Bjørk Søfelt
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- (July-August, 2014)
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Hmmmm, interesting. Heartfelt compassion to you! I've had severe tinnitus for nearly 40 years. It was devastating in the first five years; the thought that the ringing would never stop, that there was no escape, was anguishing. In seeking home, I drifted towards the ocean, I'm sure for the comfort of the white noise (the cancellation of the ringing), and places where it is utterly silent like mountains (where the ringing is loudest) I would avoid.
But....I've come to just be at home with it. I stopped thinking of myself as a "tinnitus sufferer" a long time ago. There is silence within tinnitus. There is, oddly, comfort. It is uniquely yours, no one else can hear it: I pray you can come to a place of acceptance. It is, after all, the sound of your own blood stream flowing. Tinnitus doesn't have to interfere with your peace of mind, or your intellectual or spiritual progress. It may, in fact, as all adversity tends to, accelerate your progress.
I would say the Camino may be the best possible place to come to terms with this lifelong diagnosis. You will forget about it for hours on end with the challenges of the walk, the beauty of the surroundings, the unexpected connections. Awareness of the din may come crashing back as you lie in bed trying to sleep, but I think, honestly, we are all plagued and beset and haunted by one thing or another when the lights go out, from time to time.
Good luck to you, from one tinnitus pilgrim to another. Solve by walking, solve by loving. The Camino is so generous on both these fronts.
I am to walk the Camino in about a month and I am very excited about it! There is just one thing that worries me: I have recently got tinnitus and now I am now not sure if I can go trough with it. I have read a lot about how peoples' mood and mental state had change on their Camino and I hope that my problem might be manageable. Is there anyone who can relate to this, or maybe tell me what I should consider before going?
I appreciate all answers .
Buen Camino!
I am to walk the Camino in about a month and I am very excited about it! There is just one thing that worries me: I have recently got tinnitus and now I am now not sure if I can go trough with it. I have read a lot about how peoples' mood and mental state had change on their Camino and I hope that my problem might be manageable. Is there anyone who can relate to this, or maybe tell me what I should consider before going?
I appreciate all answers .
Buen Camino!
Hello Bjork,I am to walk the Camino in about a month and I am very excited about it! There is just one thing that worries me: I have recently got tinnitus and now I am now not sure if I can go trough with it. I have read a lot about how peoples' mood and mental state had change on their Camino and I hope that my problem might be manageable. Is there anyone who can relate to this, or maybe tell me what I should consider before going?
I appreciate all answers .
Buen Camino!
I also have Tinnitus and have had it for about 10 years now.....The only way it really interferes with my life is in loud and noisy places such as noisy restaurants or cafes where loud music is playing and everyone is talking loudly in order to be heard above the noise of the music or the conversations of others....this does tend to make me a little cranky sometimes and I actually have to get up and go outside to calm down the noise in my head. Having written that though, have to say that this did not impact on My Camino in any adverse way....I just dealt with it in my own way when I needed to.....Buen Camino...I am to walk the Camino in about a month and I am very excited about it! There is just one thing that worries me: I have recently got tinnitus and now I am now not sure if I can go trough with it. I have read a lot about how peoples' mood and mental state had change on their Camino and I hope that my problem might be manageable. Is there anyone who can relate to this, or maybe tell me what I should consider before going?
I appreciate all answers .
Buen Camino!
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