Tinnitus - dark ambient mindfulness. No cure, just an alternative approach...
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- Опубликовано: 24 мар 2024
- Ok, long story short. Tinnitus occurs when you experience ringing or other noises in one or both ears. Some people aren't very bothered by tinnitus. For other people, tinnitus disrupts their daily lives. It's usually caused by an underlying condition, such as age-related hearing loss, an ear injury, a circulatory system problem or a neuronal problem. In fact, science doesn't really know what it is and the first to find a cure will receive the Nobel Prize...
Lucky me, my hearing remains nevertheless well above average according to all tests I did. I just have a specific high frequency that I hear less and that my brain tries to “recreate”. Like a ghost sound. The funny thing is, my brain is basically trying to help me. For many people, tinnitus improves with treatment of the underlying cause or other treatments that reduce or mask the noise, making the tinnitus less noticeable.
I have tried several methods, met many specialists and of course some charlatans who take advantage of the situation (pay close attention to what certain “specialists” can tell you). I even tried the LENIRE project which costs a kidney and basically involves “masking” the noise and helping your brain “naturally” focus on something else. It's a good tool but the price is otherworldly.
Most of the music offered is often relaxing, soothing and peaceful. But I've noticed that when music tries to make me feel comfortable when I'm stressed, it causes (at least for me) the opposite reaction and often tends to annoy me more than anything else. That's maybe one of the reason why my music is rarely “funny” or blissful. But I also noticed that some white noise as well as rain and specific synth sounds helped.
Every tinnitus is different of course but this 20 minutes track covers the majority of mine that I sometimes have to strain to hear it while I listen to the track. Today I only hear it when I focus on it, thanks to this very track. But know that the first step toward "healing" is accepting it and listening to your body. No one has the answers to your questions, just clues.
So, with all the tools I have at hand, I decided to do it my way and I created my own “mindfulness therapy music” that I listen to twice every day through good headphones (nothing else, it has to be through headphones or it will definitely NOT WORK), with my eyes closed or while reading a book. But "my therapy" is based on dark and ominous ambient drones. I don't pretend that it will help you, I'm just saying that it helped me and you can try it for a while if you want. And it won't cost you a kidney, in fact, it won't cost you anything. You can get the file for free and I would be happy if I helped at least 10% of you. Of course, don't hesitate to give me your feedback, I'm interested.
At the moment the track stops, the tinnitus will be paradoxically stronger because the ear was stimulated and when the music stops, the first thing that you’re going to ask yourself is « is it gone? », but nope, it doesn’t work this way I’m afraid. The regularity is the key and unless you do it twice a day for two months, you won’t notice any real change.
This music can be downloaded for free here: nolake.bandcamp.com/track/tin...
Visuals by Colin Jones
Sounds from the Novation Summit (well, not the rain of course).
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Nice just about the right frequency for my tinnitus.
I have suffered with it for years and as I get older it just gets more annoying. The constant ringing can at times be overwhelming. There are certain frequencies that is just can’t here. It interferes with my hearing but my hearing isn’t that great either.
It would nice to sit in the woods and hear the sounds without my ever present ring.
Great job I love it. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I miss silence too. I’m glad this one works for you. But to fully « forget » it, you must listen to it every day during weeks.
Thanks for sharing your story, appreciate it.
You have to listen to what, for weeks? @@nolake
@@dpalaoro hi! As explained in the description, you have to teach your brain to “forget” the tinnitus or at the very least to focus on something else. The whole mindfulness program (there are many of them) are all about creating an atmosphere that will make you think about something else. So, to train your brain, you have to listen to this track (or any other track that works for you) twice a day through headphones during several weeks.
My pleasure!
You know, Fred, you really have offered quite a gift to your viewers here. The sharing of your backstory is an important part of it and this wonderful track certainly is a major part of it. I don't have tinnitus, but periodically I will hear a ringing. I think of it as a realignment from the universe I can't see. Big thanks for what you've done here, dear Fred.
I miss silence. I don’t complain though, there are millions of people who have really more serious problems. But I’m glad if this track can be of any help to a few people like it is for me.
Thanks a lot for the nice comment, appreciate that.
Great sound and track! Awesome performance my friend!
