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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I got a COVID infection a while ago that permanently disabled me pretty bad. Bedridden, unable to move much, etc.

The thing that really helped me was relaxing and listening to music. That’s what I spent my days doing as I couldn’t do much else. I became a real music nerd and just loved the bliss of hearing music.

A little later (two years). I got another COVID infection — I was taking very strong precautions, and couldn’t see anyone. It turns out I got it from my doctor. Anyways, this infection caused some brain damage which has caused me to mostly loose the ability to hear. And now I’m still mostly motionless alone in bed, but I haven’t even got the comfort of sound or music. Just a mostly silent (tinnitus filled) world.

I’m so scared of getting covid again. But mostly I miss the world and my old life. Being stuck alone in bed with only the internet for company sucks. People tend to be arseholes online.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Knowing anything about it I have to ask.... would bone conducting headphones work?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

someone tells you major life altering loss and grief from two years ago, don't try to offer solutions to fix the problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

So your solution is 'fuck trying to be helpful, they're finished, don't even bother'? As someone who is in a similar situation to OP, kindly eat shit and die. I will happily look into ways to regain my mobility, cognitive sharpness, and retrain my brain to overcome my loses, and I'm sure as fuck others would as well. It's fucking awful to be effectively chained to a bed or chair, forced to watch your life fade away, unable to do anything. I'm always up for trying new medical tech and therapy methods, and I go back to therapy every couple years to try again, and try new ideas.

To have your state of mind is awful for yourself, but is nothing short of disgusting, hurtful, and distressing for others. Truly, fuck you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I would suspect they would not work. The damage from Covid appears to be neurological and bone conducting headphones only bypass the mechanical components of the ear.