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Originally Posted by struggling2
I was wondering if any of you that suffer from Disassociation have a hearing impairment? I have had a significant hearing loss since I was very young (about 5)...from what ive read disassociation is usually caused by a traumatic event(s) ...abuse, nature disasters, war, etc........i disassociate alot and in highly emotional situations its worse. Im curious if having a hearing loss can contribute to disassociation or it can be the sole cause of it? I can find any information on it....just wondering if anyone had any helfpul information
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I have had hearing loss since age 3. Now my hearing is really messed up and in crowds I fight to make out anything. Since I also am DID, this makes it worse. Since I struggle to hear it is easy for me to lose focus and dissociate off into someone else. This has greatly affected my everyday life. I am 51. I sometimes end up in a place that I don't know how I got there. When I travel, I haft to trick my brain and listen to an audio story that is interesting and eat constantly (this keeps me focused).
I don't think that the dissociation caused your did but it inhances it greatly - just like me. Since 3, I have learned to escape life and switch off and now it is really hard cause I switch constantly - so much so that a normal job is impossible. I am planning on filinf dissabliity.