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Well T taught me to make a choice. Either let our physical disfunction fuck up our life and those around us...or.... I’ve been there. Once we start to put our effort into helping others, magically we start to help ourselves.

Well you appear pretty intelligent so whatever you end up doing...be nice! :)

Again that’s the problem with not meeting people face to face (I do do that BTW) . I suffered and have come back to help ( still not sure if it was wise :—/ ) Can everyone see now why most ‘normal’ people who have moved on don’t bother coming back?

So are you successful in using their weekness to satisfy your ego then? Your ego is everywhere on this forum. Ego is the final hurdle.

I don’t believe I’m one of the ‘lucky’ one’s. For one it took me a lot of of will power and for another I started to realise my impatience was a factor in slowing healing down Faith, love and hope...yes!

I wasn’t taking about two ‘physical parts’ of the brain but thanks for confirming that logic and emotion are in both hemispheres. As for the Egyptian thing. No idea realky but I do think T is a gift. Well I now see it tells me when there is a threat.

Which things do you you think I should keep to myself ?

As others know on here...I do genuinely care. No facade on my part anyway. I genuinely want to help others but also recognise that some people have other motives. I suppose this is the problem with not communicating face to face with people.

Bewitched? Hmm... seems a troll theme there...anyway I digress... The alternative is that you could carry on doing what you enjoy doing (i.e sport), therefore taking your mind off the T (so allowing the brain to adapt). There are two parts to our brains. The logical and the emotional. The...

Do you know what, I have wondered if you are the same person? Your posts are very similar. I have given my opinions already about those who make money out of helping people ‘move on’ and help them to be happy. It’s better than making money out of causing misery! In the ideal Utopian world...

If you can point me to where I said that I’ll bite . :-)

I agree with all of this (I was that person!). That is why I’m trying to help them. At the same time there are trolls, users, sympathy freaks, those who make money out of other peoples suffering etc. That’s why I ask questions like ‘Why are you REALLY on this forum’. Do you want to help, do...

I have met people who don’t want to move on because they enjoy the sympathy. ‘Poor me syndrome’ it’s called. We’ve all probably used that one in our past. Fortunately most people move on.

Well then they still hear the noise. In the early stages we feel we have no choice but listen to it. Later we realise that, by being preoccupied with other things, we start to find the noise disappears from our consciousness for periods of time. ‘Moving on’ builds on that realisation. If you...

To be fair most people who come on here don’t really understand the word ‘habituation’. All they want is for the noise to go away...and it does for those who want to move on and those who don’t keep obsessively listening for it.

Sorry to jump on here but I’m also proud of the majority who move on and no longer suffer....

Don’t give up posting just because of someone else’s opinions. He’s entitled to his opinions, so are we! Lots of newbies to the condition come on here for support. Why let someone stop that? ;-)

That’s also true.

As has been pointed out to you, nearly everyone DOES move on to a ‘normal’ happy life without a ‘magic pill’. The majority don’t even seek formal medical or psychological attention. However just because you have decided that you are “God’s shitpost” (your words) you want to back that up by...

Ib I suspect that the biggest reason for what we perceive as ignorance is that so many people have a degree of T but aren’t phased by it. When I went to ENT about my screech 6 years ago my wife and I heard the consultant talk loudly to his colleagues that I was wasting their time. The same...

Jusr to add to the good advice, it sounds like you are still stuck in the fight or flight loop where the anxiety is making the T worse. When we are stuck in a loop we have to change something. Seeking help from professionals should help you remove any anxiety from sinister thoughts about your...

Does it matter as most people eventually move on happily with their lives without any scientific input? The trouble is that science (and the medical profession) usually only get involved when the T becomes a big problem for someone psychologically. Most people who experience T deal with it...

The question to ask oursekves is. why would someone want to do that? Fortunately most people can spot the ‘noise’ on forums (no pun intended). What worries me is the effect it has on newbies who are in a very vulnerable position. The bottom line is that support forums like this should never...

Yes but people can stay locked into ‘chronic’ tinnitus if they are stuck in fight or flight mode. I remember when I first got my very loud screech 6 years ago, I was also very worn out because for some strange reason I felt I HAD to give it attention. Later I discovered that when I didn’t...

Do you mean listening to music through headphones loudly? I still use headphones at sensible levels with no problems. I see a few people here have made huge sacrifices due to the fear of making their T worse. Isn’t it about trying to get back into doing what you enjoy doing with sensible...

I think it’s fairly normal because in the early stages we see it as a loss in our lives. A bit like grief really where we wish we could have done something to prevent that loss and wish we appreciated what we had before that loss. But like grief we eventually end up having to make a conscious...

I suppose you could always ask someone to drive you in your VW for a while... Stesss certainly could make it worse. Funnily enough I get more stessed if someone drives me lol.

Perhaps I could leave my ears for research into human flight...

To be honest I haven’t researched much of the scientific and medical evidence yet. That’s why I say people should also take personal experiences with a pinch of salt, including my own! Having said that and having browsed through many of the success stories here I CAN see a direct correlation...

The most likely link (where there is one), is that any ‘internally’ generated sounds will be more noticeable when there is hearing loss due to the reduced amount of masking from external sounds. That’s why hearing aids can help some. A large number of people with hearing loss (which is just...

I said obsessive behaviour, not OCD! I recognise the difference, but what I’m saying is that the obsessive part can on it’s own make it difficult to move on from T.

