If Your Tinnitus Was Cured, What Would Be the First Thing You Do Afterwards?

[Flamingo1]

Go to a concert... NOT! I'd still be afraid to be around any kind of loud noise lest I damage my ears again. The lesson was well-learned. So I don't think my life style would change at this point. I have stopped going to bars, concerts, sporting events, etc and probably never would again. I am constantly amazed at how loud this world has become and how oblivious people are to it. Last week I visited the French Quarter in New Orleans and couldn't even walk down Bourbon Street because of all the > 90dB noise.

 

[Rinz]

I'd enjoy the silence in a forest or near a lake or something....just lie down and be at peace once more..

 

[anna_xx]

I would just sit in silence.... for hours. I love silence.... I always was happy I could hear the silence and never took it for grantwd because of my dad. He has got severe tinnitus for about 35 years now, I saw what it does to a person, so this has always been my worst nighmare.

 

[TomPearson]

Write to whoever found the cure and thank them.

Then dance around naked in the street, 0 fucks given.

We will hold you to this...

 

[Emster]

I would thank my dear Lord for answering my prayers!!! Then jump up and down... Hug my cats.... Text my boyfriend... Tell you guys... Post it on my Facebook... In that order! I know I'll be healed. No doubt about it! I have faith in my Healer. ✝

 

[JSalvatore]

I'd do the same things I do daily, because I'm not letting T stop my life. It's really hard and tyring, but doable

 

[Red]

1. Date night! A trip with my sweetheart to a dine in movie theater.

2. Since it's Halloween season, harass a coworker/an acquaintance to go to a haunted house with me. (Sweetheart doesn't like those!)

 

[threefirefour]

I'd do the same things I do daily, because I'm not letting T stop my life. It's really hard and tyring, but doable

Whatever you say

 

[Bill Bauer]

I'm not letting T stop my life.

Too bad my dad didn't have the same attitude towards his cancer.

 

[Alue]

I'd enjoy the silence in a forest or near a lake or something....just lie down and be at peace once more..

Oh man. That reminds me of enjoying silence.

I used to love quiet, it's how I would relax and unwind. I can even remember the last time I enjoyed silence.
I would do the same.

 

[WaqasVic]

I'd do the same things I do daily, because I'm not letting T stop my life. It's really hard and tyring, but doable

Best response everrr

 

[WaqasVic]

Too bad my dad didn't have the same attitude towards his cancer.

Sorry about that, what kind of cancer he has?

 

[Bill Bauer]

what kind of cancer he has?

I was replying to

I'm not letting T stop my life

My dad let his brain cancer stop his life (literally). This was back in 1995, when he was 47. Had he known that he could just will it to go away, he would be here today. ;(

 

[Wolfears]

I'd do the same things I do daily, because I'm not letting T stop my life. It's really hard and tyring, but doable

That is great attitude for sure, just remember that you are very lucky, because there is no limit to how loud and intrusive Tinnitus can get.

Would you still be able to say this if your Tinnitus had increased by 100%?
How about 200% or more?

Remember some people in this forum are not as lucky as yourself to have Tinnitus, that can still be somewhat manageable.

The whole "I won't let Tinnitus stop my life" only works up to certain point, as everyone has their upper limit of what they are willing to tolerate.
Everyone.....including yourself.

 

[Jazzer]

Too bad my dad didn't have the same attitude towards his cancer.

Well said Bill - good observation....

 

[coffee_girl]

I would be doing everything that i've been doing since ive had t

 

[Striveon]

I would cry of JOY! ENJOY the silence, be really happy and appreciative of life, tell everyone, protect my ears, be a more confident person and explore life

 

[Nathan]

I would enjoy peace and quiet, go back to a musical career, and continue protecting my ears.

 

[Björn Andersson]

I would propose to my girlfriend

 

[Ear Drummer]

I would enjoy the wind rustling through the leaves and reading in silence and all of my excellent high end hearing I have lost and I would start a supergroup with all of my former bandmates and also join as many other bands as I can while protecting my ears properly.

 

[katri]

I would probably read during all my free time again and sleep for the remainder when I'm not working.

 

[Redocooking]

Finally try out this meditate thing.

 

[85dB T]

Re."If Your Tinnitus Was Cured, What Would Be the First Thing You Do Afterwards?"

I can't think anymore what I would do because I am not who I used to be. When I try to think about doing things I used to enjoy it makes me sick, a silent anger and frustration in my gut.

The first thing I would do is enjoy my existence. That alone would be enough.

I don't like to be negative but this is my answer.

It's like asking someone serving a life sentence with no parole: "What would you do if you were let out of prison?"

Or stranded on a deserted island: "What would you do if you could get back home?"

Not really a good questions, kind of a tease. But maybe there will be a cure. Maybe people in jail will get out. Maybe those stranded on a deserted island will be rescued.

I love stories with a happy ending.

 

[Bam]

I would just take my dog for a lovely long rabbit hunt in our favourite place and feel a gratitude and relief that only someone being released from death row could begin to imagine.

 

[PDodge]

I would just take my dog for a lovely long rabbit hunt in our favourite place and feel a gratitude and relief that only someone being released from death row could begin to imagine.

Make sure you're naked; for me.

 

[Bam]

Make sure you're naked; for me.

Naked with a silence induced hard on.

 

[RSV]

I lived life as normal and praised God for it. But mine came back. So I'm praying again. I just lived a normal life. And got to go to cjurch.

 

[jasonbourne]

Not give up for a start.

 

[JohnAdams]

I lived life as normal and praised God for it. But mine came back. So I'm praying again. I just lived a normal life. And got to go to cjurch.

It is definitely better to not go to church as opposed to going to a bad one. I tried a new church today. The pastor couldn't even pronounce any of the names in the Book of Romans correctly and they had 6 huge PA's that were way too loud and I had to leave.
I see analogs between the world of Protestantism and tinnitus organizations. A bunch of buffoons that have no idea what they are doing and teaching the wrong things entirely and benefitting nothing but their own bank accounts. And when someone comes in that is 1000x more knowledgeable they are ignored. And I'm a Protestant.

 

[RSV]

It is definitely better to not go to church as opposed to going to a bad one. I tried a new church today. The pastor couldn't even pronounce any of the names in the Book of Romans correctly and they had 6 huge PA's that were way too loud and I had to leave.
I see analogs between the world of Protestantism and tinnitus organizations. A bunch of buffoons that have no idea what they are doing and teaching the wrong things entirely and benefitting nothing but their own bank accounts. And when someone comes in that is 1000x more knowledgeable they are ignored. And I'm a Protestant.

I agree with that. Some people that is the church. the church is not the building. they are wrong and in it for the cash.

The reason I watch on Facebook my church and Tommy Bates the one that praches on TV. I know Tommy. I have known him since he preached to me at Youth Camp when I was 14 years of age. He was not on TV then. I have been to his church.

The guitars and micrphones will make my reactive tinnitus even louder. If it was not for God I could not even sleep. My pastor and his wife has tinnitus. Noting bothers their Tinnitus. They sung at Dollywood yesterday.

He tells me come to the church anyways. They make CD's and DVD's. He says press on through. They sing and he praches in a lot of churches across the United States. But I tell him I cannot be around that stuff. His church is so loud.

When he had the building infront of my ants house. We could set across the street and hear every word as if I was on the first row. His mom was asked why do you wear cotton in your ears? she said it is tooo loud and he has tinnitus.

I did not have it then. Nothing bothers his. but it bothers mine. I just can't go to really loud places like that. I watch chruches at home. I cannot play my electric guitars and use my microphones anymore untill God heals me again.