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What stupid injury left a long lasting impact on you? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 9 months ago by Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'll start: I tried to move a bookshelf while drunk about 6 years ago and tore a tendon in my shoulder pretty damn good. It still bothers me sometimes if I move it wrong or sleep on it wrong.

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[-] solitaire@infosec.pub 58 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's a little petty, but I feel stupidest about my hearing. Cranked my music too loud and didn't wear ear protection ever when I was younger. The tinnitus gets so bad sometimes it makes me suicidal.

[-] threeduck@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago

I have two kinds of tinnitus, the classic high pitched ringing that if I pay too much attention can swell like an orchestra, and a newer weirder kind, a low rumble that sounds like a diesel engine is in my driveway that never drives off.

[-] triptrapper@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you find relief someday. FWIW, one of the developers of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (an evidence-based talk therapy) has a similar story and ACT has helped him live a better life despite his tinnitus.

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