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Re:Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep by jarnagin on Saturday March 07, 2026 @10:14AM (#47288369)
I got it about ten years ago and it drove me absolutely insane for a few months until I just accepted that I would have it. Then a weird thing happened: my brain stopped paying attention to it. Now I mostly only hear it when I think to myself, “do I still have tinnitus?” and try to listen for it. It’s still there, I just don’t care anymore. I had no idea that even what you hear can be such a subjective experience until I went through this, but it makes sense. You do this all the time when you tune out ambient sounds and conversations to focus on something.
Re:Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep by jaybrendansmith on Saturday March 07, 2026 @12:28PM (#47289578)
This is my experience. It normally doesn't bother me, and I didn't think about it until I read this article, so now it is driving me crazy. Please let's stop posting articles about Tinnitus unless the article describes a CURE. Thanks.
Re:Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep by NetMageSCW on Saturday March 07, 2026 @01:43PM (#47290310)
Perhaps you could learn to not read those articles?
Re:Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep by jaybrendansmith on Sunday March 08, 2026 @11:47AM (#47298269)
Don't think of an elephant.
Re:Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep by nolanl on Saturday March 07, 2026 @09:33PM (#47293788)
This is 100% my experience. Like, reading this thread right now, I notice the ringing in my ears. But otherwise I go months without thinking about it.