Re:Familial trouble- help!

October 5, 2010

That must be really hard on your family to have two people with 4S. Now that I

think about it, I'm not really sure how I'd handle living with someone with

sound sensitivity- I suppose that without really realizing it I haven't really

been empathizing with my parents situation adequately.

>

> i realize and remember now that my mom has this too. i am 56 but when i

> was a kid, my first memory of this was at the dinner table, mom and dad and

> us 5 kids and i would hear and see my dad chewing with his mouth opened and

> i realized it wasn't just me but my mom was really bothered by it too. he

> said he couldn't help it? that was my first and worst trigger, there were

> more but nothing like now. i live down in so. cal. and my family is up in

> bay area but the last time i visited, i was in the den, mom was doing

> something and i asked her if she minded if i checked my e-mail so was

'flying'

> on the keyboard and she said 'IS THAT YOU'??? i turned to see her 'throw

> down her paper' and get up and walk out. i felt horrible and from then on,

> very self conscious of trying to be more quiet and even had an idea for

> 'silent keyboards' not sure if they make them 'yet'.....now, i cannot stand

to

> be around 'any'one on the keyboard, add that to my list and later on the

> same visit, i always have a water bottle with me, plastic one and sometimes

> when you drink the bottle makes that crinkling sound and mom turned and said

> 'i want you to drink out of a glass while you're here'.........at that

> point, i felt like i wanted to disappear, like just being there was bothering

> her. i realize, even though we never talked about it, she has 'this' too.

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