Living with Gratitude Despite Tinnitus

[volsung37]

One of the awful things about tinnitus is that it drags us down into a spiral of despair. Our thoughts are incessantly negative full of anger and hopelessness.

One antidote to this is walking with gratitude.

Whenever I walk I try to be thankful for everything good in my life. This may be small things like having food on the table, for even having the health to walk.

This breaks the continuous circle of negative thoughts. I believe that if we can keep breaking that circle healing can begin.

I know this will sound absurd to a lot of people starting their tinnitus journey. But try it and see. You can't lose anything.

 

[Juan]

That's a good strategy. I use that one too...

 

[Harder Calm]

Reminding me of Jordan Peterson's Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life:

Rule #12: "Be grateful in spite of your suffering."

Something for the book thread as well...

 

[Vicki14]

One of the awful things about tinnitus is that it drags us down into a spiral of despair. Our thoughts are incessantly negative full of anger and hopelessness.

One antidote to this is walking with gratitude.

Whenever I walk I try to be thankful for everything good in my life. This may be small things like having food on the table, for even having the health to walk.

This breaks the continuous circle of negative thoughts. I believe that if we can keep breaking that circle healing can begin.

I know this will sound absurd to a lot of people starting their tinnitus journey. But try it and see. You can't lose anything.

I absolutely agree and totally reseonate! X

 

[David S]

@volsung37, could not agree more. I keep coming back to this Ted Talk for inspiration.