The Kouhai who Went from Introvert to Influencer - Ch. 4

[Wolvenworks]

As someone who developed permanent tinnitus out of nowhere like this, this chapter hit especially hard. I still remember the sheer anxiety and sleepless nights. Take care of your ears folks.

Edit: I figured I'd add for people interested/concerned, tinnitus can easily come from stress! That's how I got it! (I was tested to hell and back and have no discernable hearing loss or ear damage). That's why this chapter hurt so much to read, because it's exactly what happened to me.

It all stared with a single ring like you get sometimes when your sinuses are stuffed or whatever, but then it didn't go away when I woke up the next morning. What's worse, it only started to spread to the other ear. After that, you watch your entire daily routine crumble. Your places of relaxation are no longer, you're hearing the noise(s) from the moment you wake up until you go to sleep. You can't be in a silent environment because it intensifies the noise, you also can't focus on it because it intensifies it, you can't relax by yourself without putting some kind of white noise to mask the soundd, you can't fall asleep easily because the sound bothers you, and all of this makes you more anxious/tired which in turn exacerbates your symptoms and the tinnitus, spiraling your mental health out of control.

It took a good part of half a year of intense medication and therapy to learn to accept this is my life now and to start adapting to it. I'm thankfully mostly ok now but sometimes the ringing changes and I almost have panic attacks, terrified of it getting worse. I do not wish this condition on my worst enemy.

So please take care of mental health and your ears. There's no going back once it happens.

Ah, so the constant high pitch thing i hear occasionally is because it’s tinnitus?

 

[SoyYoJoder]

Ok, the MMC is gonna live with her... we all know where this is going...

 

[velatic]

Didn't hololive amane kanata have this too? Iirc one side ear is almost deaf and i think she said it's incurable

 

[Angelonius]

The hearing loss made this a lot more visceral

And a lot more painful.
Imagine being stuck in the hospital for more than a week.

 

[Lurking-around]

God . . . Yall have been thru alot (Ó⁠╭⁠╮⁠Ò) my deepest condolences. And I really hope yall getting better and better

Well your brain will come to a point that it just ignores it almost completely unless you are in a room with absolutely no sound.
21 years here, its fine

 

[TioHerman]

Well your brain will come to a point that it just ignores it almost completely unless you are in a room with absolutely no sound.
21 years here, its fine

started to hear that ringing last year, lucky for me I live nearby an busy street, so there's always a lot of background noise, not so much at night ... was kinda hard to accept at first, I was reading some manga and it started, though it was just the usual, and would go away in a minute, but it didn't stop ... and I guess it'll never will

 

[Ebbelille]

Signing in as another who has this exact hearing issue.
For me I just woke up one day with near 90% hearing loss and pretty severe tinnitus on my right ear. Had it for about 3 years now, so it is almost certainly permanent. I'm gonna get around to getting a hearing aid one of these years, but I really don't enjoy contact with doctors and the health industry so I'm procrastinating.

 

[Nolzi]

Istg with zyugoya, it's try not to give a woman a tragic backstory challenge ((impossible))

Tragic backstory + Mega milk + I can fix her = Zyugoya

 

[Nabusco]

As someone with tinnitus also this is interesting as ots never shown on pieces of media how impactful can that little ringing or lack of hearing can be

 

[kuShiNe]

Tragic backstory + Mega milk + I can fix her = Zyugoya

Don't forget his knightly persona

 

[K_Takuya]

"... Was this the right thing to do?"

Honestly? Probably not in the long run lmao. Lonely people tend to develop dependency just like her with streaming but what the hell, tits amirite fellas?

 

[Bachenaugen]

Also, Anyone suffering from sleep apnea: Get that CPAP.

Whether you know it or not, your snoring is hurting your hearing.

 

[JustSomeGuyOnHisPhone]

Holy crap man. That hearing loss and mental breakdown panel was pretty terrifying

Hell I even know that feeling as well because I'd be hearing ringing or my ear just go deaf for a little while

 

[wallsg]

permanent tinnitus? Greetings brother. Im coming up soon to my 25th anniversary with the shit
Edit; Context.
Early days disco, before sound limits was put in. My ears got damaged by the music level. 18% loss on the left side, 15% of the right and a permanent ringing sound.. I was lucky i guess.

Feel you. I'm 60 and have lived half my life with it. Not sure of why.

I believe that tinnitus should be recognized as a form of Chronic Pain.

 

[davidna]

As someone who developed permanent tinnitus out of nowhere like this, this chapter hit especially hard. I still remember the sheer anxiety and sleepless nights. Take care of your ears folks.

Edit: I figured I'd add for people interested/concerned, tinnitus can easily come from stress! That's how I got it! (I was tested to hell and back and have no discernable hearing loss or ear damage). That's why this chapter hurt so much to read, because it's exactly what happened to me.

It all stared with a single ring like you get sometimes when your sinuses are stuffed or whatever, but then it didn't go away when I woke up the next morning. What's worse, it only started to spread to the other ear. After that, you watch your entire daily routine crumble. Your places of relaxation are no longer, you're hearing the noise(s) from the moment you wake up until you go to sleep. You can't be in a silent environment because it intensifies the noise, you also can't focus on it because it intensifies it, you can't relax by yourself without putting some kind of white noise to mask the soundd, you can't fall asleep easily because the sound bothers you, and all of this makes you more anxious/tired which in turn exacerbates your symptoms and the tinnitus, spiraling your mental health out of control.

It took a good part of half a year of intense medication and therapy to learn to accept this is my life now and to start adapting to it. I'm thankfully mostly ok now but sometimes the ringing changes and I almost have panic attacks, terrified of it getting worse. I do not wish this condition on my worst enemy.

So please take care of mental health and your ears. There's no going back once it happens.

Had tinnitus for as long as I can remember. Can get annoying especially when trying to sleep