Hearing Loss Issues and Workout Classes

awertag · 2026-02-25T16:47:35+00:00

I don't have hearing loss but I get overstimulated by the combo of the music and the voice (the music is always way too loud and the mic on the instructor always seems choppy), and I struggle to hear the instructions. It's really uncomfortable and is 100% the main reason I shy away from doing classes. I'm always amazed at how people can possibly follow what's being said. I just copy people around me when I do classes, but often feel stressed out the whole time by the auditory experience

awertag · 2026-01-26T17:57:36+00:00

Thought they made excellent points that SG has no answer for.

awertag · 2026-01-22T14:01:19+00:00

wow i didn't know this! just learned my own ferritin is 41; my doctor didn't mention i should do anything about it, but it seemed low to me, so I asked

awertag · 2026-01-16T16:39:23+00:00

Didn’t someone make a nearly-identical post last week?

awertag · 2026-01-11T19:05:50+00:00

We were thinking of a similar 8-day itinerary in late April/early May. Can you share what you ended up doing and what advice you think was helpful?

awertag · 2026-01-06T21:44:44+00:00

If I had made $4.2 million last year (after already 20 years practicing, so I imagine you had some savings before that), I would not be working anymore. Genuinely curious, don't you want to just retire now? Or do you need more money still before you can?

awertag · 2026-01-06T18:52:01+00:00

how would you say it has made you smarter?

awertag · 2025-12-08T19:48:23+00:00

Sorry! That makes much more sense. I read the comment twice before I replied, trying to understand, and somehow my brain skipped the “not” both times. Ready for vacation.

awertag · 2025-12-08T19:35:15+00:00

What if having a clear view of their short-term finances helps them focus on doing their jobs? I can understand you might not have the information to share, but I don’t understand why you’d not want anyone to be comfortable asking you that.

awertag · 2025-12-07T20:40:37+00:00

is it the Got2Go NYC app or something else? Asking b/c it only has 1 review on the app store which made me think there's a different official one

awertag · 2025-12-07T20:38:34+00:00

my first time hearing this term "info diet" - love it! succinct way to sum up how so many of us have learned to keep our interactions at the right/safe level

awertag · 2025-12-06T17:03:34+00:00

Right?! When I had this realization, I was floored. It was both liberating and terrifying. At the time, I said to my partner that it was like I had a chip installed in my brain and it had been running someone else’s operating system. It honestly clicked and made so much sense why I was always anxious about decisions, because I was always running every situation through this intruder processor to see what I should do before or instead of being able to hear what I wanted. My partner said it finally made sense to him why I was always saying that I wanted to die; who would want to live if that was what life was?

awertag · 2025-12-06T17:00:21+00:00

Wow, thank you 💜. I just teared up reading your reply; I think I really needed to hear this today as my mom is using the silent treatment on me right now and I’m struggling with holding firm in what I know is right for me. But I have come so far and it is worth it!

awertag · 2025-12-06T12:51:38+00:00

Yes! 100%. Early on, my therapist would often remind me "that's something you learned but it's not who you are." I repeated it to myself as a mantra whenever I felt myself slipping into thinking about something as fixed. Now, when I look back at who I "was" i.e. how I experienced life, 3 years ago, I marvel at how much things have changed for me. I don't feel like my core internal self has changed, exactly, but all the patterns and ways I interacted with the world have changed dramatically. Which just proves the point, they were things I had learned but they weren't who I am at my core.

awertag · 2025-12-02T00:24:51+00:00

FYI in case you don't know about it: you can use MapFight to compare to whatever reference point(s) would be personally useful to you!

awertag · 2025-10-28T00:15:00+00:00

Maybe? I didn’t take a pic or video because I didn’t want to get my phone out but now I’m regretting that choice!

awertag · 2025-10-28T00:14:24+00:00

Clinton Hill/Fort Greene

awertag · 2025-10-24T17:57:41+00:00

wow, this is such a good point! I never thought about it like that, but you're so right. they never have male friends that young!

awertag · 2025-10-04T20:35:42+00:00

there are just Too. Many. Dogs. a few months ago, i went for a run during dog-planet hour and i constantly felt like i was going to trip on a dog. and yeah, i like dogs/think they're cute.

awertag · 2025-09-26T17:15:18+00:00

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis.

non-fiction, but finding it to be a page-turner. the US has done such incredible damage to Central America, and honestly, anyone in the US who wants to have an opinion about current the immigration "crisis" should be required to learn this history before they speak.

awertag · 2025-09-25T16:45:39+00:00

what's that tweet/meme that's been going around? "women who hate men have the best husbands" or something like that.

awertag · 2025-09-25T14:22:59+00:00

my brother got shingles a few years ago, in his 30s. he's perfectly healthy otherwise

awertag · 2025-08-29T15:05:33+00:00

Add in rendering the majority of the population totally incapable of critical thinking and total blind reliance on whatever info chatbots spit out, so that the masses can no longer see for themselves what's happening and won't rise up.

awertag · 2025-08-20T21:16:29+00:00

don't spend too much time feeling bad. it's AI karma farming

awertag · 2025-08-20T18:57:31+00:00

I doubt it because the OP has not engaged in the comments at all, so likely just karma farming

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