Hello all,
I developed mild tinnitus about 11 weeks ago in my left ear after I got ear syringing done to remove impacted earwax.
You are at an important and stressful crossroad in your career and life throws this at you! I was devastated and depressed. I am, even now, but I am recovering. And Tinnitus is alleviating too, I guess. Now it's more of a brain noise, not even a real sound, just a sensation.
These 11 weeks have been very stressful, very much. I have always handled stress very well, but this is certainly different. (You handle stress very well when you feed it to cerebrum and poorly when you feed it to amygdala, don't worry if you didn't understand, I will explain in another post)
This is different because primary reaction evoked by my tinnitus was Fear. And it's natural. That's what our limbic brain does. And that Fear gave rise to stress, anxiety and depression. Most ENT doctors were useless and didn't even make me feel at ease. Although T was improving day by day, I really really wanted to get rid of it. Quickly. And not being able to do that made my condition worse.
That's when my brother advised me to treat the Fear and not tinnitus. Because Fear can certainly be eliminated and if Fear is eliminated, tinnitus will become irrelevant. How beautifully simple is that!
In theory, sure.
From that point, I am working to eliminate the Fear and not the tinnitus. I am struggling, life is still a mess, but I do see a light at the end of this dark tunnel.
Tinnitus is a blessing in disguise: Life can either go really up from this point (I mean, if I can control my mind, I would be God) or spiral precipitously (as many people on this forum are already contemplating).
Mediocrity is no longer a choice. It's either the best you or the worst you.
Why not choose the former? It's difficult, but doable.
Shri.
I developed mild tinnitus about 11 weeks ago in my left ear after I got ear syringing done to remove impacted earwax.
You are at an important and stressful crossroad in your career and life throws this at you! I was devastated and depressed. I am, even now, but I am recovering. And Tinnitus is alleviating too, I guess. Now it's more of a brain noise, not even a real sound, just a sensation.
These 11 weeks have been very stressful, very much. I have always handled stress very well, but this is certainly different. (You handle stress very well when you feed it to cerebrum and poorly when you feed it to amygdala, don't worry if you didn't understand, I will explain in another post)
This is different because primary reaction evoked by my tinnitus was Fear. And it's natural. That's what our limbic brain does. And that Fear gave rise to stress, anxiety and depression. Most ENT doctors were useless and didn't even make me feel at ease. Although T was improving day by day, I really really wanted to get rid of it. Quickly. And not being able to do that made my condition worse.
That's when my brother advised me to treat the Fear and not tinnitus. Because Fear can certainly be eliminated and if Fear is eliminated, tinnitus will become irrelevant. How beautifully simple is that!
In theory, sure.
From that point, I am working to eliminate the Fear and not the tinnitus. I am struggling, life is still a mess, but I do see a light at the end of this dark tunnel.
Tinnitus is a blessing in disguise: Life can either go really up from this point (I mean, if I can control my mind, I would be God) or spiral precipitously (as many people on this forum are already contemplating).
Mediocrity is no longer a choice. It's either the best you or the worst you.
Why not choose the former? It's difficult, but doable.
Shri.
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