On the 21st, NON STYLE's Yusuke Inoue appeared on TBS's "Door x Door Quest" where he went to see a general practitioner about an ear condition that has been bothering him for the past year and a half, and was told the surprising diagnosis.

Inoue caught a cold a year and a half ago and said, "I wanted to get better quickly so I got into an oxygen capsule, but the air pressure changed, so when I tried to pop my ears, it felt like my eardrums had popped. From then on, even the slightest change in air pressure made my ears feel muffled."

So he decides to seek the diagnosis of the general practitioner played by Jun Matsumoto in the Sunday Theatre drama "The 19th Chart." He has been to three hospitals, including an ENT clinic, and has been diagnosed with "no problem," so he says, "I have no choice but to believe as a patient," but the discomfort has not disappeared.

A general practitioner will not only examine the patient's symptoms, but will also ask about the patient's family relationships and other aspects of their living environment. Inoue explained that clogged ears "don't interfere with my daily life, but it's stressful. It's hard to put into words, but my ears are crackling from the inside. It feels like I'm being pressed from the outside to the inside, and it feels like it's bouncing back." When the doctor asked, "I've heard that some people can move the muscles in their Eustachian tubes," Inoue replied, "That's the sensation I get. I wonder if it's a habit. I don't do it when I'm concentrating," and "I can be conscious of not doing it."

The doctor responded by saying, "Have you ever heard of a tic? It's similar to that," and diagnosed it as a mental problem, rather than a problem with the ear itself. "It's possible that it's become a habit without you realizing it. Your brain learns that doing it feels good. The discomfort you feel when you try to hold it in is what I think is a tic," he said, and Inoue looked surprised.