Does everyone feel like this? Mysophonia?

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I always thought everyone was like this until DH said it's just me.
I cope fine with loud noises, concerts, shouting etc but if there are two loud noises or more at the same time, I can't cope and find I am panicky, agitated and angry.
For example if the TV is loud and someone is talking, I feel like this.

Does anyone else or AIBU?

Two people talking at once sends DS mad as well. And yes, it’s a real fight or flight response in him - if he can’t get away from the noise then he will spiral into a meltdown - which can involve hurting others and himself.
Have any of you adult sufferers found anything that helps?

Definitely not just you OP. I can cope with loud noises,like music or people shouting and aircraft overhead (I live on a the flightpath of Britain's busiest airport!). But,I detest the sound of people chewing noisily,or slurping drinks. And as for people tapping their teaspoon on their cup or saucer (in coffee shops) I want to grab hold of the offending item and stick it where the sun don't shine.

Me too. If someone rings me from a noisy call centre or they’ve got the telly on in the background, I have to concentrate very hard on their voice, which is tiring.

I think I suffer from both conditions, I'm hyper intolerant of 'people' noise, eating, sniffing, breathing etc but also struggle with layered noise like TV and talking.

Has anyone had a formal diagnosis for this and received treatment? I have a theory that mine is linked to recurrent ear infections as a child. I was constantly on antibiotics which I think contributed to me developing ME in my 20s. However if I'm stressed or anxious I notice I'm particularly sensitive.

I'd love to see some serious research on this because it is beginning to impact on my life (and my poor husband's).

I'm staying at my mum's because I have been poorly, tonight I nipped to the toilet, had just sat down when the smoke alarm on the landing went off, my head is still in a mess 4 hours later, I had to put my fingers in my ears until ds found something long enough to press the reset button.

Having a dislike for certain sounds isn’t the same as Misophonia .
Misophonia is bloody awful and can create feeling of stress, anger and anxiety brought on by everyday noises , doesn’t have to be loud .
Phonophobia is probably closer to what most on here are referring too .

Misophonia can be improved with therapy but is incredibly debilitating not least because of its lack of recognition in diagnostic manuals. Some sufferers have never eaten with their children or spouse and sit in another room, have never been to a restaurant etc.

Yes I get really anxious and angry at competing noises. In general I have to concentrate really hard if someone’s speaking to me in those circs. I can’t hear the TV and have to have subtitles. This is to do with all the “bass” and competing sounds, my hearing is fine.
I also feel the same about touch and visual stimuli. I wonder if it’s ADHD?

I have this. I also struggle to read with noise on. Currently DS is watching power rangers and is off school Ill. I have had to turn it down to read and type.

I'm ASD, NHS diagnosed.

I have this. Both my DC are dyslexic (I suspect my DDad and DB are too). I assumed it was an auditory processing disorder.

Were you listened to HisValentine? How was the process to get diagnosed?
I really struggle with IT at work and things like reading a menu, reading on screens as the words almost move.
I was reading the other day and some women next to me were talking and I think I read the same page multiple times.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/auditory-processing-disorder/

Symptoms of auditory processing disorder

APD can affect people in many different ways. A child with APD may appear to have a hearing impairment, but this isn't usually the case and testing often shows their hearing is normal.

It can affect your ability to:

understand speech – particularly if there's background noise, more than one person speaking, the person is speaking quickly, or the sound quality is poor
distinguish similar sounds from one another – such as "shoulder versus soldier" or "cold versus called"
concentrate when there's background noise – this can lead to difficulty understanding and remembering instructions, as well as difficulty speaking clearly and problems with reading and spelling
enjoy music

This is me too. I just shut down.

As PP are saying there are two separate conditions being described

-Mysophonia - an intense visceral fight or flight reaction triggered by certain everyday sounds

• Auditory Processing Disorder - inability to discriminate between sounds or process them correctly eg in a noisy environment.

I almost certainly have the latter. My hearing is excellent but in a noisy environment I literally cannot decode someone’s speech into meaningful sounds I just hear a jumble of noise in amongst the background sounds.

Oh the sound of people eating enrages me. I cannot stand it. Even my own dear children. And the sound of them opening food packets too. I feel like they are being deliberately noisy or doing it too close to my ears. I seethe about it. But I know it’s all unfair and irrational.

Omg I can so relate to this. I cannot bear conflicting noise. It's like a PP said, it makes me feel like all I can do is snarl! Irrational rage. DH just doesn't get it.

Worst thing? When DH has the football on (that constant low level roar of the crowd in the background) then plays a music video or something on his phone AND starts laughing or trying to talk to me. I just glare and mute the tv.

I also remember when I worked in an office and it had piped radio coming through speakers in the ceiling. No bother. However, then people would also play radio on their laptops, sometimes different stations. So you'd be hearing two or three different stations all at once. Didn't seem to bother anyone else, but it drove me wild. I just couldn't concentrate. Luckily I had my own office after a while so I could shut the door and work in silence!

My child is autistic, and although I don't think I am, I do share some traits with her, particularly around sensory stuff. This, and issues with food textures we are identical in our problems and it has led me before to think perhaps I should be assessed, but I am a normally functioning adult other than this so I haven't bothered.

My username is a mild give away, but I suffer physical pain with some noises.

It sucks.

I’m not sure of the names but I do have issues with sounds. I can’t handle noises like eating, breathing, eating and breathing at the same time, my husband clicking the mouse on his PC, the sound of vapes. The sound of someone chewing gum makes me feel sick.

I also have issues with loud noises. I hate most loud noises, it often feels painful. I also struggle if there are several loud things going on at once, and if there are several conversations going on I find it hard to pick one out of them.

Oh my god @Siameasy this happens to me too and I didn’t even think of it as ‘a thing’. I deliberately have lunch in a quiet space at work during the week so I can read but if people are talking I end up reading the same bits over and over and feeling quite queasy.

McCanne we ought to get ear defenders
It’s like my brain is constantly searching for the most exciting thing so it won’t concentrate on the book if it can scan for something else

You know how they’ve put pianos in lots of railway stations? The acoustics are normally dreadful and on one occasion I was at a station trying to talk to someone and that bloody piano was being played and I shouted WILL YOU JUST STOPPPPPPPPPP

I am like that too op, I get irrationally angry when there is more than one noise on at the same time. Mostly if someone is trying to talk to me while the t.v is in the background. Group discussions are hopeless for me as I can't take part in a positive way. Try so hard to focus on who I am speaking to but all the chatter around me makes my mind go blank. It is like the onset of a headache.

Yes I have this. All my children have to wear headphones if they are on their screens as I can’t stand any mixed noises.
I can’t have the music and the extractor fan at the same time.
I have to turn the radio off in the car if we enter a multi-storey car park as the tyre noises drive me mad.
I think I have sensory issues though. I can’t eat if I have gloves on, can’t taste food if there’s music and many other examples!

I have misophonia and competing conversations is one of my triggers. I've had to leave my office for a time on occasion if my colleagues are having too many seperate conversations at their desks around me (my employer understands) I have amazing noise cancelling headphones that solves the office issues now but it's still a pretty crippling condition to live under.

Me! Although I suspect I have tolerance issues rather than sensory.

Can’t stand noisy eaters, whistling, drumming fingers, sniffing ...

But also a whole host of non-noise related things.

I have misophonia. My triggers are predominantly whistling, music from radios, sniffing, throat clearing, tea slurping. I have others too but they're the main ones. The rage I feel is like no other. Mostly it's manageable but open plan offices are very difficult places for me.