I Imagine I'm a Robot. Tinnitus Is the Sound of My Power Source.

[Strife_84]

Or the sound of my operating system. Actually it kinda is.

I've always wanted to be a robot. Or cyborg.

I had to invent this for myself to keep myself going.

It helps. For a moment.

Role-playing.

 

[Agrajag364]

Or the sound of my operating system. Actually it kinda is.

I've always wanted to be a robot. Or cyborg.

I had to invent this for myself to keep myself going.

It helps. For a moment.

Role-playing.

Love it.

 

[Raphael7713]

Well you are not far off. It is actually the bodies own sound. There was an experiment I believe where they put people in an extremly quiet room and 93% "developed" tinnitus, because they started to her their own interior when no other sound was presence. And during stress, fear and depression you will likely hear more of ur internal sounds because your nervesystem is going berserk.

 

[Holly1987]

Well you are not far off. It is actually the bodies own sound. There was an experiment I believe where they put people in an extremly quiet room and 93% "developed" tinnitus, because they started to her their own interior when no other sound was presence. And during stress, fear and depression you will likely hear more of ur internal sounds because your nervesystem is going berserk.

Wow that is interesting.

 

[Strife_84]

Next thing: I'm at a shrink for believing I'm a robot

 

[Strife_84]

Well you are not far off. It is actually the bodies own sound. There was an experiment I believe where they put people in an extremly quiet room and 93% "developed" tinnitus, because they started to her their own interior when no other sound was presence. And during stress, fear and depression you will likely hear more of ur internal sounds because your nervesystem is going berserk.

Yes, I've heard my internal sounds before this. Not as lound of course. That is why it's very interesting if we receive hearing damage but out internal sounds start to sound louder.

 

[sirhand]

SOUND IS AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT DEVELOPED BY CARBON BASED LIFE FORMS TO MONITOR THE PROPAGATION OF VIBRATIONS THROUGH MATERIALS

I TOO FEEL NO EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THESE ERRONEOUS SIGNALS DESIGNATED TINNITUS

 

[JohnFox]

Or the sound of my operating system. Actually it kinda is.

I've always wanted to be a robot. Or cyborg.

I had to invent this for myself to keep myself going.

It helps. For a moment.

Role-playing.

Hey, it's a heck of a lot better than how most ENT's respond... "eh, you just need to learn to live with it". However, it probably wouldn't gain a lot of ecceptance in the medical field if the ENT replied to the panicky newborn Tinnitus sufferer that.... "here's the deal, from now on you need to pretend your a cyborg, and this is simply your operating system you are hearing." Or, as the British would state,...."Not to worry, it"s just a flesh wound!"

 

[Strife_84]

@JohnFox

"just walk it off. You'll live"

 

[GSC]

@JohnFox

"just walk it off. You'll live"

Ah, what a good support system.

 

[Strife_84]

Ah, what a good support system.

Yeah. That is what some GPs actually tell you. It's horrible.

 

[Jcb]

Or the sound of my operating system. Actually it kinda is.

I've always wanted to be a robot. Or cyborg.

I had to invent this for myself to keep myself going.

It helps. For a moment.

Role-playing.

Now this made me laugh, thank you

 

[Strife_84]

Now this made me laugh, thank you

We need some laughter in our lives don't we

 

[Jcb]

We need some laughter in our lives don't we

That we do, find it were we can Ps love the Ryu avatar

 

[Strife_84]

That we do, find it were we can Ps love the Ryu avatar

Street fighter is one of my favourite games. As I also love the quote from Ryu:

"whatever you find worthwhile in life is worth fighting for"

And right now I feel I need to fight hard...

 

[Jcb]

Street fighter is one of my favourite games. As I also love the quote from Ryu:

"whatever you find worthwhile in life is worth fighting for"

And right now I feel I need to fight hard...

Same used to love street fighter, haven't played it since sf4 though.

Love that quote man, as cheesy as some may find it, I think it rings true.

 

[Jazzer]

Now this made me laugh, thank you

Did you hear about the guy who went to the doctor in tears, because he was convinced he was a moth.
The doctor said
"You need a psychiatrist not a doctor
- what did you come in here for...?"

