u/aggressivecherry444

I am a musician who works a day job unrelated to music. While I enjoy many of the people I work with, I end up drawing a hard line between work & non-work lives, to the point that I can tell it feels strange to people. I have many folks I work with blocked on IG, for instance, and hide my shows, etc. from them.

Recently I opened up to a few people outside my department, but they were both creators (visual arts & fashion, with a deep appreciation for music). One is an incredible painter. I could see this happening again, but notice that usually the people who I connect with and trust enough to share my creative self with tend to be other people with a creative practice. They don't have to be "successful" with it (I certainly am not).

When my supervisor and closer coworkers who are not creators/artists themselves ask to connect offline, I find myself guarded and have an emotional distrust of them, and I don't know why. Does anyone feel this way? Where your inner world feels strange enough that anyone who doesn't create / doesn't have a similarly strange inner world (even if ironically, they think they do) would somehow destroy it by just seeing but misunderstanding it?

My offline circle is primarily people in niche arts scenes, and all my close friends with a few exceptions throughout life have been musicians or people I met through music.

I'm on a project that requires more time than I can commit. If I request offboarding, am I less likely to be considered for future opps?

this is by far my favorite song off the record. I’m a songwriter as well and was trying to figure out what kind of feeling it reminded me of because it’s super reminiscent of like an emotionally unraveling 90s/00s rock vibe, and realized today it totally gives me Butterfly vibes!

ticketmaster xfer!

Not gonna use any keywords to avoid scammers in my inbox, but if anyone was gonna go tonight and can’t anymore, please do hit me up!

Planning to travel to chicago, and didnt realize Lincoln Hall tickets are will call only.

if anyone is selling and down to do the email conf forward + photo ID thing, please please dm me :)

Hello, I've shied away from this sub because I am less interested in purely resolving symptoms of hyperacusis and more interested in resolving the underlying inflammation causing it. Mine was triggered by an acute injury, and is clearly related to neuroinflammation.

I've tried many of the popular supplements, as well as benzos and gabepentin and corticosteroids, and other than corticosteroids, I have found that megadoses, like 2000+mg a day, of PEA, a supplement that stabilizes microglial inflammation and is often used for mast cell activation syndrome, has been the single most helpful intervention, second only to dexmethasone injections. I would put the PEA megadose at around 50% efficacy of a steroid shot. Oral prednisone I would put at 25%.

Thought I'd share in the hopes it helps others. Magnesium, NAC, etc. also helpful obv. All an order of magnitude less than PEA. I started megadosing after realizing that the normal dose improved my symptoms drastically but wore off within hours. It is expensive but a miracle drug for me. YMMV.

To my surprise, there is a clinical trial ongoing, as of Feb 2026! https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06718452

I'm also working on a blog post about all the medical interventions I've tried, which were effective, and which weren't - and the different possible pathways of inflammatory injury.

Edit: I’m a bit overwhelmed by all the responses. I can’t give anybody medical advice. I’m going to delete my comments, but leave the post up. I won’t be responding to any more questions.

I have one scheduled for end of July. I am a musician with severe hyperacusis. Have heard it can be loud (how loud?) but am curious to hear first person anecdotes from people who have had this done. Thanks

edit: Auditory Brainstem Response

I'll be on vacation later this year, and was curious if it's safe for me to stop working on DA for about two months, or if this will completely jeopardize my ability to have access to projects.