I've always thought this was BS.
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I don't think it's related to emotion. I think something in our brain is simply broken and just won't fix itself. The broken things possibly being the DCN, potassium channels, and/or auditory nerves.
@gameover Yeah, I was fairly happy before my hearing went to shit.
The T is the unresolved emotional trauma.
Yep, as simple as that, broken brain. Sure, T creates emotional issues (because how fucking else if it is debilitating), not the other way around.