Lilly asked me to report on my success with tinnitus. As many of you have read, my success originates from my acceptance of tinnitus and willingness to embrace CBT.
When I first started, about a year and half ago, I was full of angst and total and complete panic. I was even accused of whining. There may be some truth to that.
I used to mask my tinnitus at night when going to bed. After several weeks, I decided that, listening to two noises really didn't make any sense! So, I turned off the ipod and just went to sleep. As I laid there and began to drift off, the tinnitus would occasionally drift from my presence. I did fall asleep. I always fall asleep now.
After conquering the sleeping issue, I made it a point to place tinnitus so far down the list of importance, I just refused to react. As I'm typing, the tinnitus is going full bore. So what! I went out to dinner tonight with my wife and it had zero impact on my fun scale. My version is the on and off variety. I never know when it is going to stop.....or start.
I used to be so grateful for the quiet, and dreaded the return of the horrible bogeyman tinnitus. When I let go of the entire on and off thing, I just didn't care what cycle it was in. There are times when it stops, and I don't even know it.
Let go of the anger, the fear, the angst, the dreaded focusing on the whys and how comes $#!$. Over time, if you choose to not give tinnitus any importance in your daily life, it will no longer hold you a prisoner of your own life.
CBT is very right on. The whole A,B,C and the good D, and E, really put the smack down on tinnitus. C was the bad reaction to the "T", and E was my rehabilitated response. "YAWN"
When I first started, about a year and half ago, I was full of angst and total and complete panic. I was even accused of whining. There may be some truth to that.
I used to mask my tinnitus at night when going to bed. After several weeks, I decided that, listening to two noises really didn't make any sense! So, I turned off the ipod and just went to sleep. As I laid there and began to drift off, the tinnitus would occasionally drift from my presence. I did fall asleep. I always fall asleep now.
After conquering the sleeping issue, I made it a point to place tinnitus so far down the list of importance, I just refused to react. As I'm typing, the tinnitus is going full bore. So what! I went out to dinner tonight with my wife and it had zero impact on my fun scale. My version is the on and off variety. I never know when it is going to stop.....or start.
I used to be so grateful for the quiet, and dreaded the return of the horrible bogeyman tinnitus. When I let go of the entire on and off thing, I just didn't care what cycle it was in. There are times when it stops, and I don't even know it.
Let go of the anger, the fear, the angst, the dreaded focusing on the whys and how comes $#!$. Over time, if you choose to not give tinnitus any importance in your daily life, it will no longer hold you a prisoner of your own life.
CBT is very right on. The whole A,B,C and the good D, and E, really put the smack down on tinnitus. C was the bad reaction to the "T", and E was my rehabilitated response. "YAWN"
