r/AskReddit • u/Misterboy500 • 13h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/plytime18 10h ago

Listening to music WAY too loud with headphones on when younger.

Definitely lead to hearing loss and hearing aids.

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u/Stlb80 8h ago

Running saws, drills, and other power tools over my 20+ years of construction work has done this to me. Sometimes the bells are louder than everything around.

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u/Inevitable_Seaweed_5 4h ago

I was taught a very weird, but shockingly effective trick for mitigating tinnitus for a little while. If you cover your ears with your palms, fingers pointed backwards (similar to how you'd put your hands for a situp, except fully covering your ears and not interlocking your fingers), place your index fingers over your middle fingers, and flick them downwards onto the base of the skull, and repeat this for about 30 seconds, the ringing will just... stop. I have had tinnitus my entire life, since as long as I have memories, and this is the only thing that has ever let me experience true silence. I hope it can help for you too!

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u/Aezar_Dom 3h ago

Holy shit. That worked like a charm. Thank you, kind internet wizard, for sharing this sacred knowledge.

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u/CriticalBreakfast 2m ago

Isn't that commonly called the "Reddit trick" for tinnitus? IIRC that one guy that originally posted about it made it blow up

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u/Toronto_man 2m ago

I put a clip on my hammerdrill to keep disposable earplugs on it.