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Don't worry, you'll be fine. Your ears experienced a brief shock from the loud noise, but it was only for a short time. If you'd been exposed to that level of noise for a much longer period, it might have caused a problem. Tinnitus can feel frightening when it's new, and we tend to focus on it...

Hello Bill, thanks for reading. I'll answer what you highlighted the best I can. Anthony13 said: ↑ Once you learn to live with it It certainly wasn't an overnight sensation, but I would say I started to feel a bit better and in more control of things after about 3 years. It could have been...

I first posted this a couple of years ago, and thought it would be better suited to the Success stories part of this forum, hence this repost. If just one person can take something from it, and feel a little better, then I'll feel very pleased about that. Hello everyone, for those of you who...

Hi Rajin, I appreciate your comment. I'm not there yet by any means, but my days are a lot more easier than they used to be. Just try to think about things differently, and you will unlock things about yourself you never thought you knew. You'll get there don't worry... Great to hear...

Just remember Eve, that the tears are only temporary. And that all tears are just traces of memories... Hope you feel better soon Hi Michelle, it pleases me that you realised something beneficial to you from reading the post. Hang onto whatever good you took from it and use it to strengthen...

Hi Kirstine, I am glad you took something from it, and thankyou for reading it all! I have just read through it, and I never realised it was so long! You've hit the nail on the head when you say you are becoming a better version of yourself. You are getting stronger everyday, you may not...

Well I truly wish you all the very best. The stories you read are from other peoples experiences. They are not you; you are not them. Ask yourself this. If you didn't have tinnitus, would you worry about coming off them as much? Try to talk yourself up and work on losing the fear. It is an...

I truly sympathize, but how can you know your benzo withdrawal will be hell? You've backed yourself into a corner and told yourself you will suffer. On what grounds? You see, this is exactly how those of us with tinnitus behave. I had exactly the same thoughts as you when I came off long-term...

Hi Sandra, I too have head tinnitus or brain tinnitus as I call it. In the early days you think you are going to be perpetually doomed by it. Your thoughts are continually negative, and you drag yourself through hell. Take it from me, it will and DOES get better. Look after your ears, and look...

I recently had a longer spike than normal over the Christmas period. It went back down to normal, which I knew it would. You mention you were beginning to feel ok Christmas day, and then you get a more lengthy spike. Try not to let the panic and dark thoughts set in too much. I know it's crap...

This question does indeed come up a lot. You are describing something known as 'the awakening response’. When a sleep cycle is interrupted, the brain responds by shooting adrenaline to the system - a normal, temporary physiological event that can be thought of as an “all hands on deck”...

...I hope this helps a little Hello everyone, for those of you who don't mind a long post, please read on. I write below about what I think about getting back my life involves, and what it means to me. Hope some of you can identify with some of it and take something from it.I realise people...

Steve...now you know your tinnitus fluctuates. Just hold onto the thought that its level will decrease with some time. The unresolved anxiety regarding how we deal with our noises and what they mean to us, is probably what keeps us awake. And not the actual sound itself. Great news that you...

It's an interesting thought, but not one that I tend to dwell on. Even if it does become a lifetime condition for me. I will not let it break me, and I will not fall victim to the fears of 'what if's'. I am better than this piece of shit called tinnitus. It does not deserve any place in my...

In all those lost echoes lies a piece of truth, a disguised light, a calming voice, taking us through and out of the dark...

Hello UKjon, interesting post, and good to know you have been doing well. You answered your question in your post a few lines from the end. 'Perhaps I need even more time?' yes, you probably do, but you are certainly going in the right direction! I laughed about the bit with your shaver, giving...

Hi Lana, you have mostly answered the questions in your post already, you just need some reassurance. In response to your last sentence...Why should your tinnitus get worse? You obviously look after your hearing now, and choose your environments carefully. So you will continue to become more...

What will be will be, but just maybe she had an indirect fit of pique. I'd personally challenge her about it. If she still acts ignorant after that, then go your different ways by all means. For people who don't have T to understand what T does to us, is like trying to explain to someone who...

Eyes closed and oblivious

The less you think it about, the more likely it will be to cease in becoming a problem for you. Although it's hard not to think about it and monitor it involuntarily, try if you can not to attach a negative emotion to it when it is in your thoughts. It is, after all a noise. But it won't kill...

Hello Jamie, glad to be of some help, and I hope it all works out well for you whatever you choose to decide. The big issue many of us face with T, is we are perpetually living in fear of it getting worse. You rightly say it is a pathetic little noise, but we let it boss us about and think...

Jamie, by saying you don't want T to rule your life regarding your decision making, means in some way that it is doing just that. And besides, you already have tinnitus. Whether or not you take the new post or not. Do what you feel is right for you, otherwise you will regret it, and will be...

Gio, it is indeed a passage through as you rightfully say. Concentrate on the things in your life that ARE important. Tinnitus is not. Don't give it your energy; don't give it your thoughts. You appear to have the right tools and positive mindset to come out the other side ok. You'll be fine...

The future is bright

Thank you Erik for your warm welcome to the forum, and nice comments. I can't believe my first post was so long. I only set out to write a few paragraphs, and ended up nearly writing a full volume equivalent of 'War and Peace'! Glad you liked it, and full praise to you and anyone else for...

Glad some of you like it, and thanks for your comments. Hello Sailboardman, it's not quite a success story for me yet, as I have a way to go still. But for sure, definitely getting there, as will you too.

Hello everyone, this will probably serve as my introduction, every post I am ever likely to make and my Swan Song! For those of you who don't mind a long post, please read on. I write below about what I think habituation is and about how I think what it is, and what it means to me. Hope some of...

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