Am I being unreasonable for feelings of rage from the sound of someone eating crisps?!

Well that works too. People unfortunately just can't expect people to not eat etc assuming they are doing nothing unusual or ill mannered.

Neither do I. 🤷🏻

I struggle with them as well but I don't shout at complete strangers in cinemas telling them to eat more quietly. Nor do I have a meltdown if someone is eating crackers in a Chinese restaurant

A colleague of mine in an old job years ago had this. We weren’t allowed to eat with metal cutlery on ceramic plates, eat crisps or generally do anything noisy. (Mgmt rules brought in for her benefit) She was the loudest person I had met in a long time and continuously made noise of some kind. Pretty annoying really. It was like her noise was fine but everyone else’s pained her in the extreme.

It’s also true that misophonia and a number of similar “disorders” have only become “common” since people started talking about them on the internet

That wasn't quite my point.

I was trying to say misophonia is real and people with it are not just intolerant, it's very difficult for them.

And... People generally are getting worse in public behaviour and bad manners.

The combination is not a happy one!

Both things are true.

I know what you mean, though, that people with misophonia will struggle with acceptable things that others won't notice, like fingernails tapping on keyboards or people eating an apple. That is also true.

But also the fashion has changed for what is normal and acceptable People didn't used to eat in meetings. Lots and lots of women have long acrylics now. Etc etc

You have misophonia. I’m afraid this is a you thing.
I don’t have misophonia but I have sympathy for you - it must be dreadful.

You need to recognise the distinction though. Misophonia (the realness of which is debated) isn’t about manners.
Arguably someone who only has misophonia around bad manners doesn’t have a disorder at all, they are simply intolerant.

Thanks for explaining @Nightmary
Quite a few ignorant comments on this thread. It’s not about entitlement and just being intolerant. My husband has it, it’s very limiting in our life and curtails some of what most would consider normal activities such as eating out, going to the cinema, where we sit it public near others etc. It’s not life limiting but it is a problem.

It doesn’t work like that, it’s not about learning to be tolerant. There’s a difference between being a bit irritated by noisy eaters and having misophonia. You can’t just turn it off or tune it down. The only solution we have found (my husband has it) are noise cancelling headphones or ear plugs.

It's such a weird affliction, isn't it! I didn't really have it until about five years ago, and find it so bothersome now. For those who don't have it, it's not really a rage based on others being inconsiderate or bad mannered with their eating noises. It's like a visceral response of profound disgust and rage to something I know logically is pretty normal. It happens with people who I love, and who I know are eating normally/innocuously. I totally get that it's a me problem, and usually just make excuses to distance myself.

When it’s a normal activity I think the onus is on the person having a problem with it to move away rather than for them to expect other people to adapt their perfectly normal behaviour.

You know there are people in this world who would have the rage from watching you eat your sandwich outside on a bench.

Surely you need to be more tolerant of these people @ShakingAndCrying and eat your sandwich in an appropriate place.

Misophonia is real and so are sensory issues for autistic people. No need to be angry that some people struggle with these noises. Manners are really sunk low these days. There's no need for the constant chomping all the way through films but that's how cinemas make their money.

People should eat with their mouths shut but that's getting rarer. Ironically my son is autistic and I'm constantly reminding him to stop chomping and making noise when he eats.

The last time I went to the cinema there was no crunching and no slurping. Just people enjoying the film. The entitlement is reeking on this thread. People don't just exist to annoy complete strangers. If you can't stand slurping and crunching -stay at home! It's normal for people to make noise when they are eating FFS

I almost lost my mum 9 years ago from a particularly aggressive cancer. There's much more to worry about in life than how someone eats their meals.

You are not alone. Don’t even get me started on sloppy eaters, even more so when they are shoving in it and not eating with their mouth shut! I know this is my issue but it’s frustrating when I desp need my break and have to give up on it for this reason. It’s made me very aware of my own eating habits and will restrict what I eat when in a room with other people. The other one is people who scrap their plate or even their Tupperware! Tried Loops but they didn’t help this type of noise!

I struggle significantly with this too, but I voted yabu because I think we have to keep our tolerance up as best we can. In your situation I would not have been able to eat so I would have put my sandwich away and moved off in the hope of finding a more suitable spot, but we can't avoid the unpredictable world so we have to maintain some degree of tolerance.

I’m the same as your hubby, it really winds me up. I won’t have meals with family members because of the way they eat. My mother and mother in law are disgusting with it, they seem to wait until they’ve loaded their mouth with food before talking, I’m getting a rage just typing this, 😱

I think I would have to divorce him in case I lost the plot and stabbed him.

What was the incident at the Chinese for context. Do you think it's unreasonable that that people at a Chinese meal munch on prawn crackers?

I suffer from it too but 99 times out of 100 I say nothing. Other people are not responsible for the fact that you are sensitive to noise from people eating or other sounds. Leave them alone

There is debate as to whether it’s a medical condition, as has been had on the other post about misophonia this evening (I get the impression it’s the buzz condition everyone on Mumsnet will suffer from for a bit)

Physical over stimulation related to ND is of course a thing, and something I suffer from myself, but I have to learn to cope/ control it lest I murder someone with the rage from it. That’s our responsibility as adults

It’s a ridiculous problem, apparently it’s a medical condition. These people are an absolute drain

yabu because it’s so an OTT angry reaction. You need to deal with the rage, it’s your problem not theirs

There is no way people can tell you have misophonia just by looking at you. It’s clear that you genuinely suffer from the sounds other people make in your vicinity. It’s difficult, because most other people around aren’t bothered at all. Could your doctor offer some stragies?