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I miss my hearing. I miss music. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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

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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* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

@[email protected] you need to get off the .world federation bubble (which blahaj is a part of).

Try Hexbear for a week. It doesn’t cost you anything, just take a look. You don’t have to stay if you don’t like it.

But something tells me you’re quickly going to understand why Lemmy has two major federation poles after checking it out.

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

How is this relevant to the conversation?

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

what a bizarre plug. "grieving? try going to a middle school classroom!" the internet is indeed a cold place, man...

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

Sorry I’m sure your nice people but I don’t want authoritarian propaganda spam

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

You think that covid has damaged their brain enough to turn them into a maoist? I doubt it.