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Hopalong:
Wild thought. I wonder if it would be helpful to him to have a really excellent pair of sound-absorbing earplugs?
Not visible to others really...just something he could put in before going into a group situation where a lot of talk
and unfamiliar sound might overwhelm?
I love my earplugs. (Have raging tinnitus so I put them in for lots of things.)
Dunno if that relates to his feelings at all. Just a wild-hair thought. (Or wild cilia, har har...)
xo
Hops
lighter:
Yes, Hops.
Earplugs or maybe the ability to put on headphones and listen to soothing sounds, music or whatever works.....
language tapes?
I like books on tape, and for a while there I went to sleep listening to THE MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON...... it truly helped me stay steady when my mind wanted to jump around, and scatter like a monkey in a tree. I enjoyed listening to the book as much as the voice on the recording soothed my nerves.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
Ah thanks you two, his hearing's so sensitive he wears ear defenders to bed! The type that blokes wear when they're drilling roads and what have you! Bless him. He just needs a lot of down time in between activities, thank you for your thoughts and suggestions, we will find a way! :) xx
Twoapenny:
I am working on being around kind people - fill my life with what I like and leave behind what I don't :) Chatted to a friend today who offered to have my step-brother for Christmas so that I can have a break. She's never met him but she is kind enough to offer that. Another friend I spoke to later in the day invited us up for Christmas and offered to pay for our coach fare so that we don't have to deal with things. Such kindness from people and my time is taken up with unkind ones! How silly I have been. Such kindness on this board, so many people going through different things but still taking time out to help others. All is good. Thank you for your support and for being there.
Twoapenny:
Well I have been struggling a bit with this recently. Even though the contact I was having with people wasn't healthy it was contact and I've found it difficult to be very, very alone over the last couple of weeks. I am sticking to my guns, though, I need to break these habits if I'm ever going to change them.
I haven't heard from my sister. Usually I would have contacted her by now but again, I need to stop doing it so I have left things as they are. I am finding it difficult - I know all of this will be 'my' fault - but I know I haven't done anything wrong so I will carry on regardless.
I am trying to be more honest when I speak to people. I don't usually like to moan and complain but I have come to the conclusion that I am doing too good a job of making out everything's great all the time as a lot of my friends seem to have no idea how difficult things are sometimes. I was chatting to one of the mums at my son's swimming club and mentioned that the hospital had told me at very short notice I needed to take someone with me for my son's next appointment and it was too late for me to find anyone to take the time off work. She has offered to come with me which was very kind of her. Usually I wouldn't have mentioned it but it seems there are advantages to admitting you can't cope with everything alone!
I've also decided to juggle my money differently and use some money I currently spend on my son to go out one night a month. I do need to look after myself better and a cinema night - even if I end up going on my own- every now and again would help. I won't do it until after Christmas now because money's pretty tight but it's not long to wait :) Have also reconnected with an old school friend and will be seeing her soon so things are still feeling wrong but are going in the right direction.
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