How is Your Relation to Music when having Listening Fatigue?
I'm HoH and I stumbled across the term Listening Fatigue for the first time in this subreddit some days ago, and I'm very glad I found this term because it describes my symptoms perfectly lately. I also discovered that taking my hearing aids off and wearing earplugs helps me a lot.
However I also have the urge to listen to music or watch videos to calm down after work or to regulate my emotions or to boost my mood. But I notice it makes me more tired in the long run to keep listening.
I'm torn between listening to music/videos for entertainment even though I have Listening Fatigue and the desire to just have silence around me to recover but then my thoughts eat me up sometimes and I end up not feeling relaxed.
Do you have similar experiences/inner conflicts? And what do you do to relax after a long soundful day when you don't have enough energy to do something cognitively/physically demanding?
Thanks for your help :)