The fact is that a large part of the population eventually get hearing loss but don’t suffer from tinnitus. So there is no absolute link between hearing loss and T in the first place. I believe it gets locked in by our emotional response to it. So if you are scared by people saying they have...

I am pretty sure there is a big link between those who struggle with T and those who are on the obsessive spectrum (speaking as one who is). Obsessive behaviour is actually a very useful attribute when it is focussed on doing something positive like fixing complex problems for others. However...

Most of the people here have also been in this dark place at some point. Have a read of the Success Story section. Most people do move on and lead a normal happy life again without a magic pill. Also I believe the approach to dealing with depression is very similar to dealing with tinnitus...

Just curious about why in your profile you say this - “I am God's shitpost”?

This is also true.

Also the same stress source(s) which cause the T to spike can cause headaches (and other ailments). Best get it checked out by professionals though if it’s worrying you a lot or persistent.

I think a lot of it for me was being very insistent that the T shouldn’t stop me doing the things I love doing. Why let it beat us into submission? For that matter why should we let it drag those around us down long term? I’m glad you’re not giving into it but you are right to take some...

Well I agree that we need to focus more on the causes rather than the symptom. Tackling it from all sides (psychological and physical) can’t do any harm! Stress certainly doesn’t seem to help in all cases though. so reducing stressors in our lives has got to help

If it turns out T is a natural stress warning signal in most ‘normal’ people then blocking that signal might not be such a good idea. It would be like taking away our ability to feel pain. I believe the brain does turn down the volume once it stops seeing it as a threat, that also seems to go...

I think it’s more like having the super power of obsession to detail. It’s very useful when trying to focus on solving other peoples problems but a real pain when we obsess about things to do with ourselves.

I suspect Gabri meant ‘use’ as in ‘being’ on this forum (I think you know that anyway). I’m sure I’ll be corrected if I’m wrong. Out of curiosity why are you on this forum?

Yes, I believe memory is a big factor. Temporary T seems to occur in most people under certain conditions. If the T sound (or a real sound) becomes associated with being a threat I believe it gets locked into our memory. This probably starts the vicious cycle of the fear of the T causing...

Well I don’t believe I am ‘using’ this forum but yes, I wanted to show people what I went through so they might find something in it which will help them move on. Personally I don’t believe that faith ‘gives’ us ailments. Most of the suffering we have in our life is caused by humans . Most of...

Half joking but if you do decode it and it contains callsigns etc then you know it’s real. On the other hand if it doesn’t decode then you might be picking up a spy transmission. :D :D It does sound as though it’s due to a real external sound if it goes away when you plug your ear.

We have a saying that sometimes in life you can take one step forwards then two backwards. Fortunately that also works the other way around ... lol

I believe we all get off to sleep by loosing ourselves in our imagination. In the early stages of having T I used babbling brook sounds to help take my mind off the T. In the end I realised using props like that are just another reminder I had T. Even when you try to get off to sleep you can...

I don’t know if you’ve read my other posts but I don’t really like the word habituated. It kind of means to accept or put up with something. I no longer have to put up with it or accept it because my brain seems to have rewired itself so I simply don’t hear it unless I listen for it ( something...

Have you tried sleeping somewhere else a few miles away to check it’s not actually real? As I have been posting in another thread, ot is possible for ultrasonic sources to mix together to form audible sounds. Fridge freezers, cat scarers, sliding door detectors etc. Also you could try decoding...

I currently believe that T is a natural warning response like pain. Like pain we can lock it in if we focus too much on it. The brain turns down the volume of pain too once the brain realises it’s part of the ageing process or the threat/trigger has gone.

That’s why I call it a negative feedback cycle. Perhaps it is technically a positive feedback cycle which has negative effects?!

I’m sure you’ll get there. :-) Definitely try to get out of the fear mindset though if you can. Spikes do occur , so the last thing you want to do is allow it to ramp up your anxiety as that will just make it louder and more persistent. I’m sure if I hadn’t have panicked, then obsessed about...

There are nearly always other external sounds you can hear and focus on. Elevators make some noise. Even at nighttime trying to get off to sleep you can lock into the sound of your own breathing (or partners). Because my inner ears are usually blocked with fluid I can even hear my own...

That’s why I believe we should NEVER listen for it when we realise we haven’t noticed it for a period of time! Let nature and our brain adapt to stop seeing T as a threat. Why listen for it anyway? What good can that possibly achieve? Reading the OP, the steps are basically Ok provided we...

I do think that by creating all these modern labels for ailments we have also created problems to fix. Lots of profit in fixing problems. Everyone has got something. Everyone wants an instant fix for it. Yes, it may the case many years ago, depending where you lived, that we had much worse...

I’m saying that I’m sure some people have become aware of it and the fear of it become a trigger for the more permanent variety. Not only with tinnitus but other ailments. It’s good we have support networks for such things these days, I was helped a lot 6 years ago by people on the BTA forum...

I’m beginning to believe that everyone has a degree of tinnitus during their lives. Even if it is only temporary (e.g after a loud concert then lying in bed and ‘hearing their brain make noises’). Maybe it is just a natural warning response like pain. I’ve spoken to so many people about it over...

That’s because when you guys got independence you changed the spelling and meaning of English! Lol :-) It is quite entertaining on both sides of the pond though. (we call it the Atlantic) ;-)

Anyone specific Steve?