"The...light...was...on....."

(Boo-Boom !!)

 

[Jcb]

Did you hear about the guy who went to the doctor in tears, because he was convinced he was a moth.
The doctor said
"You need a psychiatrist not a doctor
- what did you come in here for...?"

"The...light...was...on....."

(Boo-Boom !!)

Dave haha honestly mate these are so bad they make me laugh, thank you Keep em coming

 

[Strife_84]

Same used to love street fighter, haven't played it since sf4 though.

Love that quote man, as cheesy as some may find it, I think it rings true.

Sf4 is last street fighter for me too. But the first one I played was SF2 back in the Snes days

 

[Jcb]

Sf4 is last street fighter for me too. But the first one I played was SF2 back in the Snes days

Yes, well I had played it on the mega drive haha along with mortal kombat haha

 

[Raphael7713]

Wow that is interesting.

Yea. Also dr Josef Rauschecker, the guy who did the amazing TED talk talking about tinnitus showed that people that suffer from tinnitus, wether it's due to loud noise exposure, illness or surgery, the part of their brains that are most active are the same parts and areas that are responsible for depression, fear and stress. That's why Im a strong believer that any tinnitus can be reduced by destressing and finding inner harmony.

During stress and fear, your audiosystem becomes 3x stronger. So the sounds you hear outside, when they reach your ears, they become 3x stronger, hence the hyperacusis. Your system feels threatened and is ultra active and snaps up everything, it's a survival instinct.

 

[Autumnly]

That's why Im a strong believer that any tinnitus can be reduced by destressing and finding inner harmony.

Even if this was true, which i personally don't think so, it's clear that the degree to which someone can reduce their tinnitus varies greatly.

 

[Strife_84]

Yea. Also dr Josef Rauschecker, the guy who did the amazing TED talk talking about tinnitus showed that people that suffer from tinnitus, wether it's due to loud noise exposure, illness or surgery, the part of their brains that are most active are the same parts and areas that are responsible for depression, fear and stress. That's why Im a strong believer that any tinnitus can be reduced by destressing and finding inner harmony.

During stress and fear, your audiosystem becomes 3x stronger. So the sounds you hear outside, when they reach your ears, they become 3x stronger, hence the hyperacusis. Your system feels threatened and is ultra active and snaps up everything, it's a survival instinct.

I also believe that hyperacusis is also a defense mechanism. I damaged my hearing, now I am sensitive to certain sounds. I guess my body is trying to protect me from such sounds for further damaging myself.

Also, it could be a backup system. Tinnitus masks some sounds yet makes some sounds stronger so we can still hear animals, water, rivers etc. Around us.

It's a theory. Thin. But theory.

 

[Jazzer]

Dave haha honestly mate these are so bad they make me laugh, thank you Keep em coming

Did you hear about the guy who was terrified that he was turning into a dog.
He told the doctor his 'woof' 'woof' fears.
The doc said don't be so silly, I'll see if I can help you. Get up on the couch.
I can't help you if you don't get up on the couch!

"Woof....woof woof......woof......
I'm not allowed on the couch...woof woof!"

(apologies may be in order.....?)

 

[PortalNaut]

I wish we could deny our robot existence and have it cancel the T! reference (in part): totallynotrobots .

. . .
I WISH I COULD HEAR SOUNDS OF LEAVES RUSTLING ABOVE MY CIRCUITRY, BUT OBVIOUSLY AS A HUMAN I WAS SAYING THAT IRONICALLY.

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related link
https:// old.reddit.com/r/totallynotrobots/comments/aj43m8/that_wouldnt_bother_me_at_all/

 

[dgray]

Try it out. Try to come up with a "role" why you hear the sound. I find it much easier to cope when doing some role playing. It's not helping all the time of course. But even if for a moment you find your life easier, it's worth it.

Sir: Thank-you so very much for the superb idea / strategy. This condition is very hard.

 

[earshot]

Has anyone tried this method of imagining they are actually making the tinnitus sound consciously, then were able to control it to some degree?