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>tfw it's too noisy to read

>> No.6717389

>finally find a quiet place
>extremely loud crippling tinnitus renders reading effectively impossible

>> No.6717392

>>6717389
use a podium and page turning wand.

>> No.6717394

>tfw it's too quiet to read
>my thoughts are blaring through my head

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>>6717389
>tinnitus
Oh god no

>> No.6717766

>>6717389
Whats it like?

>> No.6717768

>tfw you can't read because you haven't brushed your teeth in a while

>> No.6717769

>>6717387
GET AN AUDIO BOOK

>> No.6717771

>>6717768
>you haven't brushed your teeth in a while

what?

>> No.6717772

>>6717766
like legal drugs

I like the combination of tinnitus, sleep deprivation and high blood pressure

almost like cocaine

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>>6717389
Got used to mine.

Almost 4 years and counting, i completely forgot what silence sounds like.

>> No.6717828

>>6717771
I can't read with a dirty mouth, it becomes all I can concentrate on.I have to brush my teeth every time before I can read.

>> No.6718306

I just finished reading on the balcony. The weather was very nice, not too hot and not too windy. I like to read while drinking a cup of black coffee and some Cajun trail mix.

>> No.6718321

>my break coincides with the break of an overweight 16 year old
>I just want to read
>her shrill insistent voice complaining about having to pay for prom or how her class trip is to Disneyland is expensive or how she doesn't like oranges and would rather buy a box of cookies than the Orange her mom packed for her
> cuts through the words I'm trying to process internally
>>one day it's me and my coworker and the store boss and she comes in
>"if anyone wants to talk with me you should know I'm really weird teehee"
>dead silence
>she keeps trying to start conversation every 5 seconds like we didn't hear her
>our boss sighs and starts talking
>finish break outside

>> No.6718550

>>6718306
>tfw backyard is filled with flies, bees, ants, katydids and other shit annoying the fuck out of you
why can't nature just fucking leave me alone

>> No.6719196

>>6718550
>wanting to read outside
You disgust me

>> No.6719607

>>6717389
Can you just "get" tinnitus? What age is it most common? The more I hear about it the more I'm genuinely scared of it.

>> No.6719618

>>6717777
check'd

>> No.6719680

>>6718550

i know this feel. i live in a forested area in a state that is filled with lots of lakes

winged insects are never gonna leave me alone

sometimes i get like 15-30 minutes without being forced up though

>> No.6719697

>>6717389

I have it. Just get used to it eventually. It's like a meditative practice.

Maybe someday I'll get robot ears to cure it.

>> No.6719880

>>6717766
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>> No.6719899

>>6717387
easier w/ vidibooks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jX60BDHWf8

>> No.6719918

>>6717389
Same here, though sometimes i don't have it or i don't even hear it, it's actually not that bad

>> No.6720281

>>6719607
Almost everyone gets it to a degree. Some are born with it, most people get it as they start to get old like 60+.

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>tfw always too tired to read

>> No.6720398

>>6717394
Fucking this. I can even deal with tinitus but I can read with a lot on my mind, and I get prettty busy or anxious with real life.