Hard To Hear It: I need to get this off my chest

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[@punnasamamao1307]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. We all support you.

[@InHisHands777]

I hear you sister, It’s not easy. Love you as a fellow hearing impaired person. Steve. I struggle too and have had a hearing loss over 50 years. We just need to support each other. I wonder if a connect group online will help for us in the hearing loss situations. Steve. From Australia.

[@Padoano]

I had a lot of stress because I was struggling to prevent or guess or expect what I don't hear. It's difficult to find people who have patience and accept the "consequences". but I also found someone who knows "how to do it". I think it's important to have at least one close friend with hearing loss, I've never had one

[@davidkyvonnej]

I'm with you re: the struggle & sometimes feeling like you're living in a land of one. If I weren't married, I doubt I'd bother with hearing aids at all, but that's life I guess. Best of luck & keep persevering. Cheers, David

[@johndunkley6928]

I'm so with you on this. I have tinnitus and lately it's become much more of a struggle - especially when it spikes earlier and earlier in the day. I think allowing yourself "me time" is extremely important and also to be thankful of what you still can do despite any difficulties. Something else that makes me feel better about myself is by trying to do a good deed every day - even if it's just holding a door open for someone or letting someone out in traffic or thanking the checkout girl at the supermarket. Good luck with the baby and best wishes!

[@liricabox]

I remember that I was very uncomfortable the first months when I had my hearing aid (like 9 years ago). Like you, I didnt want anybody to pay attention to my ear, i feel like "weird". For me, it was something that I have to experience and learn how to cope with that. One thing i learned its that sometimes all our fears are shadows of our insecurities and they are just unreal, this fears in our mind. For example, I thought that people would saw me in certain way because of my hearing aid but it was unreal, all was in my head. Currently, I still have a lot of insecurities about my hearing loss/deafness (especially regarding my increase in difficulties in oral communication) but I tryto stay positive and relaxed. In whatever loss you have (death, hearing, sight...), understand your emotions and process them, trying to have a good attitude and making little steps to feel better... For mee its super important. I wish you the best! Lots love and congragulations for the baby! Have a good day!

[@lorijohnson1790]

Thanks so much for sharing your feelings April. It really does help to get your feelings out with other's that understand. I Meditate everyday with my Mala. It has been life changing for me to be able to connect with myself on such a deep spiritual level. It gives me time to just be and breathe. My energy flows and I feel a lot calmer. I still have a lot of days where I struggle with embracing all of the emotions that go with Hearing Loss but I feel that I am not stuck in them anymore. Like you said, saying them outloud or journalling ( I still have your journal on my wish list) helps to release anxiety and be more in the present moment. You are truly an inspiration to me and I'm so happy that we have connected. You got this!

[@jens6039]

Cute earrings! I have HL too, I’m getting fitted for my first Hearing aids next week and I’m nervous. I recommend seeing a therapist if you may not have seen anyone. They give great skills to handle tough moments much more than our own family and friends. Also congrats on your baby and don’t forget all the hormones in your body making you more emotional too. Best wishes !

[@barrytaylorprofoundlydeafi2479]

Hi April💗I hope all goes well with the birth in a few weeks! Not being female I don't know much about hormones,but I have read they are up & down when pregnant,I think it will be harder for you with a hearing loss & needing hearing aids full time when you go to the hospital to have the baby, hopefully they will let you keep your hearing aids in!
I too have bad days where I hate being deaf,I am the only deaf person in my family & since the begining of the year I have lost almost all of my hearing,my family forget how deaf I am & get frustrated when I don't answer! And I have to explain to the doctor etc I struggle to hear on the phone! So please text or email me,I don't know whether you call yourself deaf or hard of hearing? I am classed as profoundly deaf with sight issues too!
I now find it easier talking to someone like yourself that has a hearing loss & wears hearing aids,I have just been catching up on your old videos & your husband Martin thinks the world of you & does not care your deaf! But you must have your moments when he forgets your deaf & for a minute he thinks your ignoring him,plus the good thing about being deaf is you can turn off your hearing aids when you have a small tiff!
Being deaf for over 30 yrs when I first had a relationship it was with another person with a hearing loss,and I hated it at bedtime when the hearing aids came out & the lights went off & we could not chat to each other! We had to have signs like touching each other when we needed to chat! I don't know how you & Martin cope once your hearing aids are out & the lights are off,but it can get frustrating! Unless the people that are close to you are deaf they don't know what your going through,that's why I value my new friends like you who know what I am going through,I follow you on Instagram & we message regularly,so if ever you want to vent or ramble like me now please DM me,I will always find time to chat too you! We all have days when we hate being deaf! And in the bad heat I hate hearing aids! But I would be lost without them as they are my ears,I am at the age where I don't know whether I want to go through an operation for cochlear implants,and just have robotic sounds! And risk losing all natural hearing,hearing aids have come a long way in the past 10 or so years! We are lucky we get them for free in the UK! But they are not the top of the range ones! And like you I felt ashamed if that's the right word to wear my hearing aids! The stigma is still there,why should you wear your hair down to cover your hearing aids,you do have lovely hair & your very pretty! Your hearing aids are not that noticeable with the thin wire! Are yours the proper BTE aids or the RIC ones?
I love your earrings,a lot of people here in the UK have the hearing aids with the thick tubing & full shell earmoulds,you would look great with glittery earmoulds! Also a lot of my deaf friends with the thicker tubing have jewellery hanging from the tubing like earrings! Maybe you could fit lightweight jewellery to your thin tubing! There are lots of people that do hearing aid jewellery on Etsy so maybe worth a look!
I hope my rambling has helped! I have a form of dyslexia & autism so I tend to communicate in writing as I struggle to get my point across,what your feeling is normal,its like an amputee whose false limb looks so real they forget they lost a limb! But then they look in the mirror and see the missing part of a limb & ask why me!
I don't know whether your hearing will get worse or further down the line you may get a cochlear implant,plus when the baby is born will you hear him or her crying or hear their first words! But you have a family that love you & a deaf family here on social media! The best thing you ever did was to start a you tube channel & an Instagram one,i am unlucky to have no bladder control so for 8 yrs I have had an indewelling Foley catheter & pee bag,it will be for life,I worry people can hear the pee splashing about in the bag or wear shorts where the bag shows! So I am thankful for making friends in the deaf groups & the catheter users groups,being deaf you can feel so very lonely 😭but I am thankful for friends like you who I may never meet in my lifetime but are like family,never say sorry you have done nothing wrong 💗💗💗🥰🥰🥰

[@mndyD9]

Love the earrings! I know this is bad but sometimes I tell myself since I feel like my ears are useless, I may as well decorate them lol! I know it sounds awful but I feel like it gives them a purpose and I feel good because they look cute in different earrings and piercings so it out weighs the negative feelings that sometimes come up with my hearing aids.

[@ronunderwood8099]

1) Wear the ear rings. 2) Pregnancy makes your hormones and emotions crazy. Acknowledge that what you feel is real but after the baby is born you will eventually get back level. 3) You have my Facebook messenger.