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Does NoFap cause tinnitus??? Or is it just a sign of recovery??? Will it go away by itself???

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by AnmysUser18312, Mar 30, 2018.

Which one do you think is most probably the cause of the tinnitus?

  1. The act of digging my left ear

    16.7%
  2. The tinnitus itself is a sign of recovery from NoFap

    50.0%
  3. It always existed but I just became self-conscious of it (which is a recovery symptom- no brain fog)

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  4. I'm just being paranoid about it

    33.3%
  1. AnmysUser18312

    AnmysUser18312 Fapstronaut

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    I've done NoFap for about 3 weeks to 1 month as of the time the incident below happened. I'm wondering whether the tinnitus is caused by the act of digging my ear, or always existed but I just became self-conscious of it (which is a recovery symptom of NoFap - no more brain fog), or the tinnitus itself is a sign of recovery from NoFap but just happened coincidentally timing with the time the incident below happened.

    However, I remember that before I quit masturbating, many times after I masturbate, I would experience some temporal tinnitus which goes away by itself for a while, especially if I masturbate too hard. With this obversation, probably NoFap might not necessarily be the cause of the tinnitus.

    On Sunday (25 March 2018), when I was digging my left ear just by using my FINGERS as I felt there is some earsh*t and I continued digging a bit harder as I felt like there were still a bit of earsh*t left stuck there that is quite hard to get rid of. I stopped as soon as my brain started to worry that it will damage my hearing/my hearing organs/parts/system. Since then, I feel/suspect something have changed and I'm kind of annoyed by it all the time. I feel like a bit of static background noise is playing/being heard all the time which is annoying and bothers me sometimes, which becomes more obvious in quiet places or when sleeping (no sound). This is called “tinnitus”, right?

    I'm quite worried about this.

    Will it ever go away by itself? If no, I'm so screwed up that I have kind of affected my life forever by just digging my ear which I didn't know was dangerous. Or did it just affect the balancing organs? Will I become deaf?? Please help to give some advice, I can't believe that will really cause so much damage. Is there any way to at least reduce its severity, such as by getting more sleep and rest? I have even read stuff that it's irreversible and that people have it for years, which makes me worry even more. I don't want it to be permanent!

    I’m not sure if this is just some paranoia about changes to my hearing just for digging my ear, if it’s just some paranoia/suspicion and not real then phew… I’m not sure if it has been like that all the while and I just became self-conscious about it after digging my ear.

    I feel kind of down of this that I feel lesser alert to my surroundings now compared to before. This is such a "loss"...especially because I recovered so much through NoFap and now this incident spoit it (the great feeling of recovery). I remember feeling so good and alert before knowing about this "tinnitus" that I'm having. *sigh*

    I'm also wondering if digging the ears using my fingers will cause damage or affect my hearing system/organsor not? I'm worried now if what I have done affected anything or not.
     
  2. AnmysUser18312

    AnmysUser18312 Fapstronaut

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    Why is no one replying? No one here knows the answer? I thought you all should know as you are all doing NoFap (abstaining from porn/masturbation/orgasm). Or is my this particular case/question difficult?
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Apr 3, 2018
  3. Mindfawked

    Mindfawked Fapstronaut

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    How's the tinnitus doing? I've had the same problem; plus a lack of responses from people which I find interesting because there's definitely threads regarding nofap and tinnitus in this forum.
     
  4. Hi bro, did you Recover?
    I Have tinnitus now, and i hope it's from nofap and nothing serious
     
  5. The falcon

    The falcon Fapstronaut

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    Hi bro did you recover
     
  6. HealingBodyandMind

    HealingBodyandMind Fapstronaut

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    I’ve read before that PMO/MO is the cause of tinnitus

    so by quitting PMO, and tinnitus surfacing, maybe it is a sign of recovery, kind of like “shedding the disease of PMO”
     
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