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If DD doesn't stop fucking BREATHING SO LOUDLY I'm going to hit something.

117 replies

LumpyMcBentface · 28/08/2016 11:10

She has a bit of a cold. Her response to this is to huff and puff and breathe heavily. I'm pretty sure at this point she's doing it on purpose. I got up and left the room and she followed me. I actually want to cry.

This is horrible. I've asked her to try and breathe normally and she's lost her shit with me and screamed 'oh so I'm not even allowed to BREATHE now'. So now we're both ragey.

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SkydivingFerret · 28/08/2016 12:17

Well it sounds like the ops daughter is winding her up on purpose so I wouldn't worry too much about it op. It doesn't take a lot to be considerate and not eat cereal round you...it's not as if the op can help having misophonia, and for those who don't have it, the noises aren't just a bit irritating, they're rage inducing

Zaphodsotherhead · 28/08/2016 12:18

I don't have misophonia (thankfully, it sounds horrible, you sufferers have my sympathy), but I do have an ability to concentrate when there is background noise of any kind, which causes absolute havoc when I'm writing to a deadline. So I wear noise-cancelling headphones for most of the day - it gives the postman a laugh if nothing else. Would this be an idea, OP, just to carry you through the worst of it?

Cantusethatname · 28/08/2016 12:18

Nobody understands when I try to explain this - that for me, whistling is like nails down a blackboard and makes me want to scream. And people chewing gum. And sniffing. And snoring or breathing. And that click clack noise children make. Humming. I hate humming. Quiet radios. Next door's dog. Headphones. My colleague's laugh. Another colleague eating her sandwiches in a noisy way. I don't even like the rustle of the wrappers.

People have always just called me intolerant. I am glad it's a condition that other people have.

lotusbiscuit · 28/08/2016 12:21

When I was a child, I used to get very wheezey when I got a cold, had difficulty breathing. My mum never took me to the doctors, an inhaler would have been fucking wonderful as I really struggled.
Once she told me to stop wheezing so loudly (we share a bed at the time) as I was keeping her awake. Confused Sad

LumpyMcBentface · 28/08/2016 12:23

Neon, it's funny you say that as ds2's noises never affected me until the last month. He's just coming up for five. There mustbe some sort of biological filter that means we aren't pained by young people.

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JenBehavingBadly · 28/08/2016 12:24

How on earth do you manage in daily life? Noises in the street, eating out, household appliances, electronic games?

LumpyMcBentface · 28/08/2016 12:25

I just don't go out very often Grin

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Moonraker37 · 28/08/2016 12:32

I have this too. I hate my husband when he eats! Have to leave the room. I do feel for him. Anyone really. Sniffing is just the worst, nail biting, fingers in mouth. My FIL is even worse for eating noises. He's like a pig at a trough. Urghhhh (of course this rage usually goes on in my head)

MrsJayy · 28/08/2016 12:35

I try and remember its not their fault I'm like this its bloody hard sometimes though. My stepdad is a very noisy eater im sure it stems from him I can remember nearly crying as a kid as he slurped and chomped through his dinner

jennielou75 · 28/08/2016 12:36

I can't go to sleep if there is any noise and we are on the Heathrow flight path. I use ear plugs but they make a muffly sound. I have just bought these new ear plugs I saw advertised on facebook that are made out of aluminium. I don't know if they would help but I will post once I get them and try them out.

FoxtonFoxFace · 28/08/2016 12:36

Brave post OP!
My DP has a nasal polyp that he's waiting to have removed. It's taken 3 months to get a diagnosis, 3 months of him breathing so loud I can barely hear the tv, 3 months of me finding my irritability increasing by the minute, 3 months of me wanting to post about it on AIBU and not having the courage. It doesn't come across very well when we complain about a loved one breathing! So thanks for the opportunity to vent on your thread.
I'm extremely noise sensitive and it's become unbearable.
I hope DD is better soon.

keepingonrunning · 28/08/2016 12:38

I sympathise with your condition. However your rage appears to be rubbing off on your DD.
Go in a different room. Sod the dog having a comfy place to rest its head on your lap.
This will have the added benefit of not rewarding your DD with a fantastic over-reaction (which you can't help feeling but you can control your response). I wonder if she enjoys winding you up a bit.

RJnomore1 · 28/08/2016 12:41

Miso phobia - the fear of Asian soups 😆

HoneyDragon · 28/08/2016 12:43

Mine stems entirely from my Dads inability to eat well. His mother was the same. His mother was vile with a cold though. I had to care for her and she'd follow you fake sniffing and eat soup which she insisted I make as she was 'ill' and slurp and groan throughout. It's no wonder I barely ate during my teens Hmm

Ds suffers as well. Both my kids are good though, they'll use colouring pens in their room and stuff.

HoneyDragon · 28/08/2016 12:47

Your dd is also at the key age of insisting on standing in your personal space for no reason/shouting at you for no reason too, which doesn't help.

My mate hated these phases. She used to sob at my table going "she's either 3" away from me or yelling at me and slamming doors" it gets better.

LumpyMcBentface · 28/08/2016 12:49

Yes! She's either right on top of me or screaming at me to leave her alone. This is my least favourite phase so far, I have to say.

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MrsJayy · 28/08/2016 12:50

Oh gawd soup dad loves a cuppa soup it is hell listening to it. I dunno if im just an intolerant cowbag or not but it reallly upsets me sometimes my skin crawls

SatansLittleHelper2 · 28/08/2016 13:10

I probably have Miso wotsit, basically I have really heightened senses (( been suggested i'm on the Autistic spectrum )) so things most people don't pick up on ie a clock ticking or carrier bags of shopping rustling in the wind.

I also live in a house of noisy people, noisy eaters, noisy sleepers (( dp has been shouted for breathing and noisy heartbeating more than once )) Oh and the hayfever suffering throat scratcher, I won't even talk about that one.

I manage fairly well day to day, really but occasionally i'll have a rant and did once threaten my brother with a Cornish pasty thanks to the horrific snorting and snuffling noises coming from his direction. Disgusting pig was as bad as it got before storming off in tears.

Bigger noises ie cars, motorbikes etc don't bother me, it's the low level noises heightened beyond the norm which make life difficult.

SatansLittleHelper2 · 28/08/2016 13:13

Oh and watches ticking, I hear those too. Antisocial bastards and their ticky devices Angry

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magicstar1 · 28/08/2016 13:40

You have my sympathy OP. I'm exactly the same. The worst experience j ever had was last year staying with my InLaws for a few weeks. FIL is a bit deaf so had the tv on loud in each room he went into. I remember sitting crying in our room because Coronation Street was on in the living room, kitchen and bedroom on full blast. The worst bit was the 5 second delay between rooms, so it was a never ending barrage of mixed up sounds coming at me.

jennielou75 · 28/08/2016 15:22

The website is indiegogo and the campaign is called isolate. I haven't got them yet though. It's a bit odd because you buy them as a 'perk' but it's called a donation to the campaign.

VeryBitchyRestingFace · 28/08/2016 16:23

People who can't breathe like a normal fucking person should be BANNED from public transport. Mouth breathing should be a crime.

I do this. I don't do it to annoy the misophonics of the world but because I have a narrow palate which was not treated as child. There's often a medical reason for mouth breathing.

But I'm not aware of it producing actual noise. Confused

Maybe time to buy a pair of ear plugs, eh?

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