Things You Enjoy Even with Tinnitus...

So I decided to make a list of things that fulfills my heart even when my ear is ringing and I can't go to loud concerts like I used to (they made me so damn happy).

okey here is my list...

Netflix (Santa Clarita Diet, Once Upon a Time, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Bojack Horseman, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
boneless and pizza
white wine (doesn't spike my pizza)
spending time with friends
making picnics
working on projects
spending time with my nephews and relatives
taking pictures
making playlist in spotify
talking to potential hookups lol
taking out my dog
drawing
reading new books
comics
support other friends or tinnitus buddies
meditation
walking and discover new places in my city

that's it, share yours...

 

exercise
hiking
beer
talking to strangers
roadtrips
music on low volume
food
shopping
TV
playstation
barbecuing while drinking

 

sex, lots of sex, hot sex, steaming sex

 

Food
Wine
Reading
Porn
Walking
Not necessarily in that order

 

how @Mario martz rejected his new boyfriend:

 

Sleep. Not laying in bed waiting for sleep, but actually being asleep.

 

Playing games
Reading youtube comment xD sometimes they more fun then watching the youtube video ;D
Watch movie/tvshow
Listing to low music
eat pizza <3

 

Riding my motorcycle
Cycling
Swimming
Reading
Puzzles
Playstation
Watching TV
Esting sushi with my wife
Playing cards with my parents
Playing chess with my father
Listening music
Sex (last but not least...)

 

Reading about boxing and watching boxing
Phones, android news, watching YouTube review videos of phones
Playing with my nephews/niece
Just driving around
Watching TV
YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime
Shopping on Amazon Prime, Aliexpress and ebay
Facebook for news/SmartNews app
White Noise App
Eating

 

Rigin my motorcyle?? :O
i wanna ride a motorcycle but im afraid it would spike forever my tinnitus haha
any tips?

 

astronomy/stargazing ( professional telescopes )
hiking/backpacking
canoe/kayaking ( quiet rivers )
acoustic guitar playing ( 6 & 12 string )
bicycling (single track trails/mountainbiking )
birdwatching ( canon 18x50mm image stabilised binoculars )
camping ( coleman/quicksilver 6.0 pop up trailer ) one side is a queen bed the other side is a screened room/unique
sunsets/moonrises
steeped tea ( tim hortons )
picnicking
daytrips

 

Well I never thought about it, why should this worsen the T? With helmet on you're quite protected from the noise, it's not louder than being close to the busy street. You can always put earplugs in case you don't feel safe with the noise level. IMHO - if you want it, do it. It's a lot of fun.

 

Traveling or making travel plans
hiking
being out in nature
watching Netflix
reading
meeting with my friends
going to the Cinema
daydreaming

oh, and I nearly forgot chocolate and buying books and trying out some new tea

 

Watching movies in my home theater at reference levels.
Listening to music.
Exercise.
Riding my motor bike.
Watching porn.
a lot of sex.

 

Same as without

 

yep. I've given up on most concerts, and I don't generally shoot weapons larger than a .22. Other than that, life is as it is.

 

Life

 

Most helmets offer very little protection against wind noise (95-100+ dB). A lot of motorbikers have hearing loss and get T. Wear earplugs, you'll protect your hearing long term and you'll enjoy the ride even more.

 

Maybe for bicycles, but for motorcycles a full face helmet is quite good at isolating you from wind noise.

But you won't hear what is happening around you and the drop in situational awareness added to your vulnerable position makes it a very dangerous proposition. Personally I'm very uncomfortable riding (or driving) without hearing what's going on around me.

 

I still enjoy films and food. I don't enjoy sleep cause I never get any anymore.

 

I enjoy almost everything I enjoyed prior to T. I am finding a few things that seem to make my T spike now, so it's easier for me to answer this question in reverse. Three things I really loved to do prior to T which are difficult now because I know I'll spike are: Travelling (long drives), riding my motorcycle and plein aire painting. SUCKS because these are some of my favorite things to do. =(

 

What's the problem with long drives? Wear some ear muffs or plugs.

 

Doesn't work, I've tried both plugs and Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones. I think it's the vibration or movement that spikes it more than sound. The weird thing is prior to T I used to get motion sickness, couldn't read in cars and needed Transderm patches on boats. Since T started, that seems to have vanished totally. I don't get motion sickness anymore.

 

Listening to music 24/7 (thankfully my T is not from hearing loss or noise-induced so I'm free to be a sensible music listener)
Travelling (preferably far away)
Eating out (preferably Japanese)

 

Netflix.
Riding a bike in Edinburgh when it's sunny.
Meeting with friends.
Netflix.
Pancakes.
Discussing quantum entanglement, completely drunk, at 3 am in the morning.
Did I mention pancakes?
Work. I love my work.
Discussing black holes, completely drunk, at 4 am in the morning.
Mountains.


And the thing I always hated, and I still do:
Waking up after a whole night of drunk-discussing the meaning of life, still completely drunk.

My friends are going to work in CERN for the next year, I'll miss those nights

 

engine noise from my relatively low powered bike is 100-105db at the riders head (double that at the pipe), and wind noise in the quietest tested helmet i know of (shuberth c130 pro) is 90db at 80mph measured inside the helmet.

I had a long chat about this with a helmet salesman who happens to have tinnitus recently and he said "yeah, I never tell anyone it's okay to ride without plugs,".

Do whatever you want, of course, but I'll never get on a bike without plugs.

 

When I first came on this forum I felt so devastated by the negativity of life with tinnitus. Don't get me wrong, tinnitus is horrible and there is plenty to be negative about. I am in my 3rd week and still don't know what happened and my condition keeps changing which is terrifying. I've had some moments where the tinnitus wasn't so bad and I trying to hang on to those and remind myself another moment like that will come.

I still enjoy taking walks, the outside sounds help drown out the sound in my head. Plus my tinnitus often sounds like Cicadas so I can pretend it's summer and the sounds are not in my head.

I still enjoy watching my kids play and my clients play (I'm a behavior therapist for SN kids) play.
I still like the radio, the sound drowns out tinnitus. At first it was painful to hear it, but that's gotten better.
I still like curling up with my family to watch a show.

That's all I can think of for now. Honestly, life has been 95% bad since this started. I usually love cooking and now I can barely eat or think about food. But I'm trying to hand on to the good with my last energies.

Your turn, what are you still able to enjoy despite tinnitus.