Collective Mass Suicide
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What if they made a movie where the main character had tinnitus and the movie was shot from his/her perspective and during the whole movie you would hear the sound he/she heard. Trouble is, the audience would most likely leave before the end!
Lmao---- not funny but yeah a lil cause people dont understand what its like and if they heard that sound they would get right up and walk the hell out!!! Wish it was that easy for us...
Johno
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- Jan 8, 2014
- 231
- Tinnitus Since
- 6/07/2012
- Cause of Tinnitus
- acoustic trauma
Yes, i have simmilar idea. I wrote one book (postapocalyptic novell) and i will write shorter novel about man and his psycho problems, after T onset. I started with this before Christmas, but now i have not energy to continue, because i am switched to search job mode and depressed, because i dont find job yet :/ Anyway, very good idea.
Johno
Member
- Jan 8, 2014
- 231
- Tinnitus Since
- 6/07/2012
- Cause of Tinnitus
- acoustic trauma
Not far away from slovakia, 2 hours by plane?
Yes, and looks like Tartu is niece town
with niece blondhaired girl 
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By the way, even before I got T, I once was thinking about people taking their lives and other depressing stuff. I came up with an idea that whoever decides to commit suicide should go to a parachute training ground and sigh up for a jump. I guess, falling from 800 meters (that's the usual height for the first jump, if I'm not mistaken) is the best place and time to decide, whether you want to live or not.
That was actually a pitch for a docudrama I made in Sheridan documentary class four years ago. It didn't get the green light because, at the time, I didn't have any contacts in the medical field who would be willing to participate. Back then, before my T was an issue, I planned on putting the main character through a hell in order to amp up the drama. Now that it's actually happened, it's in no way dramatic, just terrifying.
- Nov 10, 2013
- 464
- 41
- Tinnitus Since
- 2005
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Bad luck and bad genes
I don't want to read this stuff.
I know it is bad but if you get to this stage, please see someone for help.
I know it is bad but if you get to this stage, please see someone for help.
I think most people dont understand things they havent experienced. For example middle class people in Europe don't understand what it's like to be poor. Single people don't understand how hard it is to be a mother. People with legs don't understand what its like to be without them, etc. etc. etc. Human's ability to understand is mostly linked to their experience and therefore we can't expect others to understand that.
Having said that, when I read about tinnitus online the words describing it were "paralyzing", "agonizing", "debilitating". In the light of this I dont really see how others don't understand it, especially when considering how many scientists are working for it.
Having said that, when I read about tinnitus online the words describing it were "paralyzing", "agonizing", "debilitating". In the light of this I dont really see how others don't understand it, especially when considering how many scientists are working for it.
Honey 34 is far from middle ageYou have ten to fifteen years before you enter that stage
Thanks I thought I was past middle age...
.. here in Texas we climb bell towers with high power rifles to get the worlds attention, but I know that isn't the answer.... and T will definitely make you a stronger person, all I want to know is what will we all do when its silenced..?.. will we truly appreciate the gift or forget about the pain and move on to a new one... just a question I have for my self.. any insight..?Thanks I thought I was past middle age...
How old are you then?
For me middle age starts with 45... anything under 40 is still pretty young Years of paying taxes ahead.Honestly from my own opinion I think most people will forget having tinnitus quite fast and move on
Of course depends on how much it has changed you... if it has cahnged a personsä' life in some way they will probably appreciate it betterLife is a sequence of problems anyway so it would be quite hard to forget pain i think. Nobody said it was supposed to be easy.
If this awful noise went away tomorrrow, i would never, never, never, ever forget what i'm going through right now!!! and i think the memory of it would stay with me for the rest of my life!!Thanks I thought I was past middle age...
How old are you then?
Honestly from my own opinion I think most people will forget having tinnitus quite fast and move on
Life is a sequence of problems anyway so it would be quite hard to forget pain i think. Nobody said it was supposed to be easy.
I am 48, and just retired ... so I will pay some taxes but the system is designed to go after the wealth or working middle class..
