That's what I try to explain to those in my life. There is no "me" time. The "me" is gone. It's just noise now. I'm just a vessel for the noise. All I can do is distract myself from it or I'll never stop crying.
They say there is no understanding why there is such a small , small , subgroup of people that just can't accept it and come to terms with it and why they are so sensitive to the sound and so bothered by it and can't make any progress to habituation .
I know approximately 30 people that I've interacted in person that have tinnitus and none of them are very bothered by it not even one , everybody just lives their life and ignores it the best they can