PTSD sucks. I have my ear plugs in, trying to ride out the explosions outside. Anyone else in a similar situation, maybe neurodivergent?

  • PetteriPano@lemmy.world
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    3 minutes ago

    I’m staying with the in-laws. We’ve got the dogs in the house. Amazingly none of them care about fireworks.

    We do have a toddler who had her night sleep interrupted by big bada-booms half the night. I was hoping to acclimatise her before her bedtime, but there were none to be seen then.

  • Phunter@lemmy.zip
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    21 minutes ago

    Video games are more fun than fireworks. Video games with good friends doubly so.

  • LeapSecond@lemmy.zip
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    37 minutes ago

    I have sensitive ears. I don’t hide from fireworks but really don’t get why every celebration has to be so loud. Half of the time it’s not even fireworks but those mini bombs teenagers throw around

  • borokov@lemmy.world
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    42 minutes ago

    I use to have that as teen after a “firework accident”. It fade year after year, now it don’t bother me anymore.

  • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 hours ago

    My cats mainly, but I also fucking hate fireworks for holidays unless they’re a large community thing.

    Random assholes in their backyard really ruin the holidays for me. Also, absolutely cannot abide fireworks for sporting events. It’s such a dumb spectacle that seems to have picked up more since the 2010s or so.