Recent content by Henry Orlando FL

When I was new to learning habituation skills and keeping hash marks to track my progress, I handled situations like the one you described—such as reading—by checking in every 5 or 10 minutes. I would acknowledge my tinnitus by saying to myself, “I hear my tinnitus, and I am feeling X.” I didn’t...

I don't know the answer to your question. Maybe these folks would be helpful: Pain Psychology Center. They have virtual programs available so just Google that name and you will find them.

I have all sorts of sounds myself. Tinnitus comes in many "types," if you will, like this list: Tinnitus can be a single tone, multi-tonal, or noise-like. It can be soft or loud, high or low pitched. It can be constant, pulsing, or intermittent. It can begin suddenly or gradually. It can be...

My Summary on How to Implement the Back to Silence Method The "Back to Silence" method involves avoiding any measurement, monitoring, description, or comparison of tinnitus sounds. The focus is on shifting attention away from the sounds and managing emotional responses. To simplify, follow the...

It’s really nice to read about your progress on the road to habituation. I’m reminded of Henry Ford’s quote, “If you think you can or you think you can’t, you are right.” That idea does have some validity here, though it’s true that, for some unexplained reason, certain people do not reach stage...

Here is my thinking. If you practice meditation, you’re likely familiar with the concept of “noting.” In the Back to Silence method, the approach is to say: When you hear the sound(s), say to yourself: “I hear it, and I feel [insert your true emotion].” In mindfulness and emotional awareness...

I’ve had tinnitus for 13 years. I first developed it after a loud sound exposure, which I would now classify as mild tinnitus. It took me about a year to habituate, and like most people, I was really anxious at the beginning. The second time, a major loud sound event pushed my tinnitus to a...

This is Terry's method, which in my experience and years of posting on this thread, works for many to facilitate habituation: The "Back to Silence" method involves not measuring the sound(s), not monitoring the tinnitus sound(s) or focusing on it, and not describing or comparing the sound(s)...

What were they thinking? I guess to them, the whole Christian thing is the truth, and anything else other than the Christian thing is a lie. Did they even consider the possibility that someone might think the opposite, with the Christian thing being the lie? I wonder. Too funny. Am I missing...

As an Agnostic Atheist (one who does not believe or think there is a way to 100% disprove or prove the existence of a deity or not a deity, yet still does not believe in a deity), I like how Chat GPT 4.0 writes about it here:

Sorry to read of your troubles. I trust you have seen an ENT or Neurologist maybe for this level of troubles. I don't think the Back to Silence method would impact what you are experiencing.

I figure a lot of people started just like you write... hearing it all the time. There is no rigid "rule" if you will. It would be fine to mark it only when the brain causes you to attempt to measure it and see how that works for you. Does it reduce the number of times the brain attempts to...

The "don't monitor it" part means for one to keep listening to it constantly to keep track of what it sounds like and using every descriptive word one can come up with to describe it that many people do. They also hop online and have posts about it and comment on others who are doing the same...

I would agree with the each their own and different strokes for different folks aspect. What you are talking about with the "becoming accustomed to the sound" aspect is one I use. I found out about the approach of Glenn Schweitzer via his book Rewiring Tinnitus. He has a website with some free...

Many people have a white noise machine, or and electronic version, that they use for sleeping. I presume you are using one of them. If not, I would suggest you begin. I would also suggest you focus your attention on the sound of the white noise machine when you go to bed to sleep. If your mind...