Mindfulness Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction
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Mindfulness Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction
The Tinnitus Trifecta
So I'm going to break it into threes. For some reason, threes come up with tinnitus. So, the number one thing—this I call the Tinnitus Trifecta.
If you have one, two, and three, you will allow the brain to do what the brain knows how to do, which is to habituate. The brain already knows how to do that. Nobody has to teach the brain how to habituate. It's something that we're all doing right now.
So, one, two, and three.
Number one is to reduce anxiety around tinnitus.
Okay? And we can go back to anxiety because that is the fire that is below this benign body sensation. So, reducing anxiety around tinnitus.
Number two, making sure you're an expert in what it is.
Because what we're going to talk about is using the brain to correct the part of the brain that has misunderstood tinnitus. So, we do that through accurate education. Okay? And I have to emphasize accurate, because education is not always accurate.
Number three is finding a way to reduce stress consistently so that we create some space and freedom in our brain to, instead of react to it, respond to it.
So that's a subtle difference, but it makes all the difference. It's this idea of re—instead of old reactions that have brought you to this place, replacing them with responses to tinnitus that can then open the door to habituation.