i find it difficult to focus sometimes due to the constant screaming voice in my head. i've found that brown noise is the only thing that drowns the voices out. i truly feel "no thought, head empty" when i listen to it through my noise canceling headphones. you can find 8-hour or 10-hour long brown noise videos on youtube.
I seriously doubt any hospital has noise-cancelling headphones powerful enough to truly eliminate the natural block rockin' beats and buzzes of the MRI machine so just enjoy the sonic weirdness... it'll be a painless process anyway
iPhone (and now Mac) let's you turn on what it calls "Background Sounds" and has a selection of nature sounds, white/brown noise. The Background Sound volume can be adjusted independently of other sound sources too. So when I'm in a very loud environment or need to really block out the world, I turn on ANC, play some music, and slap on the sound of rain at 50%. I become sonically bulletproof.
I still go on a couple times a day while I’m on the computer but that amounts to about 20x less than I would be otherwise. Brings down screen time more than you’d think.
I don’t want a Spotify wrapped, I don’t want an algorithm telling me what I like. Give me back the local dude at Blockbuster recommending our weekly movie night VHS, give me the cute girl at the record store saying “you might like The Cure”. Records, VHS, Cassette, Print Magazines….gimme dat shit
