How long does it take to get rid of your tinnitus? I'm often asked this question and of course
everybody is different and there are different processes and journeys to letting go of tinnitus.
Every year I work with about 20-30 people with tinnitus and once or twice a year, maybe
two or three people every year, come along for a cranial session and it stops. It switches
off and that's it and they're better until another major massive stress comes along but
you know some times it can just switch off and people learn about tinnitus, stop worrying
about it and learn how to manage it and that's enough to keep it at bay. If you have a lot
more process locked up inside you or you are dealing with a very very difficult challenging
everyday life situation then you are going to need a lot more support. So think of it
like this: if you are living on your nerves in a state of fight or flight you're pushing
yourself your adrenaline levels are high you're listening out for danger and your nervous
system as a result is really amped up and your hearing can detect buzz of your central
nervous system this is a sign that you need to slow down switch off and get help in letting
go. Cranial work, a good body-based practitioner a good craniosacral therapist a good reflexologist
a good acupuncturist can help tune in to the buzz of your system release it discharge it.
That's a very long story summarised in one sentence. There is a lot more to it than meets
the eye. But basically the practitioner can drop you into stillness and can help release
the shaky trembly buzzy discharge in the tissues of your body and them smooth out and drop
into stillness. When this happens the tinnitus gets better. How long does it take to cure
your tinnitus? Well some people say that as long as it goes quiet and its not really in
their awareness then they regard that as getting better. But personally speaking I know from
my own experience of working with people that it is possible to drop into silence in a quiet
room once your system has really gone back into a very peaceful state. So therapy psychotherapy
hands-on body-based therapy body-based practices like yoga and tai chi having a wonderful Buddhist
practice or spiritual practice that helps you connect with the bigger picture that can
help you settle and relax all these things are going to help you. And depending on how
far you want to go you know sometimes it can take a few months for your symptoms to drop
down to a very manageable level and if you want to keep on going for those meticulous
perfectionists amongst the tinnitus community most people are by the way most tinnitus people
are sticklers for perfection if you keep on going then sooner or later it may take months
it may take years you may go back into deep silence and you know this is I don't want
this to sound like its the top of Mount Everest that you have to spend years working up towards
its more as you get better and you let go and the symptoms back off it gets so much
easier and for a lot of people once the symptoms have dropped right down they don't really
bother about the minimal tinnitus anymore. They've got better things to worry about and
they don't really focus on it anymore. But some people want to work until they get silence
and that involves more commitment and regular practice in letting go with body-based therapy
and semi-regular or regular hands-on help from a therapist who can drop you into stillness.
So I hope to leave you with a sense of the more work you do on yourself the more support
you get the more you can let go the more symptoms back off the easier it gets and once you are
over the hump and you start getting into that sense of things are getting better its not
just what Julian said but I'm experiencing it for myself too wow what a relief huh then
the whole process becomes less threatening you feel much more encouraged you feel more
motivated to keep on working with yourself then its just a matter of time before you
get to that space where its good enough or it has gone.