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    Default Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, etc.

    Misophonia (or "selective sound sensitivity") is a condition whereby specific sounds (often related to eating, drinking, breathing, gum-chewing, whistling, or repetitive typing/clicking) elicit a strong negative emotional response (e.g. anger or panic). It usually develops around the onset of puberty. The problem noises seem to trigger a "fight or flight" response. There's no cure, although desensitization therapies can be somewhat effective.

    It can be pretty difficult to function normally with misophonia - it's definitely contributed to my hatred of first dates (and general hermitude). Most people have difficulty empathizing with someone who gets upset because of a common noise. Most people don't have great eating manners, and asking someone to please eat more quietly is generally considered rude. I usually only share meals with friends who also have misophonia (about 10% of the general population is affected).

    So... eating/slurping noises are definitely a trigger for me. My other big trigger is the swish-swish-swish noise made by parachute pants (I am *so* happy that trend didn't last) and some raincoats. Some diner booths also have a fabric that makes that noise when people slide across them. I basically can't eat in an IHOP - even touching those booths sends a shiver down my spine.

    Anyone else have this?






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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    I can totally relate. I have something I guess would be similar. I hate loud noises, of any kind. From honking cars, to loud talking, sirens, noisy children who scream constantly, blaring music coming from someone else, and the worst is when I'm home, and hear someone talking next door, or outside.

    Any abrupt noises, startle and disrupt my emotional state.
    Even the 'dinging' noises of people entering my chat has to be silenced, or I have to log off.

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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    idk if this counts, but there are CERTAIN sounds that i just cannot handle, just like certain things where i just cannot touch because i cringe. i was playing pool with some friends and they were chalking up their pool sticks and i had to run out of the room clutching my ears.

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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    Yesss! Someone.......

    -Drinking the very last drops of a drink through a
    straw

    -blowing up a balloon with their mouth

    -Scrapping a plate with a fork or knife

    -clapping really loudly. Just ONE person that's right next to me

    -blowing their nose and clearing their throat

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    And children do everything in my list. I have so many nieces and nephews SMH

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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    Quote Originally Posted by simone87 View Post
    idk if this counts, but there are CERTAIN sounds that i just cannot handle, just like certain things where i just cannot touch because i cringe. i was playing pool with some friends and they were chalking up their pool sticks and i had to run out of the room clutching my ears.
    That definitely sounds like it fits the bill. If I *have* to endure an especially bad trigger sound for 20-30 seconds, I will literally feel my fists clenching and tears welling up in my eyes. I usually leave the situation immediately.






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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    - Scraping of a pot against a gas range
    - Autotuned voices in pop songs

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    Oh man, this sounds crazy but there are a few different types of fabric that produce a sound that I find revolting and intolerable. The polyestery stuff that seems to be standard stripperwear material--the barely audible sound that is produced when it is being handled? Makes me nauseous.

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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    I'm not misophonic but I have sound/colour/texture synesthesia. If you sneak up on me and yell I generally fall down because it's a loud sound with a bright flash in my face. I cannot listen to sirens either, and some peoples' voices I find extremely intolerable.

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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    I have this, especially with loud noises. I was practically deaf from 3-5 and I remember crying after my successful ear surgeries because sounds were just so overwhelming. And now I work in one of the noisiest environments, sigh.

    Does anyone else feel compelled to mimic annoying sounds (or sounds in general)? I heard this is pretty common among people with misophonia. I can restrain myself from doing it in public, but when I'm home with my boyfriend... let's just say I scream along to every annoying sound I hear. He's pretty much a saint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MyButter View Post
    Oh man, this sounds crazy but there are a few different types of fabric that produce a sound that I find revolting and intolerable. The polyestery stuff that seems to be standard stripperwear material--the barely audible sound that is produced when it is being handled? Makes me nauseous.
    I'm curious about whether the texture of those fabrics bothers you, too. I've found that just touching the fabrics that make my trigger noises - even when I'm careful not to make a sound - gives me a similar feeling of revulsion. I think it's probably because I associate the touch with the sound and my brain wants me to get away before I hear it!

