Not Hearing Builds Anger

People who are angry over hearing loss have the right to be angry! It is such a vital sense to lose, and its loss influences almost every aspect of socialization.

Every time you ask someone to repeat themselves, it's a reminder to you of the problem. And it doesn't go away! Eventually you can become resentful and angry at others over your own need to have things repeated. Worse yet, you may become angry when a family member suggests that you get help. You already know that, you just don't want to hear it from them. It's just too painful. Discover a renewed sense of calm.

Something that nobody may have ever told you, you need to hear: You have a right to be angry! You have a right to all your feelings. What is so essential to understand is that you do not have to go through those feelings angry! You have a right to all your feelings.

What is so essential to understand is that you do not have to go through those feelings anymore. In any family where a member has impaired hearing, you'll also find frustration.

A frequently heard comment by the person with hearing loss, as well as the family is "I can't stand it anymore!" In fact, the longer the avoidance of hearing loss goes on, the greater the frustrations. Communications depends on aural cues. Once this system begins to break down, frustration usually spreads into the lives of the entire family. For someone who doesn't have hearing loss, it's almost impossible to conceive the problem.

After all, there is no outward sign - no tumor on the head, no fractured joints, no walker in hand. All anyone observes is the effect of hearing loss, not the hearing loss itself, and it may be glossed over as no big deal. In addition to frustration, it's easy to feel defeated and not know what else to do. You struggle to hear despite how attentive you are. You're playing the odds in this "game" and sooner or later you're going to miss some conversation. Defeat could be your fate if no help were available. Not taking advantage of professional help is not defeat, it's self defeat!

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