Oh, I think I would go insane if I constantly had to hear something. It already weirds me out that people hear things that aren’t actually there and this is a thing that actually is.
It’s always there, but that doesn’t mean one constantly hears it. I’m listening to music a lot, so then I don’t hear it. When I skateboard or do any other sports I don’t hear it, et cetera. Only when it’s quiet I sometimes become aware of it, but because of habituation I usually unconsciously ignore it just as quickly. It does happen that sometimes in bed I keep focusing on it to the point it annoys me, but fortunately that’s rare. Not being able to experience absolute silence in a forest anymore disappoints me though; c’est la vie.
That being said, I’m probably in the camp of people whose condition is mild. It must indeed be horrible for people whose tinnitus overpowers all other sounds.
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Oh, I think I would go insane if I constantly had to hear something. It already weirds me out that people hear things that aren’t actually there and this is a thing that actually is.
It’s always there, but that doesn’t mean one constantly hears it. I’m listening to music a lot, so then I don’t hear it. When I skateboard or do any other sports I don’t hear it, et cetera. Only when it’s quiet I sometimes become aware of it, but because of habituation I usually unconsciously ignore it just as quickly. It does happen that sometimes in bed I keep focusing on it to the point it annoys me, but fortunately that’s rare. Not being able to experience absolute silence in a forest anymore disappoints me though; c’est la vie.
That being said, I’m probably in the camp of people whose condition is mild. It must indeed be horrible for people whose tinnitus overpowers all other sounds.
Mine doesn’t sound quite like that, but it did get a little better for a while after listening to that.
Holy shit mine too! Mines much higher pitch but it was also briefly relieved. Ima keep that video in my pocket…
I wonder if there’s a way to tune that to match and negate an individual’s sound waves…
Iirc white noise supposedly helps with tinnitus. If I’m not misremembering something.