How Do You Deal with People Thinking It's All Psychological or Stress Related?

[Anna V.]

Hi all,

Any advice on when you are struggling with purely sound based cause and effect, levels gone up because of sound and those who support you can't believe it's anything other that your own psychological response that's the issue?
I'm so grateful for the support I have but feel it gets in the way of working together on things.

Thanks

 

[Michael Leigh]

Hi all,

Any advice on when you are struggling with purely sound based cause and effect, levels gone up because of sound and those who support you can't believe it's anything other that your own psychological response that's the issue?
I'm so grateful for the support I have but feel it gets in the way of working together on things.

Thanks

You need to see a Hearing Therapist or Audiologist that specialises in the treatment and management of tinnitus. Then you will get the help, support and understanding that you need. These people are specialists in this condition and it's not uncommon to find, some were either born with tinnitus or acquired it at some time in their life.

Michael

 

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the opinions of other people about my internal experience are meaningless

repeat that as a mantra until you start to believe it

also try to keep in mind that most times people close to us say things which seem unhelpful in this regard, it is coming from a good place, and they are trying to be helpful. in some cases this is like a line cook trying to be helpful with a problem of aerospace engineering; try to process the intent and energy of the advice, and not the bad advice itself.