19 April 2023 , 14:29
944
0
Influencers and celebs' favourite festival is back, with thousands flocking to the Colorado Desert for Coachella 2023 to enjoy the variety of musical performances.
Fashion is always at the forefront of the Coachella hype, setting summer trends with attendees sharing their daily outfits - usually including short shorts, crocheted tops and cowboy boots.
However, behind the glitz and the glam Coachella is just like any other festival with music blasting, noisy chatter and endless excitement.
Love Island star Tasha Ghouri has been showing off her outfits but also opened up about how being hearing impaired has impacted her experience of the festival and others like it.
Discover, learn, grow. We are Curiously. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
Love Island's Haris spills on unaired row between Zara and Tanyel
Tasha came fourth with partner Andrew Le Page in Love Island 2022, capturing fans hearts as the first ever deaf contestant on the reality show.
Sharing her story with her 821.8K TikTok followers, Tasha said: "As someone that's hearing impaired I get really really bad migraines and headaches and honestly I get so drained, and it's so hard with festivals because literally like about three hours in I've got the biggest migraine because of the loud music and I'm having to focus in on conversations and what's being said and it is a lot.
"I feel like I want to come on and speak about it a bit more because I feel like there's not a lot of awareness about it. I also get such social anxiety as well going to like any kind of event or festival because I genuinely panic.
"Like even when I came to America and even like the border, I was so scared that I was panicking basically that I wouldn't be able to hear the questions they asked and I start to stutter quite a lot because my nerves start to come through.
"So I feel like when it comes to festivals and stuff I always panic that I won't be able to hear anyone or like have conversations and stuff. It's one of those things that goes through my head quite a lot, not even just festivals but any kind of event that I go to, I literally get into such like panic-mode."
The 23-year-old has a cochlear implant in her right ear and she was born deaf in both ears. She used British Sign Language as a child but now relies mostly on her implant and lip reading.
Tasha added: "Today is the last day of Coachella and I really really want to go, I get such FOMO if I don't go, I with the migraine and the headache, it's a lot, and I just feel like I kinda just need to slow down, roll back, and just listen to myself basically.
"But I just wanted to talk about it because I know people that have disabilities, I call it my superpower, always listen to your body and don't always push yourself and don't pressurise yourself.
"Always listen to what your body needs, it's so important."