Quick vent

I first developed tinnitus three years ago. Only mild, but enough for it to be irritating and distressing. Either I managed to habituate, or it disappeared, because eventually I managed to forget about it, and not give it anything more than a passing thought for a long time.

Cut to three weeks ago and I get a random spike out of nowhere one morning. Again, I’ve been slowly habituating to it and today I’m lying here, reading and minding my own business, then yet another new tone comes out of nowhere in my right ear and smacks me down again.

I’m tired, man. I don’t go to concerts, I don’t live near a construction site, I listen to music and watch TV at a sensible volume. Why am I being punished with this fucking nonsense?