From: Pete Bridge (Peter.Bridge2@btopenworld.com)
Date: Sat Jun 05 2004 - 12:40:40 BST
David : What can MOQers say about ringing in the ears, and how to cope
with it?
I found an interesting site
http://www.tinnitus.org
It argues we all hear buzzing, pulsing, whistling noises, if we listen
out for them in complete silence, but Tinnitus is a conditioned response
to attach special significance to them, like we would attach special
significance to a baby crying in a nearby room and the treatment is just
deconditioning ourselves.
'Imagine a new neighbour has moved next door. You exhibit mild interest
to start with, but your anxiety increases very soon when you observe
small packages being delivered to the front door on a regular basis by
different individuals who quickly depart. You guess that you neighbour
is perhaps a drugs dealer, and the prospect of spending many years next
door to such criminal activity fills you with great alarm. You are
constantly looking through the window monitoring the activities next
door, and experiencing much anxiety and depression, by constantly
thinking of the inevitable and desperate outcome for yourself and your
young family of living next door to such a person. Some time later you
learn quite by chance, that your neighbour is involved in collecting
food parcels for the homeless. The realization that you have wrongly
assessed the situation results in a sudden change of attitude. You loose
your dislike for your neighbour, and stop monitoring his activities. You
even feel foolish at your inappropriate initial assessment, realising
you are all too likely to think the worst of people'
Cheers
Pete
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