It’s been a busy couple of weeks with work and getting my e-business off the ground. Building they call it. Working with the sound, I did question a few weeks ago why I listen to some tracks for therapy and some really are aimed at blocking the tinnitus. What are the differences?
I really enjoy the success of finding tracks which allow a merging of the internal tinnitus sounds and the sounds produced and packaged in the track. While there is some use in looking at the Hz of the track, more important is how did I get to a state where the tinnitus is dominating my energy and I need to bring it down again. Luckily the tinnitus is not pressure in my head so it doesn’t give me a headache. It is a tied to sleep though and waking in the night can mean realizing how much pain I’m in – and hopefully thinking just how much tinnitus is there at this time. Integrating an external track, via ear buds or head phones, into this internal sound is a deliberate intervention which could mean a lengthy process. I’m I confident I have an intuitive process to follow until my body’s nervous system is eventually calmed? Letting the tinnitus become a part of the whole is a way to acknowledge this isn’t a battle but a process of healing.
Alternatively, there are sound therapies suiting different activities and moods. These include tantra, crystal bowls, and tracks created purely for tinnitus. These are played on a boom externally. The next level out from this is shared listening and music in general. Luckily I don’t have to negotiate this and it’s not often any environment sounds upset me. I even like some of the computer and electronic hummings I hear in my paid work.
Of course there is the nagging question that a treatment could remove the tinnitus – what would this mean and how would this influence my wellness strategies?