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There are people to whom sleeping in a completely silent room is equally incomprehensible.
I have pretty hefty hearing damage. Am I supposed to turn everything off and listen to nothing but "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" all night?
same, but it is really subtle for me, but that makes it all the more unbearable when it is completely silent, bcs it is noticable enough to make me focus on it and it just fucking sucks bcs i want my brain to just shut down.
that's why i just have music running while i sleep, and it reduced the time i needed to fall asleep by a lot.
I have been able to use my tinnitus as a focus point during meditation.
Letting it be a reminder to practice being mindful is a superpower.
I don't have hearing damage or tinnitus (yet, please universe do not add that to the list) and there is no possibility of sleep for me in a quiet room. It is pure torture. A fan is heaven, rain is fucking sublime, a ticking clock I literally can't even consciously hear unless I focus super hard on it.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee is my friend, Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee is always there for me.
Everybody keeps saying tinnitus sounds like "eeeeee" and none of my tinnituses (I have three layers) do. The examples you can find online are also always wrong.
Paradoxically I have tinnitus too, and I can lean into it.
Mine is loud and debilitating enough that I've sought medical attention and have a partial disability rating. There's no "leaning into it".
My condolences.
I'd say my tinnitus is mild, my hearing is otherwise still sharp for my age.
I treat my tinnitus how others might use a white noise machine.
Yeah, unfortunately a career in the military with explosives going off by your head does a number on those sensitive little hairs in your ear canals. Already looking at hearing aids at 45.
Have you considered insanity? I've heard it's nice this time of year.
WAY ahead of you on that front, unfederated friend.