Great work as always! thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day
Great score for the first person puzzle solving game. Darkness is in right amount to see and menace is not life threatening. Very well balanced!
Wonderful ambient soundscape! It’s really nice to know that this has therapeutic qualities, and I hope it continues to benefit you, along with others. Knowing this also makes it even more apparent how personal your music is.
Have a great week, Fred!
Thanks man, yeah it feels great but kind of weird to create my own medicine lol.
Your video turned out very nice again,
a sign of the devotion of your thoughts. Thank you...
I wish you a wonderful happy Easter ...🐰🐇🌿🕊
Indeed very calming Fantastic masking Listening on head phones Awesome genius work No Lake Many thanks for sharing 🎵
Many thanks man
This was an amazing work of art. Transparency is a wonderful thing especially to those that it helps. But it also assures us that being transparent was the right thing to do. Am believing that this story and video will find their way to those who can receive some comfort and knowledge from.
Thanks about this one. I’m not that much into stats but I would have loved the algorithm to push this one higher as it is a real tool that could help some people. But no, the algorithm preferred helping those who’re looking for cats and dogs, cars and ladies. That’s how it goes, and everybody knows…
Interesting track, a very cool mix of sounds. I believe it can help others if it's helping you.
Fortunately I don’t suffer from this but it’s good to know that you can do something about it!👏👏👏
Wonderful track dear Fred😊
As I'm suffering one or two hearing problems myself right now, this track and accompanying text is very appropriate. And relaxing, too. Good work, as always.
I think it’s always a good thing to know that we’re not alone.
This music really helps me, I hope it will help you too!
Awesome, learned some nice knowledge No Lake. Thanks for sharing!
I know someone who sufferz terribly from it for 3 yearz now...
I will recommend diz track 2 dem ✊🏽
Thankz 4 da informative description my friend
Wonderful track !! 🎶🐾🎶🐾
I hope it will help! 🤞
Since its the 3d time i hear it i can comment more. Excellent masking frequencies. NoLake I just love you mate.!!!
Thanks man, glad it can help!
hey buddy, ...didn't know you suffer from tinnitus!!! ...for someone who loves to make music, it must be extra hard, ...but happy to read you found a good solution for it with your own created music, that's so cool to read 👍👍👍 :-) :-) it's good you shared the sound of tinnitus with us, so we can experience what you hear 🙏🙏!!!! see you soon Fréd Clooney 🤜🤛💯💯💯
It’s hard but actually when I’m playing I don’t hear it and that’s why I made this track which gathers all the sounds that work for me.
Fred Clooney salutes you ;-)
No! 😮 “There is no cure”? 😮 Sister says; ⚕ "He better not stop" 🍭 🔥🔥🔥
Oh my friend! I'm sorry you suffer from this hearing ailment! And I am surprised to read so many comments from musician friends who also suffer from the same thing, so catches my attention and makes me wonder if sensitive and high-quality ears like those of good musicians are perhaps more prone to these conditions... be? 🤔
Beyond that, I loved your way of coping with your tinnitus with such beautiful sounds that you have composed in this wonderful musical work! Perhaps it will help many more to alleviate this illness, but I am sure that this music also relieves ailments of the soul and heart! A pleasure to listen to your music, as usual!❤
Best regards and the best to you! 🤗
I must admit that I didn’t expect to get that many feedbacks about musicians having the same problem. Somehow I feel some relief that I’m not alone but I’m also very sad to read that so many artists are suffering from this. I have the chance to deal with it while playing music so I can’t really complain but still…
Anyway, many thanks for your kind comment, appreciate that.
Oh nothing to thank... I was really interested in your description and the comments of your followers...
While I was reading I thought of Beethoven and of course also of Marcus Palt, who also published a while ago that he has hearing problems... however he suffers from a kind of deafness more than tinnitus, I think it is even worse and I was really very sorry when he said it. told...
It seems to be a karma of great musicians... 😔😕
Sorry I almost went off topic and went on too long! A hug my friend!
I’m afraid that Marcus has problems way more serious than his ear. The fellow companion isn’t really well at the moment 😞
😢 oh, how sad it makes me to know that he is not well again...
Someone KNOWS that tinitus bothers me the last decade and wanted to help me. Help accepted.!!!
