Stress Management

Alternative Medicine for Tinnitus

Guided Imagery and Visualization

Guided imagery and visualization are proven strategies to relax and reduce stress by invoking mind-body effect. Guided imagery allows the person to return to a pleasant episode mentally before the onset of tinnitus. The results may be temporary and need to be invoked just before or at the onset of the tinnitus.

The relaxation session begins by replaying the sights, sounds, and sensations of the episode in detail. Now give this original experience a name such as "peace," "calm" before ending the session so that you can invoke the whole imagery by thinking about your imagery clue-in name. Sufferers of tinnitus are able to abolish the objectionable noises for minutes at a time just by repeating the clue-in name.

For nighttime ear noises that affects or interfere with sleep, deliberately relaxing while listening to soft music (or nature sounds) often controls tinnitus and in some cases completely eliminates it.

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Visualization for Stress Management

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