Misophonia- anyone else?

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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

I'm the opposite (sorry!) I have a problem with my nose that means I'm pretty much always sniffing. The only way to stop it is to sit with tissues stuck up my nose. My old colleague has misophonia. It was an absolute nightmare. There was nothing either of us could do about it and we couldn't sit apart either.

However, the sound of people eating cereal makes me want to stab them in the ear.

Yeah. I think it's pretty common.

So many noises invoke that fight or flight feeling for me. Most eating noises (having to listen to someone eating an apple is particularly torturous), whistling, whispering, the sound of recorded applause. Also some movements like someone jiggling their leg.

Me too.

Nail clippers are another big trigger, along with noisy eating, breathing, nail biting, gum chewing, talking with mouth full, I could go on an on!

My mum has it and 2 of my siblings and my 2 children have it, especially my eldest. There must be some kind of hereditary element to it.

Boy racers does it for me!

They MOT their car using the original silencer, then once it passes its MOT, they change it out so that the car sounds infinitely louder.

Seems like many people here think that misophonia is being a bit annoyed by certain noises. No. It's feeling suicidal and self harming from noise. Serious harm, not an 'annoyance'. Strikes me as similar to the criticism of Sunak for his casual use of 'OCD' as an adjective

Eating noises. Doors banging. Throat clearing. Nose blowing. I cat listen to speech on the radio because I can hear the mouth noises i can't bear it.

I struggle with more than one noise at a time such as music playing and people talking. One or the other is ok.

Oh Jesus Christ breathing noises make me want to kill my dp when he is asleep they make me do so angry it's mad he is very nice!

@LadyTiredWinterBottom2

For me it's the TV and people eating, or licking the fricking yoghurt pot lid. Seriously put the lid down, no one needs to be licking a pot lid and especially not at work.

I banned the kids from licking yogurt lids they comply!! I know it's irrational

@WinterCarlisle

Also - I listen to a lot of talk type radio / podcasts: if someone has a “clicky” voice I have to turn off straight away - even if it’s something I really want to listen to. It’s difficult to describe, it’s not related to accent or anything. It’s clicky and wet sounding, almost as if they have ill fitting dentures or something.

It's not just you I completely relate to the clicking voice it's one of my worst triggers

@Cheeserton

Seems like many people here think that misophonia is being a bit annoyed by certain noises. No. It's feeling suicidal and self harming from noise. Serious harm, not an 'annoyance'. Strikes me as similar to the criticism of Sunak for his casual use of 'OCD' as an adjective

No medical definition states this.

Audible breathing might be the worst for me. I have started trying to avoid anything which makes me out of breath because then I mouth breath and I can't stand any aspect of it.

Only other people with misophonia understand. My niece also suffers from it and we understand each other.

I've found a therapist who treats this - I'll let you know if it works. It's crazy money, but it is having such a negative impact on my life I'm desperate to do something.

Op, you mentioned the noise of babies.

I don't have misphonia (I just hate noise, but I don't have a medical condition), but after a day listening to the constant NOISE from my toddler twins, I'm frequently on the verge of a migraine.

@WinterCarlisle

Also - I listen to a lot of talk type radio / podcasts: if someone has a “clicky” voice I have to turn off straight away - even if it’s something I really want to listen to. It’s difficult to describe, it’s not related to accent or anything. It’s clicky and wet sounding, almost as if they have ill fitting dentures or something.

I know exactly what you mean!! I call them spitty voices, you can hear their spit, accompanied with a clacking sound, just awful.

Oh yes radio 4 if its a walking programme and they stop to eat an apple... or similar. Or a cooking one and they have to film the earing noises. Just why!?!?

Also any radio dramas where they are having a meal and the sound effects dept have the noise of cutlery scraping, china clinking etc. I can't stand it.

And listening to any podcasts where someone has vocal fry. Arrrrrrggggggghhhhh

Eating noises, crunching, munching, eating with mouth open, talking with mouth full, slurping, the dog licking - they all make me want to either cry or fill me with pure unadulterated rage, sometimes both!
I have to leave the room.
I have tried so hard all of my life to not react to these sounds but I just can't.
I hate it but I cannot help it - so I just go somewhere that I can't hear it (or shout at the dog to stop.)
When I first found out it had a name and other people suffered from it it was such a relief.
for fellow sufferers

Eating noises. The horror of seeing one of the kids walk into the room holding an apple! I get up and leave.

The dog licking his feet. The poor sod has an allergy, and even with monthly jags he’s still a bit itchy.

Rustling packets. The kids know now to put their snacks into a bowl.

Kissing sounds on TV. Cagney and Lacey was torture to rewatch as Marybeth and Harvey couldn’t be a minute in each other’s company with out the kissing and the kissing sound.

The kitchen fan. It’s not till it’s turned off that I realise how tense I was listening to it.

Sniffing. Oh God, sniffing.

I’m barely contained temper at times. It’s awful.

Anyone speaking g sort of under their breath or on their exhale.

Definitely eating noises. Motorbikes. This is such an issue at weekend for me as we have very many motorbikes passing through the village. It’s when they’re going fast. That noise is horrendous. And there’s a particular type of noise some lorries make, I think it’s possibly when they’re speeding up as they’ve just gone through a junction as they pass our house. My brain seems to shudder with that noise.

Yy to motorbikes the smaller engine ones are worst. There is one on our estate I wouldn't happily flatten.

It's interesting how similar the trigger noises are for most of us. The eating noises especially make me feel less crazy!

I've also noticed the condition has got worse as I've got older. It didn't really take hold I think until after the dds were born. I'm 42 this is the worst it's ever been. I'm at a level I want to clobber dp for sniffing or nose blowing when he is a lovely lovely man. He doesn't get the misophonia though nothing like that annoys him.

FlyingSoHigh how are you finding therapy? Are you feeling any progression. Someone I know has likely got this condition but doesn’t know where to turn.

My next desk colleague who has loudly proclaimed their misophonia to anyone eating around her spends her lunchtime eating at her desk and then painfully scraping her fork or spoon for many minutes to gather every gram of leftover food in her porcelain dish.

My beloved cats licking their empty food bowls with their rasping tongues! (After they’ve been fed - they’re not hungry!).

And DH eating boiled sweets in the car when I can’t escape. Oh and crisps (at home ,not while driving)