madbutnotmad wrote:
Well at least that is something, it sounds like at least you have sanctuary in your home.
something everyone needs some where to unwind and escape from worldly things that trigger anxiety.
I live in a flat above just one old lady.
Unfortunately for me, the old lady never goes out and watches TV day in day out.
Even with extensive soundproofing
I am agitated by her noise pollution.
she watches TV every day at high volume till 11 pm or 12 pm at night
then gets up the next day, sometimes at 7 am, and puts the TV back on again.
I mean, it was worse before the sound proofing, but it is still no good.
But that's about as good as social housing providers get i think
their not really particularly scientific nor understanding when it comes to autism spectrum disorder problems.
Perhaps in another hundred years, they may have started to improve the quality of their housing
so that it is finally suitable for habitation for someone with such a disability
That old lady reminds me of my granddad.
I'm so glad that he's in a detached house cos he blasts his TV.
Stereotype that youngsters do it. In my experience, it's an old person thing. Prob cos they're deaf so fair enough.
But my mum works with deaf kids professionally & warns that it can become a cycle. Loud TV, noise damage ears, ears get more deaf, need TV even louder. So it's not a good idea to expose yourself to more noise than you actually need - even for an NT deaf person.
Granddad isn't annoying anyone in the detached house but he annoys us when we come over there. Cos you can't be in any other room if he's watching TV - you hear it all anyway, at least those of us who aren't deaf do. He has to be first to bed cos if you go to bed before him, all you hear is his TV.
And when we turn on TV to watch it, idk if this is true for my NT relatives but when I do it, it is almost deafening to me. I have to rush to the volume straight after turning the TV on to half the volume before I watch anything! As I don't want to watch anything that loud.
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28 Dec 2020, 6:01 pm
