SpiralPath's latest activity
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I cannot agree more with that statement. Add to the mix ear fullness, spasms, dysacusis etc, and you've got the perfectly evil punishment. -
Sorry to hear you've joined us on this crappy journey... your introduction story remarkably reminds me quite a lot of my life. It doesn't sound...
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SpiralPath commented on PennyCat's profile post.Hey! I don't know if it helps but I'm struggling these days too. I'm just moving forward. I make step and then another step and then repeat. It...
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SpiralPath left a message on Scruffiey's profile.Hey! You perfectly describe the feeling I have. When you can continue your life but it's colorless and joyless. I think I'm not cut out for that...
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Oh Goody, my left ear has suddenly joined the party unprompted with the standard high pitched eee to join the cacophony on the right, now I can...
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Habituation is real, life is good again! Wait... no, my mistake, this is still dreadful, life ruining and daily torture. Although I have...
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I'm six months in now. I've been doing weekly therapy, trying to engage in hobbies I used to love, going out and 'living life', albeit in...
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SpiralPath reacted to DamagedJoe's post in the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection with.
You really scare me. Can you explain how your tinnitus developed and why it has become catastrophic over the past eight years? Thank you for your... -
SpiralPath reacted to Nobody19's post in the thread Warning for People with Noxacusis: For the Love of God, Protect Your Ears! with.It's unbelievable that there are no treatments for this. I hope you will improve.
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SpiralPath reacted to Brian Newman's post in the thread Warning for People with Noxacusis: For the Love of God, Protect Your Ears! with.Hey everybody. I wanted to make this to warn anybody with mild or moderate noxacusis/ear pain or even just hyperacusis. Quick background so you...
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SpiralPath reacted to LilCC's post in the thread Daniel Thor: A Place for My Weird Theories on Life with.All the theories are interesting for sure, but at the end of the day they are all theories. I believe once we die, then that’s that, which makes...
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SpiralPath reacted to dan's post in the thread Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor Took His Life After Battling Severe Tinnitus Caused by COVID-19 with.Audiologists ought to be burned at the stake for spreading tinnitus misinformation.
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SpiralPath reacted to Orions Pain's post in the thread Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor Took His Life After Battling Severe Tinnitus Caused by COVID-19 with.In general people seem to view anything that can kill you, or something like the loss of the limb the worst thing that can possibly happen. And...
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SpiralPath reacted to Croaker's post in the thread Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor Took His Life After Battling Severe Tinnitus Caused by COVID-19 with.He probably didn’t know there are potential treatments coming. He probably thought there was no way out after an expensive ENT told him to get...
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SpiralPath reacted to danielthor's post in the thread Daniel Thor: A Place for My Weird Theories on Life with.Instead of spamming the suicidal thread, etc. Tinnitus Talk is my only real outlet for this sort of stuff. I hope it’s cool.
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SpiralPath reacted to SafeMusicFan's post in the thread Machine Learning Identification of Tinnitus-Related Features in Auditory Peripheral Spontaneous Activity in a Guinea Pig Noise-Induced Tinnitus Model with.Machine learning identification of tinnitus-related features in auditory peripheral spontaneous activity in a guinea pig noise-induced tinnitus...
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New haircut and forced smile.
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"Come here kitty, let's take a pic together..." My cat: And then she leaves...
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If we are doing quarantine/just giving up in general pics: I wasn't going for a 70s hair look on purpose...
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Everyone looks so genuine and kind. I dream of the day all of us are smiling like that again. First photo is me while I was a vet student...
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SpiralPath reacted to Jerad's post in the thread Suicidal Because Noise from rTMS (140 dB!) Massively Worsened My Tinnitus and Caused Hearing Loss with.@ZFire, thanks for the feedback. It’s good we can talk about these topics and respect each other. I grew up in the ‘90s and I remember hearing...
