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…

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Use Your Character Strengths to Feel Better

My head feels like a ball of raw meat, aching from a beating, oozing blood from my ears. You wouldn’t know it to look at me, but my brain feels like an open wound. Hyperacusis can be…unpleasant. I haven’t had a high sensory pain day like this for months. There is no convenient day to…

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What 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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