    Quote Originally Posted by aperfectseal View Post
    Yessss. I never knew this had a name. I feel so bad but when my husband eats certain foods he makes the nastiest sounds chewing with his mouth open and it almost makes me angry or on the edge of freaking the f*ck out! I love my husband and I don't look for things to complain about him it's just his eating sounds! I always said I wasn't gonna ask him to eat quieter because I didn't want to hurt his feelings but one day I was just having a crappy day and he did it and I told him that it really bothered me and it just turned into an argument
    He still does it and I just have to leave the room lol
    I had one boyfriend who I *could NOT* eat with. Ever. He'd eat in one room, and I'd put my earbuds in and listen to music in another. It was so bad with him that I just couldn't stand it. I literally wanted to punch him in the face when he was eating, which of course made me feel awful.

    Quote Originally Posted by lol1337a View Post
    Does anyone else feel compelled to mimic annoying sounds (or sounds in general)? I heard this is pretty common among people with misophonia. I can restrain myself from doing it in public, but when I'm home with my boyfriend... let's just say I scream along to every annoying sound I hear. He's pretty much a saint.
    I sometimes get the urge to mimic when I can't escape a triggering situation, but it happened a lot more often when I was a teen. My close family is full of terrible eaters and it was a "don't leave the table until you're excused" household.






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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    Quote Originally Posted by Sabihah View Post
    I'm curious about whether the texture of those fabrics bothers you, too. I've found that just touching the fabrics that make my trigger noises - even when I'm careful not to make a sound - gives me a similar feeling of revulsion. I think it's probably because I associate the touch with the sound and my brain wants me to get away before I hear it!

    Yeah!! When I'm touching these particular fabrics, it's like my mind registers the texture as a sound!

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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    The only noise that bothers me.. And this is mean.. Is my moms voice. It's not that she's annoying, it's not that her voice is loud or irritating (to other people) by any means.. But I can't talk to my mom. I can't even explain it but I start huffing and puffing when she says just one sentence. I roll my eyes and feel light headed and sick when she says any more. Idk wtf my problem is.

    One day she was talking and I accidentally say out loud "ugh that voice!" And she lost it lol. If she calls up the stairs I bury my face in my pillow. If I don't have a pillow nearby I cover my ears. Lol! What is wrong with me

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    Our ex has really bad misophonia , and it seriously hampers her in social situations because of her reaction. She gets a look on her face that she doesn't know she gets (and any time anyone tries to point it out to her she gets mad - we're trying to help, lol) where she looks furiously angry and like she's gonna kill someone. And her single biggest trigger is sniffing. So basically during allergy season she walks around permanently looking like a comic book serial killer - and wonders why she can't make friends.

    Mind you - I totally understand how difficult living with the condition must be, and I'm not saying she's "in the wrong". She just refuses to acknowledge that her reaction to her condition *might* put people off just as effectively as the noises put her off - or more so. She constantly complains that people treat her rudely everywhere she goes. THEY ABSOLUTELY DO, lol - because when someone approaches you with the body language and facial expressions she makes because of her misophonia, there is a pretty universal reaction of "well fuck you too".

    ANyone else with this condition notice it gets better or worse with verying stress loads? Hers got much better when she was happy and less stressed, and MUCH MUCH worse if she was severely stressed or upset about something already.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Almost Jaded View Post
    Our ex has really bad misophonia , and it seriously hampers her in social situations because of her reaction. She gets a look on her face that she doesn't know she gets (and any time anyone tries to point it out to her she gets mad - we're trying to help, lol) where she looks furiously angry and like she's gonna kill someone. And her single biggest trigger is sniffing. So basically during allergy season she walks around permanently looking like a comic book serial killer - and wonders why she can't make friends.

    Mind you - I totally understand how difficult living with the condition must be, and I'm not saying she's "in the wrong". She just refuses to acknowledge that her reaction to her condition *might* put people off just as effectively as the noises put her off - or more so. She constantly complains that people treat her rudely everywhere she goes. THEY ABSOLUTELY DO, lol - because when someone approaches you with the body language and facial expressions she makes because of her misophonia, there is a pretty universal reaction of "well fuck you too".

