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StillStanding68
1,759 M Hopeful Heart
PathStep 4 Compassion hearts128 Forum posts9 Forum upvotes4 Current upvotes4 Age GroupAdult Last activeJune, 2022 Member sinceFebruary 18, 2022
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Relationship Stress / by StillStanding68
Last post
 March 18th, 2022
...See more Please allow me to vent for a moment. We used to talk for hours. But the older we get, the worse his hearing gets. Now he can't hear me half the time. (He's been tested and so I know it's not selective hearing.) He has a hearing amplifier but doesn't like to wear it all the time. So he guesses at what he thinks I said and gets it wrong all the time. There is no active listening and repeating what he heard me say. He is embarrassed that he can't hear me and won't admit it. I am getting tired of raising my voice at him so he can hear me. (Especially in public. All I imagine is everyone around us wondering why I am yelling at him.) And we are both guilty of not giving each other our full attention, talking with our backs turned or from another room, and that makes it even worse. The most important thing in any relationship is communication. And ours is shot! It is affecting everything else. (And there seems to be more and more of the everything else lately.) I don't know what to do.
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Newbie Hub / by StillStanding68
Last post
 March 25th, 2022
...See more As usual, I'm overthinking this. Where am I suppose to post my intro? In a reply to one of the pinned posts or in an independent thread? Those were rhetorical questions intended to start the most accurate intro of myself: an over thinker! I'm a 53 year old female with a pile. You know, that pile that keeps you distracted from fixing one problem at a time. The "it's always something" pile. Right now my pile consists of probable heart disease (the biggie) perimenopause, depression, anxiety, lack of a support system, loneliness, work stressors, marital stressors, fatigue, etc. Despite my pile, I do know that I am very blessed. I remarried at 50, have 2 grown children from a prior marriage, a lovely home, 4 fur babies, and a relatively new work from home job that finally got me past living paycheck to paycheck. (Add back in isolation and medical bills.) Right now I am looking for someone to hold my hand and gently guide me into 7 Cups. Where do I start? Recommend a forum. What else can I benefit from on 7 Cups? I use to pick up a phone, make an appointment, drive to a therapist's office to pay someone to listen to me vent for 50 minutes. This pandemic nonsense has forced me to try a new path. Help? Thanks for reading!
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