In order to succeed in the fight against hyperacusis we need to hear ALL case studies
February 17, 2014,
I found myself in a state of shock the other day when another person suffering from hyperacusis remarked, "I am not interested in success stories. The successes can go off and be happily normal and do not need help. It is great that this person is feeling so terrific now, and they are free to bash people who do not see the same recovery and to gainsay their reality. I do not need to agree with this person. I do not believe ones recovery translates to all others. I personally do not find success stories helpful at all. In fact, I find them harmful."
To read such a bitter cold statement made me speak out.
"I take a different stance on that. I share the stories of as many different cases as possible on examiner.com so that one can see what we are up against here.
That we each have to deal with this in a way best suited for each individual person, young, old, work related, music lover related. head injury related etc.
To try to say it is just this way or that is harmful to each person who suffers. It is not a 12-step program, do this and you will be healed. It's something that can affect anyone at any time. And I want to hear the success stories. I want to know some people can get better... if for nothing else... than my own selfish cry for help from HOPE!
That is like saying you don't want to hear the success of a cancer patient or aids patient or heart patient. I want to know what research is out there, what everyone is trying whether it works or fails because it's all a step in finding a way to cope.
What shocked me even more was who this statement came from.
I found myself in a state of shock the other day when another person suffering from hyperacusis remarked, "I am not interested in success stories. The successes can go off and be happily normal and do not need help. It is great that this person is feeling so terrific now, and they are free to bash people who do not see the same recovery and to gainsay their reality. I do not need to agree with this person. I do not believe ones recovery translates to all others. I personally do not find success stories helpful at all. In fact, I find them harmful."
To read such a bitter cold statement made me speak out.
"I take a different stance on that. I share the stories of as many different cases as possible on examiner.com so that one can see what we are up against here.
That we each have to deal with this in a way best suited for each individual person, young, old, work related, music lover related. head injury related etc.
To try to say it is just this way or that is harmful to each person who suffers. It is not a 12-step program, do this and you will be healed. It's something that can affect anyone at any time. And I want to hear the success stories. I want to know some people can get better... if for nothing else... than my own selfish cry for help from HOPE!
That is like saying you don't want to hear the success of a cancer patient or aids patient or heart patient. I want to know what research is out there, what everyone is trying whether it works or fails because it's all a step in finding a way to cope.
What shocked me even more was who this statement came from.
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