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I have a theory that everyone experiences some form of tinnitus, but only some are bothered by it. It's like when you start thinking too deeply about how your i
by osrec 9y ago
I have a theory that everyone experiences some form of tinnitus, but only some are bothered by it. It's like when you start thinking too deeply about how your intangible mind controls your body, it can be rather suffocating, as there is no escape from the unanswered sense of emptiness that thought can generate. Similarly with tinnitus, once you start focusing on it too much, it feels like like something you can't escape from. I've helped a few of my friends with tinnitus by simply helping them focus on other things (especially when alone).
- WaxProlix 9y agoObjectively not true, because people go from not having the condition to having it over a period of time. Unless you're contending that they always had it but went from not experiencing it to experiencing it after an especially loud concert or something like that?
- osrec 9y agoYes sort of. Basically I think people become hyper aware of it, then the hyper awareness may subside and perhaps come back later.
- Dunedan 9y agoAs tinnitus can be measured using hearing tests I think we have a pretty good understanding that it's not a universal condition.
- biggieshellz 9y agoThat's how Tinnitus Retraining Therapy works, but there's also a physical component that makes it more likely. Researchers have hypothesized that if you have sharp notches in your hearing thresholds at certain frequencies, your brain is more likely to try to fill in with tinnitus than if you had a flatter loss across the spectrum. As the article states, this is still an active research area -- we don't really have a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms that create tinnitus yet.