Do you believe in the brain memorization hypothesis? Is tinnitus stuck in our brain?

[RedThinker]

Hey everyone I hope you have been / or are enjoying your day, mine is about to run out.

I was thinking about some stuff and I was wondering if anyone could answer me this:

Do you think, if you have lived with T for a while that your brain has gotten so used to the sound, that even if there was no T, your brain would think that there was and the sounds would still be there?

I don't know if this is just a silly question, but I would like to hear your opinions

 

[shan]

I am not sure but I don't think so. I have always thought that the brain will get used to the sound and thus it does not register even though it is still there.

 

[Garden Ring]

I have thought about something similar, actually
Also, from a little different perspective, after that sound being there for two months it seems hard to me to remember how it felt without it.
Sometimes I even think it might have been there all along, and I just never noticed it.

 

[shan]

I have thought about something similar, actually
Also, from a little different perspective, after that sound being there for two months it seems hard to me to remember how it felt without it.
Sometimes I even think it might have been there all along, and I just never noticed it.

I agree. Perversely, I remember there were nights when I listened to the ringing and felt comforted by it because it has become a familiar sound. Some nights...

 

[James7]

No. Do people who live next to the ocean still hear waves when they're away from it? As tinnitus sufferers we're constantly told about habituation and all that, but I don't think it's this powerful. Habituation is just a fancy way of saying "ignore it", I don't believe it's some kind of powerful force that can make the brain hallucinate things that aren't there.

 

[Kimbo Slice]

There is a reason they call it auditory hallucination.