My twin has permanent hearing damage from my little brother and I don’t know how to feel about it
Ok so it’s 5am and I just feel bitter. One vacation year, my twin had suddenly gotten permanent hearing loss in one ear because my little brother had decided to scream full volume directly into it as a sort of “prank” and when my twin was hurt and distraught over it my parents wanted to kick him (twin) out of the car because he was being “too dramatic” about it lol. My twin is autistic and had always had auditory processing problems growing up and he’s always had issues with loud sounds— and in one moment, his silence was taken away. He keeps background music on most of the time because the tinitus is loud in one ear constantly now— it makes it hard for him to hear me on the phone. My parents immediately wanted him to never talk about it again. Idk is it weird that it *still* keeps me up at night? That disability can strike so quick and *literally instantly* that person is met with ableism instead of care? That violence among little boys is immediately made room for if the target isn’t worthy enough? It keeps me up at night.
Edit: Yes, you can get lasting damage from someone screaming directly into your ear. I won’t argue with that one.