What Are Some Things That Distract Your Tinnitus?

Aside from tinnitus masking sounds, I wonder what activities helps you distract or relieve your tinnitus...

For me, I found out arithmetic helps me distract my tinnitus.

 

@Bleep , Great question. I look forward to reading the answers of others on this forum.

Any mental activity can make it less noticeable (it is always there in the background). I will do math (well, converting data to and from base64 in my head) if I can afford that level of concentration, otherwise I listen to music.

 

- Listening to music.
- chess
- skiing.
- hiking (I live in the mountains).
- Watching a TV show I like or a movie.
- Going to the gym.

 

Watching TV shows, movies, or YouTube clips can do the job if what I am watching is interesting enough.

 

> Playing scrabble online at times
> Listening to classical music
> Creating my notecards and laminated bookmarks
> Looking over my extensive antique lace collection
> Playing chess with my son at times