Very interesting! I hope you get it. I know you get it! Btw: fine song. Best Frank
I'm also a tinnitus owner! But it's not too bad in my case and it doesn't affect my quality of life much. It's more apparent of course when there is silence or when I'm trying to sleep but I learned to live with it. It's part of me now and I think these sounds were there all along but usually your brain would filter them out. Like you also don't hear your heart beating 24/7 or your blood pumping - but in some moments you do. Thinking of my tinnitus as a broken audio filter in my brain somehow made it more bearable for me.
This track is great because while listening, I don't hear any kind of extra ringing! And on top of that, it's really lovely. Love that atmosphere, it's not too dark but also has some interesting elements. Would have been a great fit on Jon Hopkins' "Music For Psychedelic Therapy " :D
Thanks for sharing your story. I’m glad it isn’t that strong for you. It is for me so I need ways to live with it and this kind of music helps a lot.
I’m glad you liked it and that for you it isn’t too dark. Appreciate the comment and the compliment.
Whouoo Alors Fred, ce morceau me laisse baba, c'est ultra stimulant, ça fuse dans ma tête et ce que tu as su stimuler c'est l'audition de mon oreille gauche ( j'ai perdu de l'audition suite à une sortie boite nuit et que Martin m'a crié dans l'oreille pour me parler 🗣🤣🤣😂😂....) J'ai comme un bouchon qui se crée à cette écoute, je pense que c'est vraiment ultra stimulant et mon oreille tente de recevoir toutes les informations de tes sons :))) Mon oreille droite est également excité par ces sons ;))) T'es un géni ! Et pour ce qui est des acouphènes, lorsque j'en ai , je me focalise alors sur d'autres sons , ou je me concentre sur autre chose tout bonnement, et c'est ainsi qu'ils disparaissent naturellement :))) Merci pour ce partage fort intéressant :))))
Hello et merci pour le retour.
Il y a deux types d’acouphènes, les chroniques et les occasionnels. Si tu as la chance de n’avoir que les seconds, tant mieux pour toi :-))
Cover it up with pleasant sounds, that's what I say! Bravo on a delightful alternative to the squealing madness!
Many thanks! I’m glad if I can help a few people.
Very well made man!👌
Really unique idea. I sometimes have mild tinnitus that lasts for about 5 minutes then goes away. It feels like a radio wave going through my head. This is cool, kind of reminds me of riding on a spaceship going through deep space and hearing the ship's engines and other such sounds, as while there's no sound in space, there _is_ in a spaceship because it's full of air.
Sorry, I accidentally clicked away from the video at 6-7 minutes in. Didn't mean to hurt your watch time like that.
no worries and thanks for your comment.
dammit!!
I keep missing uploads!
anyway, here now, enjoying your wonderful creation, Fred 🙂
hats off to Colin for the excellent visuals 👍
Thanks man.
Friday next week it will be a musical collab with him 😉
@@nolake cool 🙂
this is simply a masterpiece 👋🎹
Soothing. Very well done
I used to have annoying tinnitus... it's improved much after the doctors treated me for a couple serious illnesses ... used to use white noise to get to sleep..
Wish I had your music to listen to instead, lol... far more enjoyable!
Cheers Fred
Glad to read that you’re feeling better now! Cheers and thank you!
@@nolake
Yw...
beautiful songs a great like for you bests wishes Bernadette
Cool sounds mate!
Fantastical prod.🙀
I should get tested. I think my hearing is decent, I think....
A wonderful listen Fred.
Tinnitus often means a loss of audition but not always. In my case I haven’t lost anything, so far…
Musicians need their ears, I guess ;-)
Beautiful dark ambience 👍👍🌙🌙
Way cool! Suffering tinnitus for 20 years now ;)
Yeah me too. I guess it’s kind of a relief to know that we’re not alone. Knowing that there are no known cure is frustrating but there are ways to learn to live with it.
It works!
Both my wife and I suffer from tinnitus, it drives us crazy sometimes.
I am going to have to listen to this fully a little later. I am having streaming issues with it at the moment. It buffers every minute or so. My connection says I have a 940Mbps download speed so it must be YT related. I love what I have heard so far.
