#disabledswifties

Disabled Swiftie Night!!!

Hi! My names Laura I’m 25 and I’m from the UK. This is my first time posting for disabled swiftie night.

I was diagnosed profoundly deaf when I was 7 years old. I have basically no hearing AT ALL in my left ear. Doctors have no idea what caused the hearing loss, I was at school and suddenly had a high pitched ringing noise in my left ear and then the sound just vanished. I was TERRIFIED.

We were referred to the hospital and the specialist basically said the hearing loss could have been caused by one of three things: an ear infection, a bang to the head, or a brain tumour! I remember wondering what a brain tumour was and asking my mum what that meant, but she said I was too young to understand. I had brain scans and tests and the doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me.

The sudden loss in hearing also caused the balance in my brain to go off kilter, meaning I am permanently dizzy and nauseous. When I was younger a simple tap to the head would cause me to vomit and be unable to stand up for 3 days. Luckily that’s stopped now and I’m just slightly dizzy all the time - kind of feels like being drunk!

This is me waiting for @taylorswift at Etihad in Manchester for her 1st night at Manchester Reputation Stadium Tour.

It was such an amazing night, Taylor absolutely rocked it and I could watch her a million times and still be just as excited.

This night was a big step for me though

I'm living with Fibromyalgia & Hypermobility Syndrome which have taken the majority of my mobility. These are hard to live with, but much easier to talk about.

You can't really tell from these photos but I'm in a wheelchair here. This is the first time I tried to go to anywhere with a lot of people since I have been in my chair. It took a lot for me to even go somewhere like this and nothing else would have made me take that risk other than Taylor.

I also have Anxiety, Depression & a Personality Disorder, which are a LOT harder to talk about. There's a lot of stigma surrounding mental health and that makes it very hard to admit to suffering from these issues, but if you want to see the change then first you have to BE the change

So, as scary as this is, I am trying to be a change, so I will hold my head high, get in my chair and go to see Taylor if (🤞) she comes back to the UK for Lover. 💗

Please be kind.

💗🏹🌈😻🦋

‘i’ve been sleeping so long in a twenty year dark night’ is high key me with depression but it’s ok ‘cause now i see daylight. i know the dark will come again but i also know that the love around me is golden and morning will eventually come too. thank you for writing this song tay

For Disabled Swiftie Night, I wanted to post a picture of my sister, Cayla! She is legally blind. She doesn’t use social media much since it is heavily reliant on vision. We have been to 7 Taylor concerts together, buying seats closer and closer each time, as her vision loss is progressive. We had 10th row seats in Nashville for Rep and she couldn’t see anything. Thankfully, we were able to take off work/school and go to St. Louis where we purchased 3rd row tickets and she was actually able to follow Taylor on stage! Even still, she doesn’t get to see all the amazing detail to costume, dance moves, set design, and hair and makeup detail that the rest of us can see either at the concert or online. But that doesn’t stop her from going! We are already planning which shows to see for the Lover Tour 💗

i don’t really talk about this a lot but i have ADD! i was diagnosed with it last year and honestly it’s helped me so much. it’s helped me a lot academically but has also helped me to go out of my comfort zone, branch out, and grow as an individual! :)