Re: OT weirdo's? Need to vent

[Guest guest]

I don't understand. Why would anyone want to become deaf or have a limb

amputated? Larry

[Guest guest]

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Yes, unfortunately this is true. There are people out there who want

to become deaf, just as there are people who wish to have their limbs

amputated, who wish to starve themselves thinner (anorexics). Sick,

indeed. Don't pay attention.

Good thing that physicians will NOT perform anything that they want to

do in order to become deaf. I can't imagine what they would try to

" do at home. "

implanted 10/20 waiting for activation 12/8

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:57:53 -0000, forestcarrie <carrieforest@...> wrote:

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> I was skimming around deafness websites in yesterday. I found

> one called deafwannabes. This site was awful. Its for ppl who want

> to be deaf? They try and make themslf that way. I was so disgusted

> and offended by this. I'm not sure if I'm just not very well read,

> or what but this just bugged me to no end. I have absolutely no

> respect for anyone who would purposely to something like this for

> pleasure. The worse part of it was there where a few who had joined

> to find out real information about hearing loss. Maybe the name

> should have given me a clue but I didn't really pay attention till

> it was to late. Sorry for the rant but when I know first hand how

> many challenges people with hearing loss face daily it just angers

> me. Maybe its just a scam and not a true list who knows, but it sure

> got me fired up.

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[Guest guest]

I don't understand this either. It must be some kind of a weird fetish. If

the people on the deafwannabes group *really* understood how isolating

deafness and hearing loss can be, they would be thankful for the hearing God

gave them.

Surgery date: 12/22/04

Activation date: 1/18/05

[Guest guest]

I am not a shrink but let me take a stab at this.

Maybe these wanna bes " need " a way to truly be isolated from the world.

They cant drop out because they have to work or support a family or..... Or

maybe they believe the deaf world is the ONLY place where they can feel they

are accepted. Sad all the same.

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[Guest guest]

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That's an interesting point. To each their own, I guess.

Surgery date: 12/22/04

Activation date: 1/18/05