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I'm not especially interested in seeking a diagnosis of a CAPD. Whether or not I have one is a different issue, but it's hard enough for me to deal with the things that need to be dealt with, much less worrying about something like this.
However, regardless of a diagnosis or not, I do have some problems in the hearing department. Mostly, my hearing is too good. This is very annoying. Some of us don't like having to unplug various appliances just to get a good night's sleep. And while it's useful to be able to hear spoken conversations from down the block, it's annoying when... well, when I'm trying to sleep. Sleep, the bane of my existence, where I should be RIGHT NOW.
And I can't easily not hear things. So if there's noise, I can't "tune it out" unless I'm completely absorbed in whatever it is I'm doing. Unfortunately, I had to teach myself not to get that absorbed in anything (I missed one too many lunches, and it's really not safe) so now I hear it all. Gah.
All this adds up to "I can't do group discussions in class".
English class is full of those. Or reading your work to the other person.
God forbid you say "here, let's just read each other's work instead of reading it aloud", you'll end up having to explain this to the professor later. I *like* this professor. I really do. But I'm not sure I'm making sense to her about this. I said "there's no way for me to be able to participate in a group thing while all the other groups are talking" and she said "okay" and... nothing. So we do occasional group things, and I see how high I can count in binary until I get confused.
Oh, and here's another question. Does anybody else find that if they're tired or stressed their senses go bonkers? If I stay up too late, when I go to sleep I hear things that aren't there (but I know it, it's not the same as "hearing things", exactly) or I see spots in front of my eyes, or I feel like I'm spinning.
However, regardless of a diagnosis or not, I do have some problems in the hearing department. Mostly, my hearing is too good. This is very annoying. Some of us don't like having to unplug various appliances just to get a good night's sleep. And while it's useful to be able to hear spoken conversations from down the block, it's annoying when... well, when I'm trying to sleep. Sleep, the bane of my existence, where I should be RIGHT NOW.
And I can't easily not hear things. So if there's noise, I can't "tune it out" unless I'm completely absorbed in whatever it is I'm doing. Unfortunately, I had to teach myself not to get that absorbed in anything (I missed one too many lunches, and it's really not safe) so now I hear it all. Gah.
All this adds up to "I can't do group discussions in class".
English class is full of those. Or reading your work to the other person.
God forbid you say "here, let's just read each other's work instead of reading it aloud", you'll end up having to explain this to the professor later. I *like* this professor. I really do. But I'm not sure I'm making sense to her about this. I said "there's no way for me to be able to participate in a group thing while all the other groups are talking" and she said "okay" and... nothing. So we do occasional group things, and I see how high I can count in binary until I get confused.
Oh, and here's another question. Does anybody else find that if they're tired or stressed their senses go bonkers? If I stay up too late, when I go to sleep I hear things that aren't there (but I know it, it's not the same as "hearing things", exactly) or I see spots in front of my eyes, or I feel like I'm spinning.
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Date: 2004-11-14 11:50 pm (UTC)Yep. My senses play all sorts of weird tricks on me if I'm especially tired or stressed out... especially my vision. I'll see things that aren't there, while some things that are there will essentially be invisible to me. I occasionally have some weird auditory stuff go on as well; there've been times I could've sworn someone was calling my name when there wasn't anything around that could even remotely make a similar sound.
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Date: 2004-11-14 11:53 pm (UTC)Shit, I don't even need to be stressed/tired to have that. When I was little, I was so stupid, I used to think it was real. I'd hear my dad or my sister, and I'd run to the window even though they'd been gone half an hour, wouldn't be back for a while.
Eventually I figured out the difference between real sounds and the mind kind, but it took time.