.... but I agree in human nature two weeks after silence and we will forget, well I think I will always remember, the time I was so close to ending it all... it happens I guess to everyone and thank god the window closes fast....... where is Tartu..?I am 48, and just retired ... so I will pay some taxes but the system is designed to go after the wealth or working middle class..
yeah forgetting is one of God's miracles, otherwisethere would be no humans. It is in Estonia ( a small country south of Finland and north of Latvia).
- Nov 10, 2013
- 464
- 41
- Tinnitus Since
- 2005
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Bad luck and bad genes
I knew this days was coming eventually, when it became too loud and intrusive to just ignore. I just never thought it would come this soon.
Oh, O.K... but ya... we seem to forget how lucky we really are.. maybe it helps get on with life after we grieve a death... all I know T was a wake up call for me...
bill 112
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Really hope this guy is ok has Mark or any of the admins any contact details to try and contact him with?Just a little concerned for this guy.
I want to tell you my story, all about my life before and after T, hope that will help you in some degree.
Before I got T 2012 June 22nd, I am a very outgoing man. I got the guide of God and entered the top 1 Univeristiy here in China luckily, then fell in love with a good girl, my first love indeed. After graduation, I got a good job opportunity in Tokyo, but for our love, I decide to stay in Beijing. 2 years later, my ex went to the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management for her MBA degree, I went to the States together with her, took the luggage
It was that day, June 22nd, 2012, I slipped down because of the mess room, and my right ear poked by a very sharp thing, I don't want to mention that any more. You could imagine what happened, super hurt and I got severe hearing loss and T onset immediately. After that my hearing recovered with no clue about 80%, but T remains, not very loud. I got a sound generator in Evanston and somehow habituated, but Jan 8th 2013, I did an MRI in Beijing, and the loud noise made my T 3 times louder until today. Very loud, how loud? Sometimes I hear it over the jet engine when I take a plane.
My ex fiancee left me because of my T related depression, 5 years love, and I got injured when I helped move her house, you know the feeling, yes, suicidal, every second.
I continue working in a very busy and tough industry(management consulting, always work until 11 pm or so), and unfortunately I am working in the same company same office with my ex now(actually 5 meters away from her seat), and the office is super silent, you know the feeling when I saw her face and heard the loud T at the same time, yes, suicidal. That is my everyday working life.
But why I am still alive and even traveled around the world to enjoy my life most of the time? 3 things:
1. I trust God, and have hope, faith and love.
2. I am the only son of my parents because of the stupid one-child policy in China, I cannot leave.
3. I have you guys, the TT members, who really understands, and always be with you.
Today is the Chinese new year eve, maybe the worst one since my born in 1987 , but I am typing here to encourage you @Per, there will be a cure in about a decade, I keep contacting with all top scientists and doctors. You could read my post that today I received an email from Harvard which I thought the best gift for me to begin this new year.
And the worst hypothesis, if you really can't burden the T, if your T is unilateral, you could ask a doctor to cut the 8th nerve, 50% chance to stop it totally, I know a man did that in the hospital, he is very good now with only one ear works, but avoid taking his life instead.
Sorry for the long reply, I am only 26, have no right to educate anybody, but just want to express that we are all with you and understand what you are thinking and talking about, sincerely, hang in there.
Best,
Aaron
Aaron just wanted to say that your story is extremely inspiring ...wish you all the best
Stay Strong
Carlos
There is an Indian movie on tinnitus called sound track ...it didn't do well and bombed in the box office .....people just didn't understand what was going on
I really wish there was more awareness too - not sure I'd off myself for it though.
But to be fair, look at it rationally from a non-sufferers perspective.
-T is non-fatal and 90% of "sufferers" are unaffected.
-Many diseases e.g. Cancer affect large amounts of the population, are potentially fatal and remain uncured
Now what's worth more fundraising/raising awareness, to your average Joe? Honestly I wish T got 1/100th of the attention and funds other conditions did, but shit happens.
But to be fair, look at it rationally from a non-sufferers perspective.
-T is non-fatal and 90% of "sufferers" are unaffected.
-Many diseases e.g. Cancer affect large amounts of the population, are potentially fatal and remain uncured
Now what's worth more fundraising/raising awareness, to your average Joe? Honestly I wish T got 1/100th of the attention and funds other conditions did, but shit happens.
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