10 Things That Helped Me I stopped trying to get better. The relief on my tired nervous system was huge! -(no need to worry about Tinnitus stats on time or percentages of people who seem to get stuck I stopped trawling forums and the internet trying to find another human...
Anxiety is the amplifier and our catastrophic thoughts control the volume
Anxiety is the amplifier and our catastrophic thoughts control the volume My HiFi If I go to my HiFi amp and just turn it up as loud as it will go (with nothing playing) the speakers will be filled with a hissing and electrical noise. If I suddenly selected...
Tinnitus and Floaters – We Need To Get Out of Our Heads
When we are stressed or carrying any form of fear our body stays on red alert. Every sense is primed to notice the smallest thing and amplify it if feels it is a potential problem. When our fear is based on our own body sensations this is a nightmare....
The Tinnitus Highway – Neuroplasticity
Hi Everyone, Here is another attempt at trying to help. I am not sure if this works as an analogy but here goes! We tend to produce the same mind version of ourselves every day. Taking your awareness away from Tinnitus onto to something else is not easy. As...
Tinnitus Success – Are You All Ears?
Did you know that when we are afraid, every muscle of the body becomes tensed? We hold our breath and become ‘All Ears’ This means that our entire being has become focused on the sense of hearing and all the other senses have faded into the background. Here is an...
Tinnitus Success – It is all about where your attention is
It is all about where your attention is. This is a mind game and fear is dealing the cards, you need to get into another game. They say your brain can only really concentrate on 6 or 7 things at one time. Let’s presume it is 7. This is...
Tinnitus Success – A Pink Floyd Analogy
Imagine Tinnitus is a giant wall (like the Pink Floyd album) just an endless row of white bricks stretching as wide and as high as the sky. At first you cannot see a way through and everything seems hopeless. Then one brick falls away and then a while later...
Tinnitus, Time and a Ticking Clock
Time – Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day. What follows is an observation from my own experience and story. I missed silence so much when this hit, I work from home and could no longer work in silence and I found reading and concentrating almost...
Tinnitus Success – are you trying too hard to get better?
Are you trying too hard to get better? Your body wants you to try less, it knows what to do. You need to stop trying to get better so you actually start to heal This is what I did and started studying Tinnitus to degree level. You need to...
The following story had a big effect on me
The following story had a big effect on me Three groups of Piano students have an exam to do on Friday. Group One practice for one hour every day and then take the exam on Friday. Group Two do not practice at all but take the exam on Friday. Group Three – imagine and visualise they are practising and take...