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SpiralPath reacted to Annina's post in the thread Suicidal Two Months After Tinnitus Onset from a Child's Scream with.Thanks for all the replies! I really appreciate them. @RattleKat, @ErikaS, I think that’s exactly what’s going on. I used to feel anxious...
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SpiralPath reacted to object16's post in the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection with.Hi @DamagedJoe, I’m turning 69. I used to play in a symphony orchestra, but I’ve come to realize that sound pressure levels in those settings can...
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SpiralPath replied to the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection.@DamagedJoe, I completely understand you. This text is similar to what I could have written myself. Today, I reread my diary and came to the...
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SpiralPath reacted to DamagedJoe's post in the thread Bilateral Tinnitus After a Single Band Rehearsal without Hearing Protection with.Thank you for your replies. I’m very drunk today, so please be gentle with me. It’s been nine months now since everything changed. Just thirty...
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All funding to TRT and CBT as "treatments" for tinnitus should be cut immediately, and be redistributed into funding for research into real and...
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I died in 2019, except instead of actually dying, I had to witness losing everything: my wife, career, ability to talk, ability to leave my house...
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I'm so sorry... my wife left me too, so I understand. For sure, at the end of this ordeal, if we survive and improve, we'll become renaissance men.
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My wife left me and even though I have a diagnosis, all of my potential disability lawyers are running for the hills. They don't want to touch my...
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Hey ZugZug, You shouldn't use the Lord's name in vain.
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What's the initial money for? Do you get it back if your application is rejected? The absolute worst part is how nobody (but those who suffer...
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My heart hurts so badly for you and your children, and your story has me in tears. I am so fucking sorry that you are suffering so much and having...
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First, outsiders will never understand the struggle of not understanding speech (we won't go into understanding severe tinnitus lol... that's in...
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To @__nico__, @roy1159, and @AliasM (& you all), the last few pages have been tough to read as some seem so close to the edge. Keep going. A...
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SpiralPath reacted to delta784's post in the thread 50 Years of Relentless Tinnitus: A Marine’s Struggle and Resilience with.Damn. You are strong as f.
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Doctors need to see these posts. Now listen, I was against psychology for a long time but I respect the practice for what it does, helping you...
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The worst feeling is lying in bed and it all hits at once. Sometimes I’m able to block out my horrible reality and just be present but when all my...
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I've recently gone through some events (completely unrelated to tinnitus and hyperacusis) that reignited severe, and I mean severe PTSD that I had...
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SpiralPath replied to the thread Suicidal Two Months After Tinnitus Onset from a Child's Scream.Hey @Annina, Honestly, I am shocked by your story. I still cannot understand how a condition that can be triggered by something so harmless can...
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SpiralPath reacted to Annina's post in the thread Suicidal Two Months After Tinnitus Onset from a Child's Scream with.Hi, I really need some support. My tinnitus started at the beginning of May when my child was screaming. My right ear became blocked, and the...
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ATA-funded research is a joke. It's always about coping/acceptance, CBT, and TRT. They are contributors to slow tinnitus research and think it's...
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@GBB if its any consolation I was in absolute hell last night. I have developed severe hyperacusis, meaning that sounds I accumulate in the day...
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Thanks for this post. My mom is doing much better now. She had successful brain surgery to remove the tumour that had spread. Thankfully, she was...
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This thread scares me. I don't check it often but sometimes I make the mistake of going back here. I just stopped thinking about this topic for a...
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My Last Letter To All The People With Tinnitus Hi Dear Friends, I am already planing my suicide. One year ago after MRI my tinnitus worsened...
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I went from loving life to longing for death within about 2 short days after tinnitus first appeared. I don't think there are too many conditions...
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The more I think about it, the more I realise I'm not actually suicidal necessarily. Not like I was as a teenager, when I genuinely didn't want to...
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I'm absolutely 100% confident that if everyone in the world got the taste of severe tinnitus, finding a cure would become a number one global...
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There is nothing extreme about wanting to live a normal life again, even just for a short time I would have taken the same deal, if such trade was...