Hi all!
I remember when I first got tinnitus, there was a lot of worry and anxiety about it all. There were nights when I couldn't sleep because of the stress! I was constantly checking for the sound to see if it was still there. And ther were lots and lots of tears (I'm a cancer, I can't help it!).
Within the first few week of my tinnitus, I remember I shared that I had gotten tinnitus with a coworker of mine, who then told me that her boyfriend had gotten it from shooting off a gun without any ear protection. I asked her if he struggles with it, and she told me, "it was annoying to him for the first couple months, but then he got used it".
I was taken back a bit by that. What he thought was annoying, I thought was the end of my life. That was the first thing that really made me feel better in those first couple months. It was nice to see a real person with tinnitus, living their life and out in the world. Maybe that sounds silly, but everyone else I had known with tinnitus has been online (mostly this forum). And as we all know, a lot of the stuff we read on here is all doom and gloom.
I feel like I've finally reached that point where tinnitus at most, annoying, and that's just when I sit and listen to it. The stress doesn't keep me up anymore (and hasn't in months!). I'm not healed, but I'm okay! I totally believe that I can live a full and happy life with the buzzing.
I think the most important thing you can do for yourself when you get tinnitus, don't stress. Easier said than done, I know, but the only power that the tinnitus really has is giving you that stress. That's the horror of it.
Life goes on after tinnitus, I promise!
I remember when I first got tinnitus, there was a lot of worry and anxiety about it all. There were nights when I couldn't sleep because of the stress! I was constantly checking for the sound to see if it was still there. And ther were lots and lots of tears (I'm a cancer, I can't help it!).
Within the first few week of my tinnitus, I remember I shared that I had gotten tinnitus with a coworker of mine, who then told me that her boyfriend had gotten it from shooting off a gun without any ear protection. I asked her if he struggles with it, and she told me, "it was annoying to him for the first couple months, but then he got used it".
I was taken back a bit by that. What he thought was annoying, I thought was the end of my life. That was the first thing that really made me feel better in those first couple months. It was nice to see a real person with tinnitus, living their life and out in the world. Maybe that sounds silly, but everyone else I had known with tinnitus has been online (mostly this forum). And as we all know, a lot of the stuff we read on here is all doom and gloom.
I feel like I've finally reached that point where tinnitus at most, annoying, and that's just when I sit and listen to it. The stress doesn't keep me up anymore (and hasn't in months!). I'm not healed, but I'm okay! I totally believe that I can live a full and happy life with the buzzing.
I think the most important thing you can do for yourself when you get tinnitus, don't stress. Easier said than done, I know, but the only power that the tinnitus really has is giving you that stress. That's the horror of it.
Life goes on after tinnitus, I promise!