My brother had to give up guitar because of horrible tinnitus. Mine is mild enough to keep playing acoustic instruments forever, I hope! Hope yours doesn't progress!!!
Really sorry to read that man, and thank you for your encouragement!
I have had this many times its brutal after a few days non stop
You captured the misery of it for sure in this soundscape Fred
Thanks man
@@nolakeYour welcome Fred
I feel like I have early stage Tinnitus I get some ringing periodically…hopefully it doesn’t develop further. Life is about coping but I can imagine it can drive some mad….Sounds counter intuitive but I listen to Elaine Radigues “trans Mortem” when I’m really stressed and it’s essentially just high pitched noise that kinda sounds similar to the ringing I experience occasionally. As soon as it comes on I feel waves of stress just melt away but I can’t imagine it would be like that if it was constant.
Lovely soundscape you’ve created here, very relaxing. I could listen to this and let time slip away as well
If it’s occasional then I guess it’s already some kind of victory because when it arrives you know that it will go away sooner or later.
And thanks for sharing this btw!
I was trying to hear if your tinnitus matches mine somewhere on the track. At times I hear the pulsating selena string sound at a higher frequency that you are playing throughout, but mostly mine sounds like the summer time grasshoppers that vibrate their wings similar to crickets, but their sound is a long whole note if you will, followed by 6 or so pulses. The only way I can describe it in words, and you would have to know the species of grasshoppers I am referring to, similar to the sound cicadas make, but not as loud. Very interesting piece my friend. I'm sorry you are going through that as well. Certain saw wave forms and white noise, and the notch string sound especially when I am putting tracks together definitely seem to aggravate it. In many rock bands, where they perform live loud music brings it on. I guy I follow on YT, Rick Beato, had an interesting take on this with a video talking about the problem, he is a sufferer himself, he use to have his own band. It was nice checking this out indeed. Take care!
Thanks for sharing this, I’m amazed to read that so many people in the community and of course in the world are suffering from this.
I perfectly know the grasshoppers you’re talking about as most of my family lives in the south of France near Spain and the area is known for this kind of “sound”.
All the best and thanks for tuning in, well if I may say in this situation…
Très réussi !
Cinnarizine.. I was givin this tablet by my doctor.. It worked for me.. I am not saying it is a cure for everyone but it helped me.. The other doctors in the practice had not heard of this tablet.
I never heard of this medicine but I will dig deeper to know more about it. Thanks for the advice and for stopping by!
What’s that ringing in n my ear? Ah, harmonic resonance for tinnitus is an interesting concept 😉
Unfortunately this doesn't seem to mask mine. I have approx a 1hz ramp LFO built in to my brain modulating a constant low level hiss. So all I hear is sssssst sssssst sssssst sssssst all day.
👍👍35 Pas marrant ce bruit permanant qui empoisonne l'existence ! ...Pas marrant aussi la perte progressive d'audition ( mon cas ...)....Bizarrement ces sons sont un peu ....dérangeant pour " mon oreille " certainement comme le sifflement permanent des acouphènes ...C'est un travail extraordinaire que tu as fait ici , un big like Fred et une bonne semaine👍👍😊😊🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶💙💙
Merci beaucoup. Oui c’est un véritable handicap au quotidien, raison pour laquelle il faut trouver des moyens pour vivre avec, tant qu’aucune cure n’existe :-/
Et je suis désolé d’apprendre pour ton audition, pas chouette non plus pour un musicien…
@@nolake " hélas , " chaque maux " ne trouve pas son remède ! avoir constamment un " bruit dans la tête " ça doit vraiment être flippant ....Même à perdre pied ...
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Un peu long mais chouette ambiance
20 minutes est le minimum pour le traitement :-)
Ah, I understand: there is no cure for tinnitus.
"Hör' mit Schmerzen" ("Listen With Pain"): ruclips.net/video/5Io-N-XlWFI/видео.html
There’s actually no known cure indeed, just ways to live with it. Some people commit suicide because they can’t live with it anymore. It’s a real society problem.
@nolake i am still here. to make my enemies moody.😍😍😍
@@HEARDIFFERENT yeah me too, not giving up 😅
@@HEARDIFFERENTbullshit