I got mine from war, having survived mortar round blasts as a child on several occasions from as near as 3 meters (for example, one shell exploded right above our living room window while I was playing cards with my cousin, another exploded killing a woman and injuring several others while I was lying down behind an apple tree, having heard the sound made when a mortar shell is launched). I highly doubt that this would work on me, but I wouldn't mind trying it out.
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Yeah, the moment I read your comment I knew this could only be one place and time.
I was transported back to my 8 year old self learning about speed of sound by looking at smoke appearing in the distance and counting seconds until I hear the explosion and multiplying by 300 to get the distance.
Also learning the different sounds explosions make depending on where they land (soft ground, hard target, different calibre or type of munitions)..
your inner ear hairs are likely badly damaged. But this is a nerve treatment, so it might be able to train your brain to ignore the false signals from the broken ear hairs.
Wow. May I ask which battle zone this was?
Bosnia and Herzegovina. I was 10 when the war begun. I spent 4 years in city of Gorazde,
under siege, without electricity, communications and running water. I started to write a book (in english) about these 4 years but it got too difficult to re-live so I put it on hold for a while. Not sure anyone would ever want to read this.
>Not sure anyone would ever want to read this.
I would read such a book. Sharing your experiences can help others begin to understand what survivors like you have gone through.
My emails in my profile if you'd like to chat with me.
My dad was in the Canvey Island Floods (1950s, killed 2,500 people in Europe, 58 people on Canvey Island, an island on the Thames in the UK). he lost two baby brothers.
He's never, ever, talked to me or my sister about it.
But has been on TV more than once about it.
I can't even begin to imagine what you went through, but the brain has strange defence mechanisms when it comes to dealing with stuff like that.
I'm sure people would read it, but that doesn't mean you have to write it if you don't want to.
Thank you. Just the news from that time was so shocking. I can't imagine being caught in the middle of it.