As a therapist who has tinnitus myself for 10+ years, I can say this is the only honest and accurate source of tinnitus information I've found online.

Hey everyone, just know you will get through this and come out a BETTER yes better person because of it. You will not feel the anxiety you feel today forever. Your brain will tune out the sound and it will be GONE !!

This webinar literally changed my life. I was two months in with tinnitus accompanied by severe tinnitus distress. I thought I was losing it! There was a lot of fear and crying and ugh...it was awful! I ran across this webinar and it changed EVERYTHING! The anxiety all but disappeared. The truth and reassurance found here was extremely helpful. Absolutely worth the watch!

I started fasting and exercise and my tinnitus went from 8 to a 2 really great.

This is good info for people with mild to moderate tinnitus but a little frustrating to listen to for people that actually have Severe Tinnitus.

I want to share my story of tinnitus and how I got over it. I’m 49 and started to have tinnitus about 4 years ago. It was horrible and really messed up my life. The major thing, as someone with tinnitus knows, is the lack of sleep. Being in bed with that ringing knowing that would not get away it was horrible. I inform myself about it and realize nobody knows for sure, it is somekind of inflammatory disorder / nerve damage.. I went to the best ear doctor.. two times.. the first time massive doses of vitamins b complex. Nothing.. second time.. some pills.. nothing.. anyway, about two years ago I started doing something that changed everything.. cold showers!.. .. I take a 10 m cold shower everyday.. it took about six months to feel a significant change.. today I still have a bit of tinnitus but it don’t bother me.. at night it blends with the white noise and I sleep fine.. try it and stuck with it.

Sorry, but I had to stop the presentation after 5 minutes due to very bad noise in your microphone. NO, it is not my Tinnitus, it is the bad audio quality.

2 years later life is good 😊 still have this stupid thing but I’m living with it the one word Habituation really saved me.

I honestly could not hear it for 32 years. I unknowingly habituated by simply not caring about it until it fell into the subconscious of my brain. It only piped up when I was stressed. I would say "oh, I'm stressed, it will calm down" and it really did. Now I'm experiencing a crisis and its sounding an alarm. It will calm down when I calm down and stop focusing on it.

I'm 17, always had tinnitus, until last year I thought it was normal, I thought that everyone was hearing a super high-pitched sound in their heads, then I discovered what it really was. It didn't bother me at all, I mean, it has always been there, why should I worry about it now? But everything changed two months ago, I went through a very hard time, and eventually, I started thinking about my tinnitus. It became a nightmare. Even if the sound didn't change a bit I started to hear it everywhere 24/7, whether I was at school or I was out with my friends. The sound that I heard for 17 years was draining my soul...My worst fear was that I did damage my ears, but I didn't experience any loud noise recently, I visited an otorino and he said that my hearing was perfect. After that, I discovered that the hearing test was the 8khz one so he didn't test the higher frequencies. In the last week I realized that even if the sound has gotten worse or not I have to accept it and now I want to re-habituate. I didn't care about it for 17 freakin' years, why should I now? I honestly think that this is going to take a lot of time, but what else can I do? I really hope to get out of this crap...sorry for the outburst and wish me luck

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I have tinnitus and at times it can seem very loud, especially in a quiet room. I’ve learned that it’s intimately related to state of mind and your ability to relax about it and everything else in your life.

Wonderful video. If I had found this 5 years ago when my tinnitus started, many years could have been much more enjoyable. I wish therapists would watch this too.

I’m watching these videos for other reasons but I happen to see the title of this one I I remember how distressed I was when I first started having buzzing in my ears due to allergies and ETD. It’s been a few years and it can still be there but I notice it and it doesnt bother me. You really do tune it out!

I was ticking so many boxes I had to buy a new pen.

This is an incredibly helpful video. The concept of habituation is not commonly addressed elsewhere, and presents hope and a way forward. Thank you!

Thank you, Dr. Bruce and ADAA for making a difference in the lives of others.

Thank you for this very informative and helpful video. I've only had Tinnitus for a week but it has already made its mark in my professional and personal lives. Acceptance is key to habituation!

Thank you for this. I've had cognitive therapy in the past and it is good to be reminded of how one can apply it to any challenge. My CBT took a very good turn when, in addition to in person therapy, I began working thru David Burns' book "Feeling Good", an incredibly effective adjunct to talk therapy. It has a lot of formats for writing/listing issues, and writing is helpful in moving forward from obsessive thought. When I'm not noticing my Tinnatus, I try to push away the temptation to "check" on it by zeroing in on it. That's when I start to analyse the pitch and intensity of the T, and to me that is giving it power. If I don't "notice" it (because of gradual habituation), I shouldn't be asking myself "is it there"? Not always easy, though, so takes awareness. Good luck to all who have T.

This was SOOOOO helpful, thank you Dr. Bruce Hubbard