Stop Focusing on Noise?

[JodieStephens]

Sometimes I forget a certain screeching noise for a while, then I remember and I can't stop thinking about it, it's like my brain is hard wired into listening. I even sometimes look for the noise.

What do you guys do to stop listening to the noise?

 

[Shera]

I'm dealing with that, slowly I've stopped doing it as badly. Even though I'm silence most of the time and the noise is hard to cover.

Basically you're retraining your brain. Like right now I've been doing research and paying bills online, chatting with friends and I haven't been so focused on it.

The Back to Silence method is all about that.

 

[TheDanishGirl]

Go for walks
Spend time with loved ones
Psychical activity/exercise

 

[Maria Giametta]

Hi! What helps me is listening to recordings such as waterfalls or white noise and wind something comforting and it will help with the sounds in the ear

 

[Kelvin]

Distract yourself with 'other' noise or activity. I find background talk radio and walks in nature both help.
If your not Busy then T will be an unwanted friend..
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[JodieStephens]

I'm dealing with that, slowly I've stopped doing it as badly. Even though I'm silence most of the time and the noise is hard to cover.

Basically you're retraining your brain. Like right now I've been doing research and paying bills online, chatting with friends and I haven't been so focused on it.

The Back to Silence method is all about that.

Could you explain what the back to silence method is? In more detail

 

[Shera]

Here is the link: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/back-to-silence.7172/

There's lots of info about it there. Plus, everything everyone posted here is great advice. The most important thing is finding out how to utilize all this advice so that it serves you best.

 

[JodieStephens]

Go for walks
Spend time with loved ones
Psychical activity/exercise

How is your ACRN doing?(sound therapy)

 

[Rosemerry]

Sometimes I forget a certain screeching noise for a while, then I remember and I can't stop thinking about it, it's like my brain is hard wired into listening. I even sometimes look for the noise.

What do you guys do to stop listening to the noise?

Hi @JodieStephens I've found the answer to stop listening to the noise is to live my life: go to work, connect with friends and family, make dinner w/my husband, pay bills, go for walks. The noise is still there, but the more I place my focus on anything but the T, I feel like I'm rewiring my brain to not notice it. Some days I can go hours without thinking about it. It's just that easy and that hard, but the more I do it, it's more easy than hard. RM

 

[JodieStephens]

Hi @JodieStephens I've found the answer to stop listening to the noise is to live my life: go to work, connect with friends and family, make dinner w/my husband, pay bills, go for walks. The noise is still there, but the more I place my focus on anything but the T, I feel like I'm rewiring my brain to not notice it. Some days I can go hours without thinking about it. It's just that easy and that hard, but the more I do it, it's more easy than hard. RM

I'll do that then school is starting up, it should keep me busy. It's just sleeping that I'm worried about mostly.

 

[Rosemerry]

I'll do that then school is starting up, it should keep me busy. It's just sleeping that I'm worried about mostly.

Worrying about sleeping is a good way to not sleep lol. But believe me, I've been there and it's gotten much better. However last night my T was loud so concentrated on the rain noise on my alarm clock and finally fell asleep. The main thing I did was just view the T as an annoyance and not associate any bad feelings with it. This has taken a few months of practice. Sometimes I'll take a half of a .25 Xanax (placebo effect pretty much) or a shot of vodka in my tart cherry juice extract (supposed to be a natural source of melatonin) to help it along. xoxo RM

 

[TheDanishGirl]

How is your ACRN doing?(sound therapy)

Dont really know.....It does not have that instant effect anymore unfortunately, but I still listen to it a few times a day because my T lowered a bit the day after I discovered the sound therapy and I think maybe it had a part in the reduction of T.

 

[JodieStephens]

Dont really know.....It does not have that instant effect anymore unfortunately, but I still listen to it a few times a day because my T lowered a bit the day after I discovered the sound therapy and I think maybe it had a part in the reduction of T.

so was there a definite decrease or your unsure now?

Anyway, a new study found where tinnitus is in the brain, they can measure tinnitus now- that will lead to more research for treatments and cures .

I've had a bad week, so I'm not as optimistic anymore

 

[TheDanishGirl]

so was there a definite decrease or your unsure now?

Anyway, a new study found where tinnitus is in the brain, they can measure tinnitus now- that will lead to more research for treatments and cures .

I've had a bad week, so I'm not as optimistic anymore

Im not certain because it is really also very much to do with how you perceive it, and I am in a much better place mentally so maybe that's why I perceive it lower, but listening to my T I also feel it has gone down slightly in volume or just become milder in sound, its not as screechy/buzz saw anymore but more static whining, if that makes sense lol.

 

[JodieStephens]

Im not certain because it is really also very much to do with how you perceive it, and I am in a much better place mentally so maybe that's why I perceive it lower, but listening to my T I also feel it has gone down slightly in volume or just become milder in sound, its not as screechy/buzz saw anymore but more static whining, if that makes sense lol.

oh ok, you should post status updates on it