    ANyone else with this condition notice it gets better or worse with verying stress loads? Hers got much better when she was happy and less stressed, and MUCH MUCH worse if she was severely stressed or upset about something already.
    My quality of life improved drastically when I learned to avoid spending time with friends and family when they were producing trigger sounds. I learned to talk to them about misophonia and not just try to blast through it with a "grin and bear it" attitude, which would usually just result in me being really irritable and them being understandably put off. The experience of listening to severe trigger noises isn't *exactly* the same as experiencing physical pain, but it's the closest thing I can compare it to. It feels like this person you love is hurting you, and they don't even care enough to try to stop. Of course, they don't understand why you're overreacting to perfectly normal noises and using them as an "excuse" to be a bitch. There needs to be communication and mutual empathy or it just won't work.

    And yes, it's definitely a lot worse if I'm already experiencing heavy stress, pain (e.g. a headache), or a low mood. It's also worse for me if I haven't had time to "recharge" between triggers. I was once in a situation that involved living and working with a coworker who liked to snack throughout the day, so I was getting triggered for ~10 minutes of every hour for 6-8 hours per day. She liked to talk about work while snacking, so I couldn't usually avoid it by popping in earbuds or leaving. It was hellish.






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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    Yep, I have this. Even growing up, I remember hating very normal sounds - e.g. chewing noises (especially squishy stuff like bagels), slurping noises, people talking during movies, certain kinds of voices, loud breathing, the list goes on... I had my first panic attack when I was ~12 yo due to misophonia. I was watching a movie in a theater with my mom, and a group of people wouldn't stop chatting quietly behind us. I had a full-blown panic attack.

    Even now, I experience a surge of anger (that I fully recognize is uncalled for, so I always keep it to myself) or anxiety when I hear noises that I hate. And these are very normal noises that shouldn't be bothersome. I'll sometimes even imitate the noises as a coping mechanism, which I've read is somewhat common.

    This is something that I recognize could get worse and worse as I age, so I try not to avoid situations where I encounter these sounds. I take a tip from Buddha's Brain, and force myself to endure the noise and remind myself that there is nothing inherently wrong with the noise being made. While something is happening that's a trigger for me, I say to myself "A person is chewing a bagel." "The brain (i.e. my brain) is experiencing anger." When you take the judgment out of the situation, it helps you realize how ridiculous it is to feel angry, upset, or anxious about it.

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    Interesting discussion. I am highly tolerant of anything, but cannot stand high pitched or other loud human screaming, and HATE hearing someone chew food and smack with their mouth open, and talking at a the same time. Glad to hear some sounds bother others as well, and I'm not the only one, haha!

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    Default Re: Misophonia - "hatred of sound," particularly from eating, drinking, whistling, et

    This is an actual thing? I always get EXTREMELY angry at these sounds, but all my friends and my boyfriend just get annoyed and say I have anger issues, even though sounds are really the only things that make me angry.


    Wow, the examples they give on the wiki are sounds "such as other people clipping their nails, brushing teeth, chewing crushed ice, eating, slurping, drinking, breathing, sniffing, talking, sneezing, yawning, walking, chewing gum, laughing, snoring, typing on a keyboard, whistling or coughing". 15 of those 18 are so annoying to me that sometimes I get the overwhelming urge to punch my bf's face when he's doing them (Haven't yet, but one day...). Well, I'm glad to know that it's an actual thing and not just me getting irrationally angry.


    Quote Originally Posted by Sabihah View Post
    Most people don't have great eating manners, and asking someone to please eat more quietly is generally considered rude.
    Also, this^^^^

    My best friend chews with her mouth open, pair that with her obsession with gum (goes through about two packs a day) and chewing the ice when she finishes her drink, and you have the most obnoxious thing ever. When she does it I usually have to pretend to go to the restroom for a bit just to get away from it all.

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    OMG this is a real thing!!!! This is my favorite thread ever, I always thought I was such a freak. The sound of Styrofoam containers or cups literally makes me squirm and cringe and like close one eye while I move my ear towards my shoulder. Also sneakers that make that squeaky sound instead of a harder shoe heel, My dogs nails make a clicking sound on my pergos and I have to cover my ears, I also freak out when someone's brakes are too low and it squeals
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    ^ yup, styrofoam, cotton balls, chalk, anything that squeeks..i've noticed that when i nicely ask people not to do certain things and i explain they are much better about it..i also remember i was pushing back my cuticles at work and some girl was like " don't do that in my presence!!!" at first i just thought she was being a high n mighty bitch to me, but now i realize it was because she had "misophonia". if she had just nicely explained it would have gone a lot further with me.

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