Chronic Pain
4 Kinds of Hyperacusis
What is Hyperacusis? As someone living with hyperacusis, I’m vulnerable to seeing the condition through my own lens. So let’s start with the way The Hearing Health Foundation defines hyperacusis: 📖 Hyperacusis is a debilitating disorder of sound tolerance, where even ordinary, everyday sounds are perceived as abnormally loud and sometimes excruciatingly painful. In some…
Read MoreHi my name is Morgan and I have a sensory disorder
Sudden onset hyperacusis changed almost everything about how I engage the world, use my brain, and experience relationships. When it started in 2020, this auditory suffering pulverized my ability to focus, to think, and to live a vibrant cognitive life. I was forced out of the zone of effortless thinking into the gym of mental…
Read MoreSet Experience Goals
Set Experience Goals In order to leverage your brain’s power of competitive selection, let’s think about what we want to experience more of. Enjoying life more means different things to each of us, and can change based on what’s happening around us. I call the things you want to experience more of experience goals. A…
Read MoreWhat is Competitive Selection?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Life is never just one thing. Take today for example. I slept in, fixed a fancy homemade coconut latte, and sat down to work in my fuzzy clean slippers. (The Good) The sleep in was sponsored by a persistent ringing in my left ear, and a growing wave…
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