckily we live in a world where you get to make your own decisions on how you're going to live your life and deal with things that happen to you. We are not at the mercy of others and having it dictated to us how we handle things
I should also say I'm late-deafened. Started losing my hearing at 20. I don't "identify"as hearing either. It's just not that important of an aspect to who I am as a person and what makes me "tick". Now if I had been born deaf that'd probably be a different story.