They call it ringing

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  brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,680

  December 2022

  justam said:

  I can’t remember what true silence sounded like

  now that the ringing is constant

  sometimes it is disguised by outside sounds

  but as I try to fall asleep it is ever present and inescapable

  I practice accepting it

  I put my attention elsewhere

  apparently, the noise is made by my own mind

  It is striving to listen

  and while trying to listen, it rings

  Or hums like a piece of electrical equipment

  It reminds me of the long track on a Ghost is born

  fortunately, I notice it less during the day

  And I have yet to layer white noise on top of it

  an expert suggested sleeping with the sound of artificial rain

  Yet I don’t really like the stress of a rain storm with thunder every night

  plain acceptance seems to work best

  
  

  
  

  Good tinnitus poem, justam. 
  

  When my tinnitus first started in the fall of 1993, I thought I would lose my mind.  All that constant, pervasive noise 24/7 was really hard to handle (strange to think it hasn't stopped for one second in a little over 29 years now).  One of the things that helped get me through a difficult and long period of adjustment was writing and sketching.

  So what you created there is great.  Good job and well done!
  

  “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

  Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Zod Posts: 10,099

  January 2023

  It's funny.  My Tinnitus is pretty annoying, yet I sleep with ear plugs in, because I like silence when I sleep, but all I hear is the ringing....
  

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  justam Posts: 21,392

  January 2023

  Thanks for reading this guys.  I am getting used to the constant sound.  

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