>had to shoot a junkie 5 months back in a home invasion scenario with my .38 special revolver
>tinnitus since then
give it to me straight /k/ommandos... it's never gonna go away is it...
>had to shoot a junkie 5 months back in a home invasion scenario with my .38 special revolver. >tinnitus since then
No. I’m 29 and I’ve had it as long as I can remember because I grew up shooting guns and half the time I didn’t wear ear pro lol
(with gods mercy) the tinnitus does not hinder me in my sleep
the first week was absolute hell, like genuinely constant, extremely loud, high pitched ringing, throughout the entire day and night i could not sleep and straight up wanted to kill myself because it was just torture
went to a doctor, she said there is nothing she can do and there is no cure and it can get better, it can get worse, it can stay the same
with gods mercy it went back, i can sleep now with no problems and often times don't even realize it's there, but it is still there, but i guess i live with it
i am still very thankful, i can sleep and exist without constant tinnitus torture, nontheless it is always there, i just "zone it out" i guess
it is genuinely not even worth talking about, saturday 11 am some junkie arab randomly broke my window with a hammer and i was in the living room and have a .38 next to my bed (i only have a 1 room apartment), he came to the living room and started threatening and approaching quickly, i got my gun and gave him 3 to the torso and 1 in the head, called the cops, two girl cops came and wrapped it up, i never got any punishment because it was a home invasion and the dude had a hammer, a knife and some cocaine on him, had to take anxiety meds for 3 weeks though
suppressors are illegal in my state
also, i have a weird mental barrier now where i am afraid to pull the trigger of a gun even though i am wearing ear protection and i can be extremely sure my hearing is safe
some irrational part is still thinking "what if the earpro fails (as if) and you frick your shit up again and it's gonna be worse this time" like its some ptsd shit
i still shoot but i need like 5 minutes for the first shot and then i am sure "okay the sound will not damage me" and only then i can start having fun and shoot, hope that goes away soon too
>like its some ptsd shit
totally standard ptsd shit bro, you just gotta work through it and teach your brain guns are fun again
>i still shoot but i need like 5 minutes for the first shot and then i am sure "okay the sound will not damage me" and only then i can start having fun and shoot, hope that goes away soon too
practice that. figure out something to tell yourself that is actually comforting and repeat it like a mantra before firing. sit for five minutes and try to really feel the fear, immerse yourself in it, then let it go, tell yourself the sound won't damage you, and start shooting.
Practice this.
Maybe also see an actual therapist, do some EMDR or something.
>waah waah guns r loud and scary
stop acting like a woman you limp dick frick up
God out of all the moronic gun laws we have suppressors are the absolute worst.
I don't even remember what shit argument they used to ban them.
>I don't even remember what shit argument they used to ban them.
poaching during the depression was the excuse
in reality I'm pretty sure it had to do with the upper crust elites at the time realizing they were walking around with targets on their backs
>poaching during the depression was the excuse
Bruh
Hate democrats then and now.
Where are you Black person from? The Arab bum let's me think you're from Europe.
>Europe
>self defense not ending in court
Courts only prosecute if there is a reason to. In a clear self defense case a prosecutor will not waste his time with your sorry ass. They will take your gun as evidence and you see that thing again in 4 years.
Cup your hands on your ears with your fingers touching the back nape of your neck now drum your fingers on that like back neighborhoods of your neck where like the spinal cord touches the fricking skull So yeah if you drum your fingers they’re tiptop tiptop with your pointer and middle the tinnitus will go away for like a couple hours
Sorry I’m using to speech to text
Also, get yourself a fan to run at night. It helps a lot and I’ve ran one for years to sleep. If the power goes off it’ll wake you up though once you’re used to it lol
>get yourself a fan to run at night.
Radio. With classical music playing very softly.
Until your local station plays operas at night. You will welcome the tinitus.
Tell us the full junkie story OP
Stop FRICKING talking about it fricking hell. I've learned to fricking deal with it but when you FRICKERS make these threads become aware of it for like the next four days you FRICKS
>there are people on /k/ that don't have suppressors
?????????
I’d venture to say that not even close to half of gun owners own suppressors. It’s a hassle.
>.38 special revolver
>suppressor
really?
Nobody forced OP to get a revolver
Yourself can be a revolver suppressor. Just scream very louder when you pull the trigger.
If it's been constant then no you're stuck with it
If you're lucky like me and it comes and goes then eventually it should stop
Nope, it's here forever
Mine has been with me for about eight years now. Ever since someone fired some wildcat round that must have been a 20mm hispano case necked down to .22 from their fancy benchrest rifle right next to me as I was packing up to leave.
it’s never going away and it can very easily get worse or turn into hyperacusis. I stopped shooting due to this although my hyperacusis is from music. There are companies working on cochlea regeneration but it will be 10 years before a drug makes it out of trials.
