Getting Life Back on Track - LTU 5

[Shannon]

What format and volume are you using?

My original run was primarily hybrid at 3/15 on my iPhone as any higher and I’d start to feel pain from my ears after prolonged exposure. Listening to the ocean surf specifically.

Now I’m trying masked and the volume is, I think somewhere around 5 or 6 out of 15 on my iPhone? Not sure but louder than the hybrid and much more comfortable if I turn it up. Huh, I didn’t realize I’d setup trickling stream with the masked version on my phone, so that’s what I’m listening to on my current run, if it makes a difference?

Day 96
My dog seems to be doing better but I’m still nervous. Can’t tell if she’s low energy because she’s recovering, the anesthesia, or if she’s in bad condition for something related but not directly tied to what’s happening. Did meet with friends about board game. Although we didn’t finish due to time, we did have some fun and I got to pull off a weird but cool trick in the board game.
Edit: my autocorrect really hates this site and my typing on my phone seems to get laggy after a bit when I do a full reply for some reason.

If you are having pain in your ears from hybrid, there are two possible reasons.  

1. Your ears re extremely sensitive to ultrasonic audio.
2. Your subconscious is causing you pain to get you to stop doing what would work.

Unless you were listening to hybrid on headphones, I can't imagine that your ears could possibly hurt at a volume of greater than 3/16, and even then that trikes me as significantly odd.  Based on what I know so far, I think it is very likely that you are having a self sabotage situation in which your subconscious is causing ear pain to prevent you from using it at a reasonable volume to actually get results.

So to clarify this, I need to know how you are listening: earphones?  iPhone speakers?  playing it on an iPhone, but connected to external speakers?

And what is the highest volume you can handle with masked format?