Misophonia- anyone else?

[Borderline998]

Loud noise makes me irrationally angry. I hate when ambulances sound their sirens loudly as they’re driving past cyclists and pedestrians, people beeping horns (even though these things are necessary)

People in my building slamming the door shut, people talking very loudly on the train or bus.

Children screaming, not even crying, just screaming and shrieking.

Dragging furniture across a wooden floor, knocking loudly on the door, and so on.

The other day I was sitting on the train near to an Irish man with an extremely loud voice. I had to put loud music on my earphones to drown him out.

These noises make me so angry, I know I’m irrational though. I put on headphones when I can but do people have any other coping mechanisms?

Another thing I struggle with is concentrating on a conversation if there is any background noise

It is something that puts me off having children. I know babies and children do cry and shout, but currently I struggle to be in the same room as a screaming baby or toddler so not sure how I would cope.

Oh gosh, misophonia is rubbish. I don't have it but my sister does to some extent.

Have you tried the Loop earplugs? You can buy them as with different filters depending if it's background noise or full filter you need. There's other brands that are similar.

My dc irritate me sometimes!! Driving I have to have music on. The sound of toy cars clashing make some irate!! Games consoles I have to leave the room.
Only realised what I had thanks to mn!! Just thought I was a miserable cow tbh!!

I completely agree! People eating is the worst, my DH is the most horrific muncher, and he bangs his knife & fork completely unnecessarily 😩

Honestly I was bad but the noise of having children is truly hard the competing noises like tv with baby crying or a conversation tv/game and another asking question causes me severe anxiety everyday! In every other way I adore my kids I live for them and I'm a very good mum but this is something that chews me up (sorry no success story)

I have something called Hyperacusis which is similar and really horrid so I feel for you. I tried earplugs for a while but it was almost unbearable when I didn’t have them in so I had to wean myself off of them. It’s definitely hard to live with and I’ve had it for years now. It’s definitely worse when I’m stressed so trying to keep that at bay helps a bit too!

Ddog chewing a leg makes me want to stash her in a cupboard!!

No pets ever harmed in the thick of my noise aversion I promise!!

Someone slurping cereal. I have to leave the room or I would punch them.

Loud bangs scared me as a child. I still hate loud music it almost hurts.

I'm pretty sure I have this. My mum mentioned it to me recently. I feel angry very quickly when I hear neighbours banging / drilling or any really loud noises really similar to you've described.

I have a DS, he is 15 months old. For some reason with him, it doesn't bother me as much. He is in a throwing stage and when I'm with him it doesn't bother me to a great extent. However, when DH has him in the evening and I'm trying to just chill for a bit, I find myself getting annoyed at the noise or if I'm trying to do something else like cook and DS is whinging loudly in the background. I don't get it with him crying though because when he cries, he is usually sad or hurt so I have zero angry there. But ugh you have my sympathy, i hate being like this and wish I didn't get so angry about other people living their lives!

Sorry to hear there are others experiencing it too! I’ll have a look at those earphones.
I hadn’t come across the term hyperacusis before now, but I will read up on it.

I also get very startled by loud noises. I hate it so much when ambulances drive past quietly, then suddenly sound their sirens the minute there are pedestrians, though I might just be paranoid lol

It's an awful thing to live with op because it can make you really angry with the people you love who have done nothing more sinister than eating their breakfast in peace while you're shooting them the "Die NOW you crunchy bastard" glare. It sucks. The One that really grates me is when people make hmmmmmmm sounds when trying to think of the next word/s they want to say, I know several people who do this and it honestly makes my head hurt. See also, people who say "Soooooooo" in a very drawn out way at the start of a sentence, it's so hissy!

@Borderline998

It is something that puts me off having children. I know babies and children do cry and shout, but currently I struggle to be in the same room as a screaming baby or toddler so not sure how I would cope.

I was fine ( most of the time) with dd but I had some control in comforting her so it wasn't as bad if you see what I mean. I have no content over other peoples screaming children and it's unexpected. You sort of expect your own to cry at home but not on a child free date night or a quiet coffee in a coffee shop.

I think I might have this. I can’t bear whistling, tapping, eating sounds, loud breathing, driling, strimmers, the reversing beeps in lorries, I could go on

Yes. It's horrible. The worst is being 'trapped' with noise, like screaming in the car for example. And certain noises when trapped are so awful to the point of wanting to die. It's massively irrational and yet totally uncontrollable other than blocking methods or being able to walk away.

Yes. The dog licking itself, eating noises, I hate anything that will make me jump, like fireworks, balloons, being in a Wetherspoons where they don't have music so you can hear 100 voices in a low chatter....
I need to live on a deserted island I think.

Yep I get this! All of your op! And more. I wonder if I've got adhd.

Not saying you do this, but I think it's important to remember is an issue with us rather than others. I try to remind myself this if I get snappy due to noise.

I have a colleague with this. Today we were in a meeting together and I brought my lunch. I suddenly remembered he had this so I quickly left the room and left my lunch on my desk. I didn’t get to eat it until 3pm but I didn’t want him to feel uncomfortable

I am lying hear listening to my cat wash himself. I have shouted at him but resisted the urge to kick him out as the weather is grim. Eating sounds, rustling crisp bags, finger tapping even heavy breathing angers me so much. My poor Mum is paranoid to eat near me 😓

My dh has this, and it drives me mad, so can't help but wonder just how hard it is for him. He gets annoyed at people breathing sometimes, hates repetitive noises like typing and gets irate at people eating. What makes it weird is he aloe has some hearing loss in one ear and still hears noises that I can't perceive or just tune out!

I have this but it only developed in later life

I have this. Not officially diagnosed but it's come on really badly in the last year or so. I have times where I cannot cope with more than 1 of my dcs talking at the same time. It absolutely sends me raging. I've read it can be a symptom of peri menopause which would make sense given my age.

The cinema is torture for me. People crunching, rustling, slurping. I also hate cutlery scraping on plates. Loads of other things too. Mine is worse when I'm stressed.

I get it when my PMS is in full swing especially with the phone ringing it gets me irrationally angry.

Argos and Curry's pc world ads, my husband chewing his nails, car racing sounds, gunshots in films - they make me want to scream and sometimes I weep with anger.