TLDR: Get your ears checked, rule out medical causes.
Recently, my sweetie was going mad because she was hearing annoying sounds. From her description, it was a high pitched whine with a periodic click. Worse at night (when things were more quiet).
Long story short, she now has an age related form of tinnitus. From memory, a small section of the tissue under the follicles in her inner ear has weakened. So that frequency range is impaired (the ringing) and the hairs flop around (the click, probably in sync with breathing or heartbeat, or whatever).
TIL: There are many forms of tinnitus and other hearing diseases. I have Drum & Bass induced tinnitus -- always wear ear protection while clubbing -- and had no awareness of other forms.
TIL: Anxiety and hearing problems can be a vicious cycle. Once she got a diagnosis, and some mitigations, her anxiety subsided. Which is supposedly typical.
Recently, my sweetie was going mad because she was hearing annoying sounds. From her description, it was a high pitched whine with a periodic click. Worse at night (when things were more quiet).
Long story short, she now has an age related form of tinnitus. From memory, a small section of the tissue under the follicles in her inner ear has weakened. So that frequency range is impaired (the ringing) and the hairs flop around (the click, probably in sync with breathing or heartbeat, or whatever).
TIL: There are many forms of tinnitus and other hearing diseases. I have Drum & Bass induced tinnitus -- always wear ear protection while clubbing -- and had no awareness of other forms.
TIL: Anxiety and hearing problems can be a vicious cycle. Once she got a diagnosis, and some mitigations, her anxiety subsided. Which is supposedly typical.