There is some work on using stem cells to regenerate the hairs in your ear that actually sense sound and are (in most cases) the cause of tinnitus. When will that be available to you? Probably a while, but it won't be never. Give it five or ten years.
It won't go away on its own, though.
I listened to loud music and barely used earpro as a kid. Welcome to the club anon, have fun
>as long as I can remember have a high pitched buzz as background noise
>got used to it as a kid, never gave it much thought
>eventually read up on tinnitus and realize what it was
I’m still not sure what caused it, probably the monster truck shit my parents forced me to go to as a young kid.
>probably the monster truck shit my parents forced me to go to
sour bland rancid joyless ungrateful little larping hypochondriac spastic aren't you
Damn I set your ass on fire with that one didn’t I? I didn’t say I didn’t enjoy it you special needs child, just that they never gave me hear protection and it probably ducked my hearing up a bit.
troony hates monster trucks, who could've guessed
Seek mental help, the trannies live rent free in your head.
You'll get by anon, we all have.
>Also, get yourself a fan to run at night.
>If the power goes off it’ll wake you up though once you’re used to it
Damn, I'm not the only one?
>>had to shoot a junkie 5 months back in a home invasion scenario with my .38 special revolver
since then
>give it to me straight /k/ommandos... it's never gonna go away is it...
You are lying and you an idiot. Don't reply to the bland bait
This, I've been in multiple scenarios that should have led to worse damage, scaling with OPs exposure, either he's a liar or he has little b***h ears
>I'm surprised it took that little
To be honest, it depends. In a small enough closed off room a .22 can frick you frick. You can't compare the damage a gun does to your hearing outdoors vs indoors in a big hall vs indoors in a cramped hall, sound literally bounces off the walls and fricks you up
Just thought about it some more, he said he hit him 4 times with a .38 special, so he shot 4-6 times with a revolver, indoors like in a hallway or a small room this could easily frick your shit up
yeah it could, I'm just surprised, not calling bullshit or anything. I'm just glad mine isn't constant, between .357 bro and an Ar-15 indoors once, I'm just lucky I guess
Hearing is like youth, once it's gone it's gone forever
That's why I exclusively garotte home invaders, because even a loud enough scream can cause hearing damage under the right circumstances
I'm surprised it took that little, I had a jackass empty 6 rounds of .357 next to me once when I had no ears in, and I have earpro accidents sometimes otherwise, and I just get a little bit of "eeeeeeeee" once in a while
hearing damage is cumulative and permanent.
I have massive tinnitus from firing weapons out of vehicles (El Salvadot, circa 1987, US army) and flying around in Hueys
My grandfather tells a story of him shooting his snubnose in the air during 4th of July and even now his ears still ring. Always spooked me and I always wore hearing protection. Except for one time I didn't have any and I shot a 380 about 8 times
Magic Mushrooms and Lion's Mane can help heal the damage.
it never goes away, it only gets worse with age. T. 7.62 Machine Gun with no hearing.
To all enjoy /k/ommando bros:
Google "steroid injections for tinnitus". Plenty of papers proving efficacy (including meta-analyses) on the first page. Unless you're locked up for weeks after a shooting, get your ass to the doc and get those needles in your ears within two weeks and you'll be golden.
K and fit having crossover episode?
Sounds pretty cool though (also other neat side effects of steroids (if taken in non supethuman levels))
If I'm not mistaken they become worse at treating tinnitus the longer you put off injections, so OP should probably consider taking a trip to the doctor sooner rather than later.
As for the fear of gunfire, maybe a .22 or something would be a good way to get back in the swing of things? It seems like the best way to get over it would be to associate gunfire with dopamine, so maybe shooting something that provides visual feedback to your shots like steel or soda cans would be a good idea also.
Is it really worth it to go with anything over a .22 rifle for home defense? Centerfire handguns and rifles can easily be 20-30 decibels or effectively 100-1000x louder than a .22 rifle. Is it really worth the guaranteed extreme amounts of wear you'd be putting on your ears just to be prepared for the extremely unlikely possibility that situation you might find yourself in will require more than a .22 rifle?
Get over it
Eeeee EEEEEE?
Not wearing earpro expecting a home invasion is your own damn fault. Sue the guy's estate for medical expenses.
>a fricking .38 was enough
Yeah, time to invest in electronic earplugs I can wear everywhere when away from home. Also time to get a suppressor for the HD gun.