Hello guys,
My name is Andrew Thomson. I am a professional musician from Australia.
And I'm here to tell you a few things and lessons I learnt and how to stop your little sound from taking over your life like I did it mine for about a year.
Ok so let's start shall we:
1 — YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Remember this you are not alone in this I can promise you that alot of your friends are guna have it when I started actually searching for people in my friend group that had tinnitus I realised that about 30 % of them do kinda weird but cool
2 — IT'S NOT A MATTER OF GIVING UP OR FIGHTING IT
It's a matter of not giving one single f*ck about it.
It's about when you're lying in bed feeling sorry for yourself you go do something. You gotta get it out of your brain. At first you'll get rid of your negative thoughts for a few minutes.
Then a few hours. Then a day.
Then 2 days. My record is about a week maybe even more.
3 — MUSICIANS AND PARTYGOERS
Don't give up on a passion because of a stupid gay little sound. Get a pair of moulded ear plugs. You can still hear awesome and practicing non stop on your art will help you become better at what you love.
And if you love to party be the smart one in the room with a sneaky set of moulded plugs you can still fist pump and thrust dance if you're into that.
4 — ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
If you're going to go out on the town and decide to get completely shit faced and wake up hung over, remember you're going to have a hard time. My ears will get a little louder for about 4 days and then settle back down. If you're going to get high stay away from hydro, it makes it wors.
5 — YOUR EARS ARE GOING TO SPIKE SOMETIMES
But don't fear, just acknowledge that they are louder. You will say to yourself or a friend my ears are louder today. They will say that's no good and you will continue on not caring
6 — GET A TINNITUS BUDDY
Someone you can call that has tinnitus.
My lovely friend Kate has tinnitus. She is also a musician. We catch up, talk for 3 seconds about tinnitus then have a jam or just you know not talk about tinnitus.
7 — DON'T BE A RECLUSE
You have a life - live it!
Get a hobby - go to the beach - go to gym - get into some cool bands.
COME WATCH ME PLAY A GIG IN BRISBANE???? Andrew Thomson music on Facebook
8 — THIS IS IMPORTANT
There are people on here that will help yo.
A few on here I will always remember is @cullenbohannon and @billie48.
I have met record producers, musicians, tradies, surfers, hippies you name it I have met over 30 people with tinnitus. Some didn't even know they had it, some did.
You don't need to suffer.
I suffered for a year. I would never re-live it again.
But I have become strong. I am a better person because of tinnitus. You will get to know yourself so well and then your mind just tunes it out.
So yes my name is Andrew Thomson.
And I don't suffer from tinnitus.
My name is Andrew Thomson. I am a professional musician from Australia.
And I'm here to tell you a few things and lessons I learnt and how to stop your little sound from taking over your life like I did it mine for about a year.
Ok so let's start shall we:
1 — YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Remember this you are not alone in this I can promise you that alot of your friends are guna have it when I started actually searching for people in my friend group that had tinnitus I realised that about 30 % of them do kinda weird but cool
2 — IT'S NOT A MATTER OF GIVING UP OR FIGHTING IT
It's a matter of not giving one single f*ck about it.
It's about when you're lying in bed feeling sorry for yourself you go do something. You gotta get it out of your brain. At first you'll get rid of your negative thoughts for a few minutes.
Then a few hours. Then a day.
Then 2 days. My record is about a week maybe even more.
3 — MUSICIANS AND PARTYGOERS
Don't give up on a passion because of a stupid gay little sound. Get a pair of moulded ear plugs. You can still hear awesome and practicing non stop on your art will help you become better at what you love.
And if you love to party be the smart one in the room with a sneaky set of moulded plugs you can still fist pump and thrust dance if you're into that.
4 — ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
If you're going to go out on the town and decide to get completely shit faced and wake up hung over, remember you're going to have a hard time. My ears will get a little louder for about 4 days and then settle back down. If you're going to get high stay away from hydro, it makes it wors.
5 — YOUR EARS ARE GOING TO SPIKE SOMETIMES
But don't fear, just acknowledge that they are louder. You will say to yourself or a friend my ears are louder today. They will say that's no good and you will continue on not caring
6 — GET A TINNITUS BUDDY
Someone you can call that has tinnitus.
My lovely friend Kate has tinnitus. She is also a musician. We catch up, talk for 3 seconds about tinnitus then have a jam or just you know not talk about tinnitus.
7 — DON'T BE A RECLUSE
You have a life - live it!
Get a hobby - go to the beach - go to gym - get into some cool bands.
COME WATCH ME PLAY A GIG IN BRISBANE???? Andrew Thomson music on Facebook
8 — THIS IS IMPORTANT
There are people on here that will help yo.
A few on here I will always remember is @cullenbohannon and @billie48.
I have met record producers, musicians, tradies, surfers, hippies you name it I have met over 30 people with tinnitus. Some didn't even know they had it, some did.
You don't need to suffer.
I suffered for a year. I would never re-live it again.
But I have become strong. I am a better person because of tinnitus. You will get to know yourself so well and then your mind just tunes it out.
So yes my name is Andrew Thomson.
And I don't suffer from tinnitus.
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