Tinnitus in Dreams

[Sven]

One thing I don't understand is this: outside sounds, whatever they might be, sometimes get incorporated into your dreams. So why doesn't this happen with tinnitus?

I experience quite a lot of tinnitus, and it's the first thing I hear every morning. Yet, I have never heard it in my dreams.

Why is that? Does this suggest that tinnitus is more of a brain issue than an ear issue?

 

[Robert Fahey]

At the nadir of my T experience, when it disrupted my sleep, I had three episodes of T-related dreams:

1. Bicyclist crushed by car, yelping like a dog in perfect time with my pulsating T as I awoke.
2. Pac-Man dying in the hallway outside my room. "Wer wer wer wer wer blot blot."
3. A ringing phone that didn't exist.

 

[Steve]

I've also had it in my dreams., only on a few occasions as Robert has had. Although I can't recall how it manifested.

 

[Sven]

OK, I guess I was mistaken, then. It doesn't seem very common, though.

 

[Markku]

I've never had tinnitus in my dreams. I am able to see quite vivid dreams and remember them in the morning, but I've never noticed tinnitus in my dreams.

 

[Karen]

I've had it in my dreams, too. But that's because I have pulsating tinnitus, which is more of a physical sensation. I think that if I had ringing tinnitus only, it probably wouldn't happen.

 

[Samsara]

Can't say I ever remember hearing it in my dreams.

 

[hps]

I heared tinnitus in my dreams many times ,early in the morning ,it is always like I am passing close to an old CRT tv. When I wake up I hear similar tinnitus.

 

[Map]

I usually have "quiet" dreams, and that's why I like to sleep for many hours now.

But I remember hearing it in dreams few times, one dream was about many snakes - they made exactly the same sound as my T...

 

[ceauses97]

Yeah as the title says. Has anyone here experienced tinnitus while dreaming?

Since I got tinnitus I've been hearing it every night, makes me kinda sad that I can't even escape tinnitus in my dreams.

 

[Lizzie Grant]

The first night I got it I could have swore I heard it in my dream that night. Whenever I'm super anxious about something I'll have a dream about it that day and in my dream I remember it was totally unrelated to T but then all of a sudden I remembered my real life situation and started to hear it. So maybe it's just because you're anxious about it?

 

[Tibberz]

I have never heard mine in my dreams, but again, I can rarely ever remember them. But those that I have remembered, I dont recall hearing T.

 

[linearb]

I do sometimes, but I'm into slightly esoteric yogic dream practices.

 

[John G]

I get T while dreaming some times. When it does happen..it is pretty loud when I am dreaming. I almost have to laugh because T even gets in my dreams ....what next...Freddy Krueger?

 

[Mat V]

Has anyone ever had tinnitus in their dreams? I certainly have. Just curious, dreams are extremely interesting to me and always amaze me

 

[linearb]

yeah, and I'm right there with you. I've actually had dreams which have seemed to fundamentally impact the way I interact with my T consciously while I'm awake.

if you're into your dreams, I can't say enough good things about this book, even though I've only read about half of it: https://www.amazon.com/Tibetan-Yogas-Dream-Sleep/dp/1559391014

 

[Alue]

Yes, and worrying about loud noises has invaded my dreams.

 

[linearb]

Yes, and worrying about loud noises has invaded my dreams.

I encourage people struggling with this to see it as an opportunity to interact with their subconscious in a novel and potentially quite healing or at least interesting capacity, rather than to see it as a curse.

Took some years to get there, I will admit, but what choice is there really? Unless one is willing to bomb your brain with cannabis or benzos on a daily basis, dreams are going to happen whether you want them to or not.

If you read that ridiculous yoga book I linked above, diligently put the effort into doing the practices it outlines for a period of 9 months, and can honestly tell me that you still dislike your dreams, I will give you five hundred dollars.

 

[Alue]

I encourage people struggling with this to see it as an opportunity to interact with their subconscious in a novel and potentially quite healing or at least interesting capacity, rather than to see it as a curse.

Took some years to get there, I will admit, but what choice is there really? Unless one is willing to bomb your brain with cannabis or benzos on a daily basis, dreams are going to happen whether you want them to or not.

If you read that ridiculous yoga book I linked above, diligently put the effort into doing the practices it outlines for a period of 9 months, and can honestly tell me that you still dislike your dreams, I will give you five hundred dollars.

What do cannabis or benzos have to do with dreams?

 

[JurgenG]

I seem to developing a fear of sound, since I regulary dream of explosion-like sounds damaging my hearing.
I wake up right after and I am genuine scared for 5 minutes that it did some form of damage to my auditory cortex.
Since it felt so real, I automaticly think it must feel real for my brain as well. After a while, after I am not so sleep-high, I just move on.

 

[carlover]

Thats the thing with me ,I dream crazily think its because I wake up lot and the sleep rythms are disturbed ,but I never have T in them,its wonderful

 

[Elinor]

Oh, yeah. I've dreamt about loud noises making my T worse on several times. But better in a dream than in real life, it's quite relieving when I wake up.

 

[Markku]

Interestingly I never ever dream about tinnitus, or having tinnitus, even though it's on my mind a lot of the time and impacting in major ways.

I don't complain.

 

[shan]

Dreamt of sudden loud noises several times. As illogical as it sounds, sometimes I wake up wondering if that would exacerbate the T.
The worst dream I had of T was when I dreamt of descending into this dark vacuum, and hearing T getting louder and wrapping itself around my whole being. I woke up with heart palpitations.

 

[LukeYoung]

Sleeping seems like one of my escapes for T.
I can't say much about dreams, I don't dream much anymore (well I don't remember them, they say everyone dreams) but yeah I remember only having one dream. I couldn't hear t in the dream but I made a reference to it.

 

[fishbone]

Dreams are weird things. I have lots of dreams about my dogs running away and running in the streets. This matters way to me, more than the tinnitus does. I never had a dream about tinnitus. If something really matters to you and you kinda obsess over it, then it can show up in your dreams a lot. That's the case with my dogs, I normally don't dream about anything else.....

Tinnitus is beyond horrible and I hope all can find some comfort.....

 

[linearb]

What do cannabis or benzos have to do with dreams?

they both radically alter REM sleep patterns; my experience was that it was more or less impossible to have vivid dreams, or much dream recall at all, while using either substance with any regularity.

 

[Alue]

they both radically alter REM sleep patterns; my experience was that it was more or less impossible to have vivid dreams, or much dream recall at all, while using either substance with any regularity.

I see. I remember having even more vivid dreams on Ambien.

 

[ryan1234]

@Markku random question my friend. what are the downsides to taking anti-anxiety or anti-depressant drugs to deal with this? is the only downside the potential for addiction?

 

[yonkapin]

Not in my first year of tinnitus, but I did start to dream about it when I had hyperacusis in 2013. Would hear it in dreams and would often dream about being blasted with loud noise from a speaker. I also used to get these weird dream things where I would swear I heard a massive bang or knock on the door and then wake up - think it was called exploding head syndrome. I think it was all to do about heightened anxiety at the time. Haven't had those sort of dreams in a couple of years now.