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I'm not saying this will work for everyone, but I just lie to myself.

I know this isn't true, but I've told myself that having tinnitus is a normal thing, that everyone has.

The "fact" that it's normal and that everyone has it has removed the suffering for me.

Weird, but maybe it will help someone here.

"Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional."

It's not normal though, and not everyone has it. I'm surprised there hasn't been a documentary on tinnitus like there is on the fear and scams around beef products being poison, the real estate market, mortgage backed securities, etc. It's a silent killer. Many people in this thread have eluded to suicide as a result of their ringing. that's up there with depression.

Honestly it's not much of a lie. Something like 20% of the population in the US has some degree of tinnitus.

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