Re: Public Website: About Page

[Guest guest]

Ian, I do appreciate your constructive criticism (and sense of humor!). I'm glad

to see feedback.

Interesting about the " sadness " thing. I'm glad you pointed that out. I feel

sadness now, but now that you all mention it, I didn't for the first 11 years of

so of my 4S. Only after I made a conscious effort not to be angry or allow it to

surface did I realize that there were other emotions present underneath all of

that rage--such as fear and sadness. Before that I could only tell you that I

felt anger. I guess sadness and other emotions are better used to describe how

some 4Sers feel as a result of having 4S, like you mentioned. I personally am

often saddened by how my reactions affect others or how I can't be " normal " (ha,

what is that anyway?).

Good that others are adding triggers. I'm like " oh yeah, I have that one too " .

LOL

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> > > > Excellent stuff, keep it coming everyone

> > > > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on 3

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> > > > Public Website: About Page

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> > > >  

> > > > Hi All,

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> > > > I’m planning on working on the “about†page over the weekend and

would like to

> > > > know what you think should be said.

> > > >  

> > > > How would you define 4s?

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> > > > How does it make you feel?

> > > >  

> > > > Rich

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[Guest guest]

Hey everyone, I have a question, especially for the more analytical types.

I'm going to translate some 4S info and I don't see clearly how to translate the

name. In " Selective sound sensitivity syndrome " does the word " selective "

describe " sound " or " sensitivity " ? Are we sensitive to selective sounds? Or do

we have a selective sensitivity to sounds? Or is the sound sensitivity as a

whole " selective " ?

Maybe it's really obvious and I'm just missing it. :S Any thoughts?

Dr. J, if you see this, it would be great to have your feedback, as you are the

one who would best know how to answer this. Thanks everyone!

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> > > > One typo I noticed: in the last paragraph " parent of child " should be

> > " parent or child " .

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> > > > I am not sure why sadness is mentioned as a common response to trigger

> >sounds. I always imagine sadness as a gentle, if negative, mood rather than

the

> >type of highly aroused, fight-or-flight reaction we have to trigger sounds. I

> >can imagine someone feeling sad later on that they cannot mix with other

people

> >because of triggers, but the immediate reaction would be far more highly

> >distressed than " sad " , wouldn't it? Others might need to comment about this,

> >because we do vary a little in responses.

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[Guest guest]

Instead of 'hyper-sensibility,' would 'hyper-sensitivity work better?

Your definitions are great.

(lurking regularly but not posting often. It's my 16 yr old son who's 4S)

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> > Excellent stuff, keep it coming everyone

> > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on 3

> >

> > Public Website: About Page

> >

> >  

> > Hi All,

> >  

> > I’m planning on working on the “about†page over the weekend and would

like to

> > know what you think should be said.

> >  

> > How would you define 4s?

> >  

> > How does it make you feel?

> >  

> > Rich

> >

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[Guest guest]

None of the " primary trigger sounds " you list below are related to my condition.

Gum POPPING is the only one in that entire paragraph. My worst ones are dogs

barking, back up beepers, leaf blowers, puppies whimpering, gum popping, cars

idling, TV or radio on to talk shows (I love hearing music), refrigerator

noises, air conditioner noise, habitual noises sometimes people make clearing

their throats, to list a few.

Katia

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> > Excellent stuff, keep it coming everyone

> > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on 3

> >

> > Public Website: About Page

> >

> >  

> > Hi All,

> >  

> > I’m planning on working on the “about†page over the weekend and would

like to

> > know what you think should be said.

> >  

> > How would you define 4s?

> >  

> > How does it make you feel?

> >  

> > Rich

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Or you just cheat, and translate 4S as " soft sound sensitivity syndrome " :-)

I would have thought that our sound sensitivity was selective, in that we don't

react to all sounds, only some specific sounds. " Selective " means having the

faculty of choosing or selecting, like a school that can select which students

it will admit ( " Hogwarts is a selective school - it chooses not to admit

Muggles " ).

So I vote for " selective " as describing our sensitivity, not the sounds.

You did want a pedantic answer, didn't you?

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> Hey everyone, I have a question, especially for the more analytical types.

I'm going to translate some 4S info and I don't see clearly how to translate the

name. In " Selective sound sensitivity syndrome " does the word " selective "

describe " sound " or " sensitivity " ? Are we sensitive to selective sounds? Or do

we have a selective sensitivity to sounds? Or is the sound sensitivity as a

whole " selective " ?

>

> Maybe it's really obvious and I'm just missing it. :S Any thoughts?

>

> Dr. J, if you see this, it would be great to have your feedback, as you are

the one who would best know how to answer this. Thanks everyone!

>