Are you always wondering why there is a ringing in your ears?

It all started with the question “Why is there ringing in my ears?” Some years ago my thoughts on tinnitus turned inwards, looking back this was probably out of total despair as I’d been driven crazy asking myself why was this happening to me?

I had absolutely no idea how it started and neither did my doctors. I had exhausted every single external option available to me and I could no longer frantically search for help “out there” I’d essentially “given up!”

I could no longer keep searching for an answer as to why is there ringing in my ears, so eventually I gave up. The irony of this was that in the act of surrendering, giving up and accepting, a profound shift in my perspective took place. This shift in perspective led me on a journey inwards, where healing truly took place.

Let me start by asking you an important question. This question served as the catalyst for personal change and self-discovery in the throws of my own battle with tinnitus.

“Why is it that two people can have ringing in ears, one of them is driven crazy, whilst the other can be completely oblivious”?

The Answer might come as a surprise, as it has nothing to do with the tone, pitch, type or volume of tinnitus. Rather it has everything to do with the nervous system and how it responds to the new stimuli (tinnitus).

There is a key to unlocking your tinnitus troubles

What might not seem fair has the answer to your tinnitus woes stored within it.

Let me start by highlighting this fascinating fact. Did you know that in total silence most people experience tinnitus or their ears ringing. An experiment conducted in the 1950’s found that 93% of participants reported ringing (or other noises) in the ears, even though they were in complete silence. It’s interesting to note that your eyes react the very same way when in total darkness. They adjust, dilate, and do everything in their power to help you see automatically. Well, much the same happens with our hearing.

Am I one of the unfortunate ones who is CONSTANTLY AWARE OF THE RINGING IN my EARS?

The truth of the matter is that although tinnitus is very much a physical condition, the way we react and interpret it is entirely subjective and based on our nervous disposition.

You see our ears work all the time and only relax once they have latched onto harmless background noise. It’s part of how we have evolved over millions of years to avoid predators and stay out of trouble. We feel safe when our senses are familiar and relate with our environment. So, if it is completely silent, your hearing intensifies until it becomes hypersensitive and starts detecting internal nervous information.

In some this entire process activates a stress response and steadily increases your internal auditory hypersensitivity. Take a minute to ask yourself, why is there ringing in my ears which I’m constantly aware of, when perhaps most of the population is blissfully unaware of the ringing in their ears? And secondly why has my hearing become so sensitive and latched onto internal sounds?

Why is there ringing in my ears and why has my hearing become so sensitive?

Probing these two questions will help you find a solution to your troubling tinnitus.

Most people with tinnitus naturally habituate but those who suffer do not. This does not have to mean you’re doomed to a lifetime of perpetual tinnitus suffering. You just have to figure out what those who “naturally habituate” are unconsciously doing which you cannot.

Right this second, you might not feel anxious, but your central nervous system is idling in a constant state of red-alert. Under the surface, your whole system has locked itself into a state of emergency, as if it senses that there is a threat that is ever-present. This is a very subtle and silent process called stress!

Stress releases hormones, most notably adrenaline. These chemicals keep your entire system locked into a stress state. So why does your body get into this state in the first place?

Hypersensitive individuals tend to be tinnitus sufferers, for some reason you’re far more aware, in-tune and reactive to the world around you. It comes with some great benefits, but also some drawbacks.

You can be free once more to enjoy silence

If you can recognize certain patterns and traits in yourself, you can then go about altering or preventing them.

The key to understanding “why is there ringing in my ears” for the vast majority of tinnitus sufferers is in learning to understand your body’s relationship with stress in it’s many, many guises. For more information on this topic or to find out if you’re a “Hypersensitive” individual, please checkout https://www.tinnitusretrain.com