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Yup. That's how it's done.

Hi everyone, I hope you're hanging in there and finding relief somewhere somehow. Terry

Hello everyone! It's nice to see the folks here having good results using the method. Today I was awarded a nine year trophy for my attendance here on the forum. I don't check in here much anymore, please forgive me, tinnitus isn't on my mind anymore... thanks to the method. Good luck, see...

That's it in a nutshell, Sarah. I'm convinced everyone can have success at this as long as they follow the rules and don't give up. I guess not following rules and quitting is the way for a lot of people because I see they continue to describe and gauge the sounds, and they want to combine this...

OOPS. We don't describe tinnitus. That's the old way. - Terry

Hey, how's everyone doing? Back To Silence rocks, right? Don't forger - stick to it and do it do it. Terry

Hi, Ya, I've got (had) the distortion since about 1975. Tinnitus, Distortion, and hyperacousis. My T and distortion rise and fall together usually after exposure to loud sounds. BTS is a way for me to distract from T sounds. Distortion can't be ignored, by me. When I'm going thru times of the...

Your post is interesting. Ya, I've also found that playing music is a 'release' from tinnitu, but in my case.... Oh, the tinnitus and the distortion that came with it put me out of commission for a few years. From one musician to another, I wish you great luck for the future and I hope the...

Too much sugar or too much snoring trigger my hyperacusis which I notice once every three months or so. I doesn't seem related to my T. Or it could be. I don't really know. But overall I notice H much less.

Hi Hazel, I've been itching to make another video, ya. If there's just one person that achieves some success, It would be worth my visits here. I'm glad to help. I'm so glad this site exists because this is where I learned about this method in the first place. -Terry

Hi lizzy, I'd be surprised if after doing the method you didn't see a change in your responses. Fear is natural I suppose, and you can take that as a sign that the emotional amygdala part of your brain is running the show. One pencil and one small notebook just might change your life. Hang in...

Hey everybody, This is my first indoor performance since I started the Back To Silence method. No problems. Didn't hear my tinnitus, didn't think about it. It was noisy. Kids yelling, jingle bells jingling, my hurdy gurdy screaming, the flute in my right ear, and I kicked my drum so hard and...

Hey Winhawk, You're in a place a lot of folks want to be. And I'm there now. Thanks for your comment. Terry

Hi Henry, Got your pencil and paper? This step removes the emotional impluse from one area of the brain to another, where there is not emotion involved. No worry, no fear, no anxiety. Good luck, Terry

1) Decide when to "make your mark" when it REALLY bugs you. You're right. We can't make a million marks a day. 2) Your tinnitus sounds serious like mine. I suggest writing down an honest emotion along with each mark, AFTER stating the emotion to yourself... "I feel scared." 3) As long as you're...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME !! Five years ago tomorrow I recorded my Back To Silence video which appears on page one of this thread. I was in sort of a fragile state of mind then and I can see that on my face in the video. Wow, things have changed for me in the last five years. My "healing"...

1) Stop thinking about, and reacting to tinnitus as you have been. Just stop. 2) State your feeling when your T is bothersome. 3) Write this stuff down and review them over time. Hopefully the new reactions fade over time. Success comes when they do. Simple.

Apparently when we feel irritated, panicky, depressed, mad, or sad about tinnitus, it's because of the reaction of the amygdala part of the brain. Those feelings remain and even build if the reaction is "I wish...I hope...Oh no...What if.." But to ACKNOWLEDGE the feeling in a NEW way by stating...

Hi Julia, Three simple steps and will to do them, that's all it takes. What exactly is this method? Some kind of redirection?

Yup, I agree, this is simply a way to kick start habituataion.

Mine was very bad when I started this method so I decided to pick the times when the T really really bugged me, because after all I can't be playing with a pencil all day.

GREAT!!!

Hey Sally, Sounds like you're doing great. And you can tell others how NOT to tweak the method, but to simply do it and give it time to work.

Hang in there.

Hi juliaFB, It was a psychologist who explained how this works to me. Very casually he said, Oh ya, it works great for many behaviors, smoking included. The first few days are weeks are the toughest. But it worked for me.

