(01-12-2012, 05:30 PM)Valkyrie Wrote:

(10-18-2011, 12:01 PM)LynnNBoys Wrote: That sounds very frustrating! I'm sorry this is upsetting you. BIG HUGS!

I have a little trouble with listening. I can't seem to make sense of verbal information very well. I have to have things repeated multiple times. It's easier if I can watch someone's mouth while they're speaking or if the information is written down so I can read it while I hear it. Otherwise, it just doesn't seem to make sense to my brain. I can hear each word but it seems like a jumbled mess.

I think that's part of my phone phobia. I've had past jobs where I had to take phone messages and I would panic about having to write down the right phone number. So now, in general, I avoid the phone when I can. Thank goodness for email and Internet!

I trip over my words sometimes. Especially if there are too many people focused on me suddenly, I'll mess up what I'm trying to say. I can relate to saying that "red and yellow make green"! I'm sure I've said things like that at some point.

I'm not sure what music therapy entails or how it works or if it would help with the things you've mentioned. Maybe someone here would have information about it. Or maybe try calling a local OT place to ask if they know who would offer that kind of therapy.

HUGS!

Hi Lynn,

I have read this thread many times, and somehow this is the first time I read your post???? Ugh hate when I do things like that. Sorry

I can relate to your phone phobia... even my mother texts me now lol... I love music... especially music I can FEEL. Not too sure what the therapy would involve tho. I am on limited state insurance at the moment and not much is covered.

I love subtitles! It is like the spoken word is in one ear out the other lol... I can't even remember things I just said verbally! Some days it is a miracle I can communicate at all lol... For years I have lived through the internet. Real life? What's that????

Here is to never giving up

**big hugs**

I am the same way. I hate using the phone; growing up, my deaf sister and I would argue about who had to be the one to make a phone call. I would rather use text, or better yet, video relay service (my sister and I know some sign language). But my family prefer to call me. So I just sit on the phone awkwardly, giving short replies, until they hang up.

And I love captioning! Most of the videos I like to watch have loud special effects, music, or strange (British) accents; even without all that distraction, I can never understand them. But with captioning, I can finally enjoy more than the special effects, costumes, and scenery. Again, my family prefer the opposite; they complain that the captioning blocks or distracts from the video. When the movie also has subtitles, I agree, the captioning does get in the way; the interpretation is usually covered by captioning like "Speaking Chinese" or something. But that doesn't take away from the fact that captioning helps me enjoy many, many more videos than previously possible.