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I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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185 points gregsadetsky | 1 comments | 21 May 25 22:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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labadal ◴[22 May 25 02:10 UTC] No.44058100[source]▶
I feel terrible because I never did anything wrong. I never went to a concert. I never worked around loud things for prolonged periods. I never listened to music too loud. I have tinnitus. It seems to go up in intensity when my TMD acts up, but it never goes completely away. Mine isn't nearly debilitating, but I worry that it's going to get worse with time.
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DontchaKnowit ◴[22 May 25 02:45 UTC] No.44058291[source]▶
I have had tinnitus for as long as I have been forming memories. As a child I called it "the sound of silence" and thought everyone heard it.

Never bothered me much. Its much worse now at times. Still doesnt bother me much

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1. neom ◴[22 May 25 04:00 UTC] No.44058656[source]▶
Same for me, is it weird I'd go so far as to say... I like mine? I like the name "the sound of silence" for it - I kinda feel like I use it as a "plane" to think on top of somehow or something. For me it kinda...whirrs up almost, till I'm fully enveloped by my thoughts and imagination, at that point the tinnitus is gone and I'm in unbridled thinking mode,I quite like the whole experience personally. I'm scared it will get debilitating like others have described, but it's never bothered me.