| ign="center"> | | | | Please don't get me wrong and please don't think I |
| Is worrying a possible cause for Tinnitus? | | | | am ignorant ( I am facing the same dilemma ), I don't |
| "Don't feed the trolls" is a common synonym for | | | | know anyone on the Earth who dreams about being |
| someone who likes to create havoc on the internet. | | | | unemployed. |
| Trolls normally use chat rooms, posting boards or | | | | But if I can accept that it's not the end of the world |
| Forums to provoke and intimidate people by sending | | | | then I can learn to come to terms with this situation |
| confrontational messages. People who feel harrassed | | | | when it arises. If I can learn in advance to prepare |
| and provoked and find the time to argue with these | | | | myself for the worst, then it will be easier for me to |
| people are "Feeding the Trolls". | | | | accept the worst when and if the time ever comes. |
| It's just a theory, but it can be said that once the | | | | I use to worry myself sick about my loss of hearing |
| mind is infected by worry, you are opening the doors | | | | and tinnitus until it dawned on me that worrying is |
| for the trolls. | | | | part of the cause. |
| Learning how to come to terms with worry is like | | | | In fact, I fed THOUSENDS of trolls until I realized |
| having to learn to fly a jet. You have to be a pilot to | | | | what I was doing wrong. It took me 18 months of |
| fly it. To be a pilot you have to learn. Sounds kind of | | | | suffering to finally wake up and realize that it was I |
| immature to comment that anyone can learn to fly a | | | | that was causing the stress. |
| jet if they are really set on doing so. It's just a | | | | I allowed tinnitus to rob me of my identity and place |
| matter of being educated. | | | | a firm grip on my life. Had I only known! Everyone |
| You may disagree with me on this matter but I am | | | | knows that you just can't stop worrying at the drop |
| certain you could learn to fly a jet if you really had | | | | of a hat or because people advise you to. You may |
| to. It may take hundreds of hours of instruction and | | | | require hours and hours of therapy. |
| countless tests and exams but theoretically, you | | | | But you can learn to come to grips with a "chronic |
| could fly a jumbo jet if someone taught you how to. | | | | worrying syndrome." I can only speak for myself |
| Using the information above it can be said that | | | | here and I know that medical world won't agree with |
| everyone can learn to cope with worry. Like learning | | | | me on this one but I want to recap on the title of |
| to fly, you have to be taught how. | | | | this book. I called it "Tinnitus my best friend." |
| Worry can have great power and influence if it finds | | | | "How can tinnitus be my best friend" you say. |
| a suitable candidate to feed from. Worry is an | | | | I used its power to create a new person in myself. I |
| emotion which means it can be manipulated. | | | | am using its power to create this very Article I am |
| Being worried is normal. It's a way of protecting | | | | writing. Nothing has ever compelled me to sit down |
| ourselves. People who do nothing BUT worry are | | | | for hundreds of hours and write a book. Nothing has |
| feeding the trolls! I still catch myself feeding my own | | | | ever been worth the effort. |
| trolls but I've learned to keep it to a minimum. The | | | | I learned how to register a domain, set up my own |
| worse thing about worry is that you can't change the | | | | homepage and promote an e-book with the sole |
| outcome of a certain situation by simply worrying | | | | purpose of trying to help other people overcome |
| about it. | | | | their fear of having to live with tinnitus for the rest |
| What are you worrying about at the moment? | | | | of their lives. |
| Maybe your company isn't doing too well and the | | | | Where else did I use it?. I managed to stop smoking, |
| sales figures are down and people are being told to | | | | I lost weight, and I taught myself to start caring for |
| find new jobs. That's something to worry about | | | | myself. I know how to keep myself fit. I know what |
| though isn't it? In fact it's not. It's perfectly normal to | | | | to eat ad what not to eat. I used its energy and |
| be concerned about something ( or someone ), but | | | | made something of it. |
| that is as far as it should go. | | | | You can do the same. |
| Deep rooted worrying can and will ruin your life. It will | | | | Looking back, it took me a long time to accept that |
| control you. | | | | tinnitus actually helped me change my life. Once I |
| Okay, let's imagine for a minute you're worried sick | | | | realized that tinnitus was nothing but a warning signal, |
| about losing your job. There are good reasons to | | | | I found ways of coming to terms with it and used its |
| worry about losing a job. No one likes to be | | | | energy to help me out of this pitfall. Tinnitus helped |
| unemployed. The reasons are obvious and don't have | | | | me get my life back on track and for that I'm |
| to be repeated. In fact, you can't sleep, you can't | | | | thankful. In fact I would probably feel lonely without |
| eat, you are nervous, aggressive
in fact you | | | | it ( just kidding ). |
| become physically sick. If you look at this from the | | | | But I am still aware of it because I have accepted |
| outside, there are only two things that will happen: | | | | that the noise won't disappear. I just learned to take |
| A: you lose your job. | | | | no notice of it. That's the key to success. Learning to |
| B: you keep your job. | | | | ignore. It's a learning process that needs time and |
| Let's say you do lose your job. Ask yourself if your | | | | patience. |
| pain, anguish and apprehension could have possibly | | | | Maybe it's hard to explain how to ignore sounds you |
| altered the outcome of the situation I will answer this | | | | think you can't escape but the trick is retraining your |
| for you
.NO. No worrying in the world could | | | | brain to distract your attention away from the |
| have influenced the outcome of you keeping your | | | | tinnitus thus making the sounds obsolete. This |
| job or not. All you did was feed the trolls. Be honest, | | | | mechanism is still present regardless of how long you |
| would it have really been worth worrying yourself | | | | have been suffering from tinnitus. It's kind of hard to |
| sick about something you couldn't change anyway? | | | | explain how it works but it really is very easy to |
| Let's say you didn't lose your job. Did your worrying | | | | demonstrate. |
| have any effect on the outcome ? Let me answer | | | | You will be bluffed how easy it is to ignore Tinnitus. I |
| this too
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NO | | | | will explain this in my next article. |
| In other words, you can't trade your worries for a | | | | Report this article |
| change in destiny. No one is going to re-write the | | | | This article is free for republishing |
| books just because you like to worry. I found the | | | | Source: |
| best way to deal with worry is to obtain the basic | | | | Republish this article |
| facts and determine what the core of my worry is. | | | | |
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