Twenty Advantages of Living with Mr. T

What a nice thread to light up a bit for every body. Thanks Valentina for that.

26) I often don't need to answer to tele-marketers any more because I either don't hear the phone ringing with the loud T or that I refuse to pick up the phone anymore after too many false ringings. LOL.
27) We don't just care about our neighbors, we care about the people of the world via TT.

 

WOW!!

28) Mr. T obliges us in having much more respect for our body (already mentioned by @JohnnyMx)
29) Mr. T tries to weaken us, but we get more and more stronger!
30) We have become specialists in recognizing medical scams!

@Beessie No, I can't edit messages, except mines!
@billie48 Big big big smile for you!
@Danny Boy Don't eat too many burgers... lol!
@Brianna I agree! Laughing is one of the best natural cures!

 

SSShhhhhh!!! What are you trying to do to me here!!! I've been living off this for ages, got to be able to squeeze a few more years out of it at least.

Excellent point. We're richer because we have less nights out.

 

1 to 100 or more... I will give up all advantages of having T to not have T at all. Please someone find a cure, a permanent cure...

 

#21 - We have all the 20(*) others before it

 

if you think there are plenty of advantages then maybe everybody should get tinnitus

 

A TT friend and I exchanged an email about this today. She said she wouldn't wish this on anyone. I said I wouldn't even wish it on a sister to whom I will likely never speak to again. That says a mouthful. Sometimes I can laugh about this a lot and life always goes on but I can't laugh about wishin' this on anyone, folks.

 

I can't think of any advantages of living with Mr.T. ...

 

Amen to that.

 

Then you're a crazy fool! (who should probably stay away from planes)

 

Conan O'Brian T Secrets

 

31.) When a party gets really boring, I can always say: "So sorry, my tinnitus is acting up today, gotta go."

Full confession: I actually have done this.

 

32.) Don't need a weather forecast because my tinnitus reacts to barometric pressure, so I KNOW when a storm is coming.

 

I'm lost with numbers so I'll just add my 'positive' sides...
1. Paradoxally, I finally sleep better than before T because I had to focus on solving my old insomnia problem so much so that T doesn, t get worse . (Or it's just that I'm so depressed my brain chooses to withdraw from conciousness for as long as possible. )
2 . Whichever it is, I learnt to sleep with noises.inside and outside
3. It put many things in order in my life and I lost the fear of losing some things in my life. Since life sucks beause of T, I don't care that obsesively about its quality anymore. That's a kind of freedom.
4. I lost weight because of T induced stress so much that now I can eat as much as I want and I'm still a skinny zombie. (Before I would pay attention all the time not teat too much, counted calories and all that crap.)
All in all I can sum it up saying I don't give a s... about many things I used to obsess about. But I don't think it can apply to every T suffeer..

 

My new friend tinnitus has an amazing power:

It brings me to this moment.

I would like to invite you all to spend a few minutes of your day to pay attention to this sound, without judgement, let go of the idea that it is annoying, give it a new meaning, a good one, like a mantra.

I may be wrong, but I strongly believe that we with tinnitus have a misunderstood potential of finding peace in bad situations. And once you notice it, it cannot be unseen, and you will feel forever safe.

 

1) I was seriously afraid of death before. Dying was a fear of mine which is stupid because everyone dies. Now I'm not afraid anymore. Maybe just a little. Still a big leap.

2) I became more tolerant, understanding, and compassionate. I was a selfish brat before all this. I wasn't a good person in general.

3) I used to live for the future. Never for the moment. I hardly felt contentment because I wanted more than what I got. Now I live one hour at a time, learning to enjoy the simple things in life because I may not be able to in the future.

4) I'm sorting out my spiritual life, like what's mentioned in Desiderata ("Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.")

5) I have a valid reason to get myself a pair of Bose noise-cancelling headphones. I've always wanted one but I felt I didn't need it. Now I do.

6) I never liked phone calls. Now I have a legitimate excuse not to make or take them.

I would give up a lot to get rid of T and H -- or at least H. But since they're already here, I might as well squeeze out whatever positivity I can from these horrible afflictions.

 

If you look closely, you will find out that all fears, no exceptions, are in fact, the fear of death. And death represents the ultimate unknown. So all fear is the fear of not knowing.

If you look closely, you will see that whoever "wants to know" is not really you.

You becoming more compassionate and kind, appreciating the simplicity of this moment, looking for your spiritual side, those are, to me, signs that you got it. Time will make you an even more amazing person.

 

21. (for PT sufferers) We have a free, built-in heart monitor, always know what our pulse is.

 

This thread is so funny. Reading it, someone who doesn't have T would love to get T.

Come on. Life makes you a better person if you know how to make it a positive experience, T or not. There is no advantage to T.

 

@Foncky, but for some people, it's the kick in the butt they needed. Of course, I'm talking about the people who have habituated/improved and now appreciate their lives more than ever. I'm not of them, though (but I sure hope to be). Right now, I'm still struggling and just trying to stay sane, strong and hopeful enough to not jump out the window.

 

If people with tinnitus/hyperacusis or have both conditions, started to think what they are able to do instead of thinking what they can't; I believe they would start to feel a lot better about themselves and that is a step in the right direction. The fact that people in this thread and others on this forum, are able to post messages. Suggests for today at least, their condition isn't severe enough that they can't cope and that's something positive to think about...

 

I'm just answering the very question : there is no advantage of living with T.

Having to face difficult things in life is just a part of life. That's what makes you stronger but it has nothing specific to do with T.

 

So you disagree with the saying "everything has its good and bad sides" ? Its optimistic not relatable to a pessimistic/realistic point of view

So maybe you just see the glass half empty

 

You don't get my point.

Tell me the advantage of T in everyday life again ?

 

Teaches you discipline on the long term.

 

Love this !! Its so true, I take comfort in knowing how strong and fast my heart is beating. I guess we would also get an early warning of an unnatural beat, or no beat. What a bonus.....! Would be great to turn the monitor off though

 

They are all true...but hope for tomorrow? Naah Not to sound morbid but no.

 

Yes, yes, yes! I decided to embrace mindfulness as a way to habituate, and from there discovered the writings of Eckhart Tolle. My life is so much better now - very little bothers me any more. I expect that I would have come to this point sooner or later, but tinnitus forced me to arrive sooner. I'm not quite ready to view tinnitus as a blessing - some days I'd rather be shallow as a puddle in exchange for silence - but I'll get there eventually.

 

What about H? I'm gonna add something for us poor hyperacusics. So here some "advantages" of H without pain:

1) Over the Christmas holidays, my dad forgot to turn off the stove before he and my mom went to bed. It didn't give off a burning smell but there was a very slight sizzling noise, so I found it and turned it off before we became toast.

2) At our open office, I hear conversations even several feet away from me. I could be privy to office gossip if I wanted to. I can also hear people's conversations over the phone.

3) Last week, I helped out our IT staff look for a defective outlet. There was a burning smell but no one could tell where exactly it came from. But I was able to pinpoint it when I heard the fizzle.

4) I heard an accident on the street down below from the 28th floor. A motorycle screech, then a crunch. Had it happened in a deserted street and no one was around to make an emergency call, I would be able to, because I heard it when no one else sitting by the windows did.

5) I can tell right away if there's someone arriving outside my gate. This is especially useful for food deliveries.


I DO NOT WANT this hypersensitive hearing at all, but if H with pain can go away and leave behind this H without pain, I'll be able to function much better, I think.

 

1) I stopped going out and I have so much money saved no, I don't know what to do with it.

Oh look, custom moulded earplugs