chatting on the net gave me a new life
Posted 29th May 2009 at 10:09 AM by Deaf woman
Dear ILites,
This is my first blog here.Fate dealt me a big blow 2 decades back by making me deaf one fine morning.I won't bore you with the details of how and why i became one.It changed my perception of people and their behaviour towards me.So i shunned people and I was afraid to meet anyone outside my family.This state of affairs continued for half of a decade.Then a chance reading of an advt in The hindu about rediff chat ,brought me to the rediff site .I was a novice about chat and its perils or benefits whatever you wish to call it.But when i entered a chat room and can read others talk there just made me feel like a normal hearing person.I got hooked to it and started chatting there.The downside of it is people took me a for a loose woman and started misbehaving which depressed me no end too.Fortunately for me there are some guys and girls who are decent and they have become my friends .Chatting for one hr on the net daily became the highlight of my day.It gave a real boost to my confidence with people treating me like one of them and my fear of people lessened somewhat.After i turned deaf I fumbled to get the rightwords out too in real life .But this chatting experience made me feel better and i started talking normally .Hope i haven't bored you with my blog.
This is my first blog here.Fate dealt me a big blow 2 decades back by making me deaf one fine morning.I won't bore you with the details of how and why i became one.It changed my perception of people and their behaviour towards me.So i shunned people and I was afraid to meet anyone outside my family.This state of affairs continued for half of a decade.Then a chance reading of an advt in The hindu about rediff chat ,brought me to the rediff site .I was a novice about chat and its perils or benefits whatever you wish to call it.But when i entered a chat room and can read others talk there just made me feel like a normal hearing person.I got hooked to it and started chatting there.The downside of it is people took me a for a loose woman and started misbehaving which depressed me no end too.Fortunately for me there are some guys and girls who are decent and they have become my friends .Chatting for one hr on the net daily became the highlight of my day.It gave a real boost to my confidence with people treating me like one of them and my fear of people lessened somewhat.After i turned deaf I fumbled to get the rightwords out too in real life .But this chatting experience made me feel better and i started talking normally .Hope i haven't bored you with my blog.
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Thanks for the offer sreemu.I would love to chat with you if u can PM me your id .Posted 3rd June 2009 at 11:53 PM by Deaf woman
- Every happening in life teaches something!
I am sure this mishap in ur life wud have taught u a lot. About people - who really care about us and who do not.
U remind me of a frend of mine - who cud neither hear nor talk. We became frends in chennai local train on the way to our schools. It was amazing how learnt to communicate with her in sign language. But life takes diff path; and i lost contact with her.
I hope she is fine and happy.Posted 4th June 2009 at 11:19 AM by aruna_077 - ya ,we meet some and lose some ,thats life aruna.thanks for peeping in.Posted 4th June 2009 at 12:10 PM by Deaf woman
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Hi Vijji,
When your first post with deafwoman userid was posted,i was awestruck,who and why did she use this id and then saw a post in snippets and then i realised,what made you choose the id.
Its always words that speaks in this virtual world and not what,who and how we are.Glad you have come out and spoke your feelings here.Well written.
Pleasure to have got to know you thru IL.Posted 11th June 2009 at 04:13 AM by lathaa - Thank you latha.I feel the same about you too.
vijjiPosted 18th June 2009 at 11:59 AM by Deaf woman
