Alone

[Emma Davies]

Hello,
I'm new on here and feel so alone with Tinnitus and bad neck.

 

[robHing]

Hi... welcome ...
You are not alone.
We are all on the same boat.
If you have any questions, please fee free to ask.

 

[jimH]

Hello,
I'm new on here and feel so alone with Tinnitus and bad neck.

I felt really isolated and alone at times with T for many years. Then I discovered this forum. It helped me a lot with that. I hope that it will help you as well. I see that you joined the forum rather recently, in late June. In time, I think that you'll feel less lonely knowing that you're connected with so many people around the world that share and understand your feelings and what you're going through.

 

[dayma]

Welcome to the forum! You are not alone. Post here at will

 

[GregCA]

Hello,
I'm new on here and feel so alone with Tinnitus and bad neck.

Welcome! You're not alone!
What have you done to root cause your T?

 

[JustMakingIT]

Hello,
I'm new on here and feel so alone with Tinnitus and bad neck.

Totally understand. I lived alone on the east coast when I moved for my job—knew no one but my coworkers (they were awesome though, a few were longtime T sufferers, so they understood). When I first got it, it just popped up out of nowhere—one day I didn't have, then the next I did. I wanted to cry! At first I thought it was temp and would go away, then after several weeks it never did. I felt so alone, isolated, and helpless. I'd never hear 'the sound of silence' again (ok Simon and Garfunkel reference). But I hated the fact that I'd never be able to sit in a quiet room, or 'hear' quiet again—no more enjoying walks, or being alone with nature.

I'd try finding out the decibel of your T and then finding a masking noise of similar decibel—brown noise, pink noise, white noise, for me they blend into the background and help me forget my T (at home). I've mostly habituated to it now (after 5 yrs of living with it—but it spikes every now and then, especially when I'm stressed).