I think you're very lucky not to feel the anxiety so many folks do. But if you want to do the method, I guess just say "I feel nothing."

Tinnitus really stinks when you're a musician. I have to avoid loud concerts for the rest of my life but I'm back to playing music on non-industrial PA systems. In fact, yesterday we played for a few hundred people surrounded by monitors onstage with a lot of low and mid feedback but I'm OK today.

Hello, I couldn't respond to ALL of my tinnitus, so when it was most intrusive or upset me the most, that's when I marked my responses. It was a hard fight at first not responding the old way but as the days and months went by, the need to respond at all just went away.

I don't visit this site much anymore. My 40 year old miserable tinnitus is totally under control. Is it loud? OH YA. Do I hear it? Nope, only when I listen for it. Very high pitched in the right ear, a little lower in the left, with swirly sounds and low hum, and crackling once in a while. Now...

three simple steps and the will to do them it's that easy

I think writing down the emotion, even part of the time helps you see how the number of responses AND the emotions that accompany them change over time, and that is empowering. The empowerment will excite you and keep you going. You have to keep going until you don't respond anymore. It's...

Hello everyone, Terry here, also known as "I who love music." In fact, I love music so much that I'm making a musical instrument called a hurdy gurdy. The instrument itself is loud and making it has been a noisy affair, using all my power tools I have at hand. A few years ago I wouldn't have...

Coffee raises it to a volume I do hear, makes me crazy tired a few hours later too.

I avoid caffeine like the plague.

Age 12 to 16. I played the drums and practiced with very loud music in headphones. In the early 70's.

How long did you try it? Did you notice your responses getting fewer? Just trying to help. Terry

For forty years my wife has been sympathetic and helpful when I had bad T times. She's great. Hey, try this... https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/back-to-silence.7172/

Yes, I used to do it all the time. But we can't go backwards, only forwards. Try this method, it worked for me - https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/back-to-silence.7172/

I don't have studies to show, but I have a story about ridding 98 percent of my T. And it's based in science. Good luck, Terry https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/back-to-silence.7172/

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A few years ago I tried a thing that requires sitting alone in a quiet room, listening hard OVER the T for silence. I thought it worked a little, maybe 20 percent. But I got about 98 percent relief from a different method that I learned here, and I did a video about it. Good luck, Terry...

Seeing a doctor is good. Now take some action yourself. This worked for me and hopefully for you too. https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/back-to-silence.7172/

My friend, George, said his tinnitus was "gone" after he started wearing the hearing aids because he's now hard of hearing. I imagine with external sounds being so much more audible for him now, his T is in the background.

UPDATE: Wow, it's been a while since my last "update." This method saved my sanity and changed me for the better. For the new folks, let me give you a rundown of my history and give you some hope so maybe you can try this method. *As a boy I played a lot of loud music on drums and guitar. *At...

Your post demonstrates how the reactions diminish. It's very encouraging for others to read this. Thank you.

Hi Ben, I MADE myself habituate ... https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/back-to-silence.7172/

Hey folks, I was in the hospital for 3 days for a ruptured appendix. Guess what? Even in that dead quiet environment I never heard or thought about my tinnitus once. I can't say enough good things about this method!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like you're doing great. It gets easier as you go and the day will come when you say, "Hey I didn't hear it til lunchtime!" But you won't listen to it. You'll just make your mark and keep going.

My predicament is EXACTLY like yours. No more loud concerts for me. I use protection in any super loud environment but live care free amidst all the normal everyday sounds. I never in my dreams thought I would make it this far. It's truly great hearing your story!

Hi Jim, As step one says, quit thinking about tinnitus the old way. So, I quit masking. I think masking made me wonder, "How's the tinnitus doing?" When the masking was turned off. Like you, I had physical problems from tinnitus; anxiety, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, etc... This method...

Sharpen your pencil, SallyT. Do it right and you'll be amazed.

There's a video about it on the first page of the Back To Silence thread. It works for me.

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Yes. But the method has to be done correctly. It gave me my life back, I'm even playing semi-loud music again. Because as you know, I love music. I tell everyone it can help them too. I'm confident it will. Because, good lord, if it helped me and my bad condition I had for years, and every...