D D DaveFromChicago Jul 22, 2021 The cicadas are really revving it up with their mating calls (that's what that sound is), and they provide a through masking when I'm out.
The cicadas are really revving it up with their mating calls (that's what that sound is), and they provide a through masking when I'm out.
D D DaveFromChicago Jul 14, 2021 To Luirus: Ask your Doctor how "experimental" he would regard self-termination from a T sufferer if no requested medication were prescribed.
To Luirus: Ask your Doctor how "experimental" he would regard self-termination from a T sufferer if no requested medication were prescribed.
D D DaveFromChicago Jul 13, 2021 To PortugalThe Man: Waking up with a spike is like the terror of the Gestapo shouting at you while rousting you out of bed.
To PortugalThe Man: Waking up with a spike is like the terror of the Gestapo shouting at you while rousting you out of bed.
D D DaveFromChicago Jul 12, 2021 Coach Vince Lombardi said, "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." That's the way I feel about achieving pre-tinnitus silence.
Coach Vince Lombardi said, "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." That's the way I feel about achieving pre-tinnitus silence.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 28, 2021 To Tara Lyons: Very astute to use quotations for "life"; after 7.5 years, I cannot recall what a pre-tinnitus consciousness consists of.
To Tara Lyons: Very astute to use quotations for "life"; after 7.5 years, I cannot recall what a pre-tinnitus consciousness consists of.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 22, 2021 To bethadtr: 11 million Americans are working in jobs that have dangerous levels of sound; T is so pervasive but also so under-regarded.
To bethadtr: 11 million Americans are working in jobs that have dangerous levels of sound; T is so pervasive but also so under-regarded.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 22, 2021 To bethadtr: 6.6% of all patients hospitalized with Covid report intrusive/severe T. So, from every 100,000 we will have 6,600 with this.
To bethadtr: 6.6% of all patients hospitalized with Covid report intrusive/severe T. So, from every 100,000 we will have 6,600 with this.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 21, 2021 To Lurius: I am 67 and I have the same fears of T bringing on memory loss, inability to solve simple problems, early onset of Dementia, etc.
To Lurius: I am 67 and I have the same fears of T bringing on memory loss, inability to solve simple problems, early onset of Dementia, etc.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 19, 2021 To GBB: Malcom Lowry wrote "The will of humanity is unconquerable. Even God cannot conquer it." Is this an indication of our mentalities?
To GBB: Malcom Lowry wrote "The will of humanity is unconquerable. Even God cannot conquer it." Is this an indication of our mentalities?
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 19, 2021 To GBB: I've been this way for 7.5 years; there has to be, as Jimi Hendrix said, "Some way out of here." I refuse to believe in no solution.
To GBB: I've been this way for 7.5 years; there has to be, as Jimi Hendrix said, "Some way out of here." I refuse to believe in no solution.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 10, 2021 Once again: The Habituationists vs. the Pragmatic Realists. After 7.5 years, I still have no idea what the f**k the H'ers are talking about.
Once again: The Habituationists vs. the Pragmatic Realists. After 7.5 years, I still have no idea what the f**k the H'ers are talking about.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 10, 2021 Orions Pain: Each morning I wake up a shaking mess because I have no idea what this utterly inconsistent tinnitus will manifest itself as.
Orions Pain: Each morning I wake up a shaking mess because I have no idea what this utterly inconsistent tinnitus will manifest itself as.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 7, 2021 To Stanlex: You are so right; hearing aids are touted as a remedy for this as much as eyeglasses are for poor vision (what propaganda).
To Stanlex: You are so right; hearing aids are touted as a remedy for this as much as eyeglasses are for poor vision (what propaganda).
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 5, 2021 A definition of habituation: being in a state equivalent to deep pain and pretending that you are not.
A definition of habituation: being in a state equivalent to deep pain and pretending that you are not.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 3, 2021 To Stanlex: You are entirely correct; it is impossible to compel them to understand just how much of a life-threatening crisis this is.
To Stanlex: You are entirely correct; it is impossible to compel them to understand just how much of a life-threatening crisis this is.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 3, 2021 This morning my T sounds like the harshly dissonant sounds that are used in the soundtrack for horror films.
This morning my T sounds like the harshly dissonant sounds that are used in the soundtrack for horror films.
D D DaveFromChicago Jun 3, 2021 To Lurius: That rage you described has also completely broken through my habituation- defense constructions.
To Lurius: That rage you described has also completely broken through my habituation- defense constructions.
D D DaveFromChicago May 13, 2021 To Orions Pain: My sentiments exactly. I regard this as equivalent to a monstrously cruel injustice, and habituation is loving the enemy.
To Orions Pain: My sentiments exactly. I regard this as equivalent to a monstrously cruel injustice, and habituation is loving the enemy.
D D DaveFromChicago May 2, 2021 To musicblue: It's like a Twilight Zone version of "Groundhog Day"; or, "Another repeat day in the Tinnitus Prison System."
To musicblue: It's like a Twilight Zone version of "Groundhog Day"; or, "Another repeat day in the Tinnitus Prison System."
D D DaveFromChicago Apr 28, 2021 To weab00: Somewhere Shakespeare makes this same point. This incapsulates the entire reason why after 7 + years I still cannot habituate.
To weab00: Somewhere Shakespeare makes this same point. This incapsulates the entire reason why after 7 + years I still cannot habituate.
D D DaveFromChicago Apr 19, 2021 To Guywithapug: I had the exact same thing happen to me; could it be because of Spring's wildly oscillating barometric pressure changes?
To Guywithapug: I had the exact same thing happen to me; could it be because of Spring's wildly oscillating barometric pressure changes?
D D DaveFromChicago Apr 18, 2021 To Kriszti: When I have a bad migraine frequently the tinnitus will disappear for the headache's duration. Perhaps FGG can offer a theory.
To Kriszti: When I have a bad migraine frequently the tinnitus will disappear for the headache's duration. Perhaps FGG can offer a theory.
D D DaveFromChicago Apr 2, 2021 To Ava Lugo: "If there is a God, then what the Hell is he for." Faulkner, As I Lay Dying.
D D DaveFromChicago Apr 2, 2021 To Ava Lugo: "We are as flies to the Gods; They kill us for their sport." Shakespeare, King Lear.
D D DaveFromChicago Mar 19, 2021 To Orions Pain: After 7 plus years, I concluded that I do not possess the resources to remain even remotely near being emotionally healthy.
To Orions Pain: After 7 plus years, I concluded that I do not possess the resources to remain even remotely near being emotionally healthy.
D D DaveFromChicago Mar 13, 2021 Regarding waiting for a cure: Vladimir :"We can't go on like this. Estragon: That's what you think." Samuel Beckett, "Waiting For Godot."
Regarding waiting for a cure: Vladimir :"We can't go on like this. Estragon: That's what you think." Samuel Beckett, "Waiting For Godot."
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