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I think one of the best treatments for tinnitus is, not experimental drugs, nor surgeries, but a book: Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. Stoicism. I have tinnitus
by VoodooJuJu 4y ago
I think one of the best treatments for tinnitus is, not experimental drugs, nor surgeries, but a book: Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. Stoicism.
I have tinnitus. It's particularly bad in one ear at the moment. It's not ideal. Not pleasant. But I get over it, and I continue living my life. What's strange is, practically every time I've seen someone bring up their experience with tinnitus, it's accompanied with a deluge of whining and commiserating. It's weird because there are far more grave medical conditions that I don't think have even a fraction of the commiserating and depressiveness that tinnitus sufferers have.
So, as a tinnitus "sufferer", that's my personal recommendation: Stoicism. Deal with it and move on.
- CoastalCoder 4y agoNot everyone is at the same place in their grieving / acceptance/ adaptation process.
- _dain_ 4y agohave you considered the possibility that other people have a more severe form of tinnitus than you. besides, putting suffering in scare quotes -- i.e. macho posturing where you pretend the suffering is not real -- is not what stoicism is about at all.