I guess his different approach threatens their beliefs which they been brainwashed into thinking by so called medical or audiological experts. Most actually don't know much and speculation is rife as are contradictions.
At least early on (first year or two).
I think they had been brainwashed to think that you could "be yourself"(=do whatever you feel like doing) and still achieve all of your goals. I believe that you can't achieve much unless you are willing to sacrifice a lot to get what you want.
The middle ground is optimal for the majority of decisions that we have to make during our lives. However, some outcomes are So bad or so good that it is rational to go all in. When the risk of death or becoming a burn victim exceeds say 1%, I am sure that most people would not want to choose the middle ground when it comes to eliminating that risk. To me, T is a horrific outcome, and so I believe that we are to pull out all stops when it comes to doing something about our T (or when it comes to try to avoid T getting louder).
Not all of us are extroverts.
Yes, sadly, if you are not willing to change your lifestyle, the above is most likely true.
The above is true if after a year your T is as loud as it was during the first 1-3 months.
The exact quote was that I feel sorry for people who need to do something (find a companion) to be happy, as opposed to people whose default state is being happy.
That would be "a significant other is as useful as a bathroom attendant" - both are a strange social construct - both take care of things that you could easily do yourself for yourself.
I have strong emotions all of the time too. I agree - emotions are the cause of a lot of human suffering. It makes sense to try to not let our emotions control our lives.
That one really hurt!
There are two parts to it - it improving and it getting worse. If one starts believing that it won't get better, it makes sense to begin focusing on it not getting worse.
I am sure the last thing one wants to be experiencing during one's last year on Earth or on one's death bed is a bad spike (that in that case will last until the end of one's life). So you bet I (or my lawyer) will be bribing the nurses to ensure that it is quiet in my room.
That has been my policy too - avoid noise whenever you can + be prepared to deal with noise even when you don't expect it to be noisy. Are you under the impression that I have been advocating for something more drastic?
Personally I prefer to believe in facts, in things backed by scientific evidence. If you can prove me that our ears are compromised I will join your truth sect.
You may have noticed that I don't discuss my condition. If you read more carefully, you will see me saying things like "this policy HAS worked for me and for the others".
There is no agenda. I am just sharing my own experiences regarding what had worked, as well as the experiences that I read about on this forum (positive experiences of people who take care of their ears, and negative horror stories of people who learn the hard way about the costs of being reckless).
Would you say that the music at a mall is harmless? If the answer is Yes, then would you like me to give you a link to what happened to Lex as a result of being exposed to music at a mall for 30 seconds? Does this mean that you need to update what you consider to be harmless?
My interesting observation is that the "brave people" are the ones whose T doesn't fade.
You are pushing a lifestyle that ensures that T stays, onto people who are yearning for it to fade.
The "Hall of Fame" plaque is not given on the basis of the sheer volume of posts, it is given on the basis of the number of positive ratings (e.g., the number of useful/informative ratings).
Six months later, her spike was still not completely over:
Above, he is talking about
You need to be a Donor in order to have a signature below your posts where you can provide disclosures. I am sorry, I am not going to paste a paragraph of text below each of my messages. I made those disclosures dozens of times.
Not really. What you are quoting is directed at other users. If someone is aware of the danger and chooses to take the risk, I confess that I no longer feel sorry if they learn the hard way that they had made a mistake.
Did I live up to your expectations?
In addition to my explanation above, I also really meant what I said. I think he Would be better off if his T were to spike and provide him with a permanent reminder that it is unwise to act recklessly. I believe the alternative is for him to abuse ears for a long time and THEN get a LOUDER permanent spike. The way I see it, the choice is between a small permanent spike now vs a louder permanent spike a year from now. So yes, he would be better off with a quieter spike, even if he has to endure it a little longer.
I could produce 50 cases like that (it might have to wait until the summer when I have more time to "collect the data"). Specifically, I bet you Won't be able to produce links to one Tenth of the number of cases that I can produce. I am saying that I would be focusing on T sufferers, and you would be focusing on the cases where a healthy person got serious medical problems from one of those harmless-sounding noises (e.g., neighbour's weed wacker, music at the mall, etc.)
I don't think there is a truth that covers us all. I believe that what had worked for me and others will likely work for a significant fraction of people here. I have no idea what that fraction is.
You call it a fallacy without addressing all of the evidence I produced of people who get better when they are able to stay away from noise, and who get worse after being exposed to noise.
Solitary road trips are my biggest passion. My favorite place in the world is Iceland. I had visited it four or five times. I will need to visit it one more time, as there are still two stretches of highway there that I haven't experienced yet.
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