Recent content by MatthijsDJ

They can be noisy yes, e.g., when they hear a sound that they relate to getting food, but not super loud.

I made a bit blunt reply, sorry for that. I will post a better one later ;-)

It's simply no crap. I do understand the feelings and behavior of the people in this topic. I also was like: "Yeah fuck off with your psycho stuff". But hey, here I'am advocating for CBT or ACT for people with both tinnitus and hyperacusis. Advocating that protecting your ears from normal...

Well, I don't want to be rude, but it's not the tinnitus and hyperacusis that is blocking you from doing shit... It is you that are doing it. Again I was in the same shithole, avoiding every fucking sound. Cleaning out the dishwasher was a nightmare for me, or driving. But then the meds kicked...

I really get you, but please realize that some of us made it because of medication. For example, I needed medication for my OCD. Fixing my OCD (more or less) helped massively in accepting tinnitus and hyperacusis. I hope you find your way up soon, like most of us do. Although, I also know the...

Look at this thread. For most people, vaccines didn't have any impact on tinnitus/hyperacusis, and those who noticed some impact are saying that it was just for a few days/weeks. Please notice that there are also a lot of people making false reports of side effects. Here in the Netherlands one...

Well, if you get confronted with diseases like Parkinson's or others that have a major impact on your life, psychosocial therapy is often part of your treatment plan. Just to cope with the distress of getting that message. The son of a former colleague got diagnosed with MS, and became...

I always compare it a bit with the treatment/training that you can get for arachnophobia. You learn to deal with your anxiety. You learn to face it, and that is the best trick to overcome it. And again I'm not saying that it works for everyone, although I'm having a spike for a week or...

Tinnitus had a big impact on my life and thoughts, now it's just a minor issue. So yeah, I did beat tinnitus. The risk that it's getting louder is not on my mind regularly. I only take care that in some situations I protect my ears, like normal people should do as well. I don't even check...

Well, a lot of mental issues have a physical root cause. So one can argue that psychological therapy has never cured a physical illness. Mindfulness, for example, has shown the same "changes" in the brain as antidepressants do. However, like meds, it's not working for everyone. For me...

I think you are missing the point that these methods aren't cures, but might make your ability to deal with shitshows like tinnitus much better. And sometimes that can feel like a cure for some.

There is some miscommunication going on here. My tinnitus is not stable, my OCD is ;-) My OCD was delaying my ability to cope with tinnitus. However I realized that tinnitus got an obsession of itself. Learning how to cope with (far more distressing) obsessive thoughts/images I knew that I had...

Yes I even went to rave parties. On one of them the sound seemed not to be that loud. So I kept my ear protection in my pockets. My tinnitus reacted quite pissed and decided to be louder than the music. Luckily it went back to normal levels after I put in the ear protection.

Well I know people who are dealing quite well with tinnitus that is even louder than the sirens of a firetruck. The only thing is that people, who say psychological therapy or TRT can cure tinnitus, are wrong. It's learning to deal with it, and most of us can do that. However, if you are having...

I did ACT, and it helped massively, but my main issue was OCD with having tinnitus as one of my obsessions. When ACT reduced my OCD I was able to deal with the tinnitus. I think ACT really can help to deal with the emotional side. Is it a cure? Nope it ain't.