Today, because my room was cold as ice, I couldn't sleep in there, so I went to my living room. It was at that moment that I realized just how bad my tinnitus is when I don't have my fan or any other form of constant noise to drown it out. I couldn't stop focusing on it, so I remained awake all night. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after years of restless sleep in a noisy city, I finally moved to a very quiet place. So quiet that I realized I have tinnitus. I need to play background noise to cover it, so I can manage to get some sleep. FML
Today, after spending the three previous nights cursing the noisiest bird alive that continually disrupts my sleep to the point where I just want to smash the damn thing's head in with a rock, I realised it's been my pedestal fan the entire time. FML
Today, I have a cold, and was stuck sleeping in bed. My roommate decided to wake me up by sticking headphones in my ears and playing heavy metal on full volume. This is the third time this week. FML
Today, I turned on the air conditioner in my room, even though it's absolutely freezing in there. Why? To drown about my mom and brother talking. My mom swears that they aren't arguing, but they're so damn loud that it doesn't even matter. They know I'm autistic and that I have hyperacusis. However, they don't care. FML
Today, I have to sleep in another room, with the door closed, because if I don't, my girlfriend's snoring will keep me awake. I was diagnosed with chronic insomnia because of this. FML
Today, I'm trying to sleep off a cold as my roommate plays video games in his adjacent room. He doesn't rage or get excited often, and he can control it even more if he really needs to, but it's still enough to keep me painfully awake, along with my cold. Every minute feels like an eternity. FML
Today, I woke up to a quite frigid room, which wasn't out of the ordinary since my building's heat is broken. But I realized that the extra cold I was feeling was due to the snow piled up on my bed. It had snowed 20 inches last night. My mom had apparently opened my window. FML
Today, I was studying late and kept hearing weird screeching sounds from outside. I couldn't figure out what it was and started getting really freaked out. It wasn't until later that I realized it was just my nose whistling. FML
Today, my house is so cold that I chipped a tooth from chattering so hard. FML
Today, the lack of heating in my room has gotten to the point where I have to cuddle my clothes for the next day at night so they're not freezing when I wake up. FML
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RichardPencil 32
Just turn on the TV. That noise is less annoying than tinnitus.
Anderling 33
Couldn't you have just moved the fan as well, or pointed it away from you in the bedroom? I'm very sorry for your circumstances, I had stress-induced tinnitus for a few weeks and I would've done anything to get rid of it then.
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RichardPencil 32
Just turn on the TV. That noise is less annoying than tinnitus.
Anderling 33
Couldn't you have just moved the fan as well, or pointed it away from you in the bedroom? I'm very sorry for your circumstances, I had stress-induced tinnitus for a few weeks and I would've done anything to get rid of it then.
stickyface 17
Try a white noise app on your phone, too. It seems to help when you can't get other ambient noise to drown out the ringing.
RichardPencil 32
That's so racist! What would that even sound like? "Get off my lawn! My mom's casserole is the best. My 401(k) is doing nicely. Where's my Pottery Barn catalog?"