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Mine sounds exactly the same! I usually describe it as the sound of "brightness" and it does feel like something coming from inside my head, instead of from the
by guhcampos 9y ago
Mine sounds exactly the same! I usually describe it as the sound of "brightness" and it does feel like something coming from inside my head, instead of from the outside word.
As many people, I cope with mine by just ignoring it, most of the time. Sleeping has been hard though, since I can remember. Today I resort to some kind of color noise, such as a fan, air conditioner, or white noise apps (brown noise works best) or I just fall asleep (often with aid) watching TV or listening to a podcast.
In the end, it's not really a practical problem, but a more philosophical one: it makes me sad to think I'll never be able to experience silence.
- Robelius 9y agoAbout 4 years ago I was listening to a podcast. One host was explaining to the other that he had tinnitus, and what that meant. I still remember how shocked I was when I heard the tinnitus host was in the minority of the population. Never knew what tinnitus was, but had assumed everyone heard a low buzzing noise. I always thought a low buzzing noise was what silence meant.
- lovemenot 9y agoYou might have been right all along. As far as I know, many people who don't have tinnitus are able to experience such auditory hallucinations in a sensory deprivation tank or similar. If that assumption is right then the difference between tinnitus sufferers and others is of degree: the level of background sensory input at which consciousness of such hallucinations might kick-in. Hence, tinnitus or not, lower auditory input tends to lead to greater likelihood of auditory hallucination.
- arkh 9y agoAdd visual snow and you don't even experience darkness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_snow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_snow
- zaarn 9y agoThis article somewhat blew my mind. I always thought everyone sees this visual noise and kinda assumed it's like a digital camera in the dark...
- dvtv75 9y agoI didn't even realize it was abnormal until now (although I note there's some debate as to whether it is or not). My mother has this, too, and wears blue tinted lenses to filter it out.