Nope. I'm all for a cure or even an effective treatment. There are none. Some people think it's wrong to hope for a cure. They think what there is available now is good enough.
It really does suck that some of our own sufferers think like this. They should be on our side but no. Sometimes we're our own worst enemy
Well Fishbone for example has said multiple times he doesn't care about a cure. Granted he's fibbing, but he and some others say stuff like that. Now for people actually objected to a treatment or cure, those are very rare (thank god). I've only met one on r/tinnitus and one on here.
Oh yeah I was perplexed too. The guy who I met here (who was banned eventually, but I doubt he was a troll) said the medical community shouldn't try to focus on a cure because it gets in the way of people habituating. Saps who think like this exist sadly I didn't know people could Uncle Tom that hard.
Read a rather lengthy post earlier in this thread. There have been other threads with similar statements. If you aren't going to read, then it's not my fault.
You didn't need to initiate things being so negative towards @threefirefour. Your own statement sums you up to a tee. I've read other threads where you've really upset and bullied people with your own close minded views.
I think the discussion should be separated. If you believe and feel that habituation is a measure of success, and a goal you would like to achieve with your tinnitus, than holding on for hope of a cure may be detrimental. However, if your goal is silence, than indeed, habituation is a distraction and can be counter productive. Especially if the hope of a cure is what motivates you through the day. Some days, when I see a good study result, my t can scream and I am ok with it, because I can envision a brighter er quieter future
Absolutely. Explains why you don't like my comments
Oh okay so that's how it is. You can call me negative and insult me all you want (not that I care btw) but if I call you out in turn, it's "rude"? That's not fair.
Well I'm no expert but claiming others are negative when they aren't could count as a sin. But it isn't a term I would use, maybe I would say a lie.
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. Double standards when it suits it seems. I've been here a fair amount of time now and likely read well over a thousand threads. I've never felt that there's been an anti-treatment, or no cure, consensus on here. I'd sell my house to get a treatment to give me my music career back, but there isn't one. So what's the great solution in the meantime? More suicide threads? Yea cheers, that's really helpful.
Oh come on. Never mind then.Gman by whom? I've read most the responses and haven't seen anything.
Are you kidding me? Threefirefour is far from polite
Although it's a huge loss to my life, and I've had LOADS to deal with on top of all this, I'm well and truly back on track again after a recent setback. We live, learn, and adapt. There's no other way. By the way, @fishbone cuts through with a great message of positivity that gives hope to others. What's not to like about that? I'm at a loss with some of the new wave of posters. There's an undertone that suggests positive people are anti-treatment somehow which is the biggest load of nonsense I've ever read. You must adapt and live whilst you wait for possible treatments, or a cure, otherwise your life will pass you by. There is nothing stopping any of us from being proactive in the meantime. Raise money for research; set up an initiative, donate to TT, etc...
Apparently when there's a thread like this, it's "repetetive" but nbody ever says that about the countless habituation posts. You're right double standards when it suits.
I agree with you here btw all this is a great idea. It's great TT has become much more proactive in looking for a treatment.
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