Silence — No-Go?

[bellafjelle]

Is silence bad for habituation?

Sound enrichment is advised for sleeping and sometimes also during the day. This should aid habituation.

But if one habituates, then what happens if he/she enters a silent environment?

I'm thinking a lot about silence these days. I have a difficult time accepting my new T, and while I've had T for many, many years, the "old" T was silence for me. This new T definitely isn't.

It's hard for me to accept the fact, that I have to have background noise at all times, to feel better and get the days go by.

It seems impossible for me to understand how one can habituate to moderate T and then be able to sit in silent environments. But I sure hope it's true - and possible.

But, this urge for having my old T back and being able to sit in silence at this very moment is really not healthy for me. I can feel that it definitely puts a stop to the habituation proces. Or is slowing it down drastically. The accepting part is difficult.

The best days are when I've had a good amount of exercise and have been keeping busy with a lot of stuff that also involves being surrounded by ambient noise AND have a greater deal of accept of the new condition.

I wonder if accept and a peace of mind can do tricks with the thinking and focus and push the T sound far back in the brain so it doesn't "sound" the same way as in this sub-acute state of my new T.

Also, the daily comparison chart is hard. Is it better or worse today? Has it changed? Which ear is it in today? Are the next 1-2 weeks going to be shitty? When will the next good day come?

Just a few thoughts.....again...

 

[Raphael7713]

I think (and this is my personal view of it) that when you are trying to habituate it's important to have sound enrichment. This is because when it's silent you will most likely focus on the sound or having hard time focusing on something else, which only makes you more stressed and increases your anxiety and it creates a vicious circle.

When you are habituated the T becomes a part of you, something that you are used to and no longer stressed about, so you can easily ignore it, even in silent rooms.

 

[bellafjelle]

Hi Raphael7713,

Thanks for your reply.

I can see we got our T almost simultaneously. My new T started 19th of january. I bet you miss 2016 like me

Hows your own proces going?

 

[Sam Bridge]

Always have pink noise on at home as its quiet. I am not sure how your previous t was silence ,how does that work?

 

[bellafjelle]

Hi Sam,

My previous T was silence because I absolutely 100 % habituated to it. For me, that was silence. And of course, the T was mild.