Misophonia - anyone else?

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RosaMoline · 31/05/2023 15:12

I think I’ve suffered from this for many years now - it’s worse now to be honest.

I feel triggered and irrationally angered by:

whistling (I have a colleague who does this. I literally have to grit my teeth and stop myself from shouting at him to shut the fuck up)
throat clearing, coughing, sniffing
eating sounds - this isn’t such an issue for me now, as I live alone, am for the most part a lone worker, and tend not to notice it whilst in restaurants etc with friends as background noise phases it out
there’s a bench behind my workplace, and you can hear everything, I hate peoples sitting there and having long phone conversations. If I could move the bench, I would
people sitting in their cars for hours playing r n b music, something with bass
car engines idling

I’m sure there are more. Rather conversely I love watching ASMR videos. Especially whispering, mouth sounds, tapping and so on. What’s that all about then?!

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RaspberryCloud · 01/06/2023 14:44

cantstaymadatyou · 01/06/2023 12:16

Have this too. Adverts are a nightmare. The crunch on the magnum advert and that robinsons ad where people are gargling squash are horrible! I can’t watch live TV in case I see them. I’ve almost got into fights with men who were whistling, which is terrible because it’s usually noisy burly blokes. Luckily I work from home now as office sounds are awful. I worked with a gum popper and she must have wondered why I hated her so much. Hair twirling really gets to me too. I was in A&E the other day and this patient’s wife was twirling her greasy red hair the whole time while muttering to him and even though I was ill, it was all I could focus on.

I tried the Flare earplugs which were completely useless. Will have to look at the loops.

I would've had to say something to the gum popper, as not only would it have driven me to the edge of my sanity, it's also just rude & unpleasant, noise aside!

Horrible habit (but then I feel like that about gum chewing in general)

Supernova23 · 01/06/2023 16:26

Had this since my early teens, in my 30's now. Big triggers for me: breathing, that whistling nasal sound some people make with they breath, SNORING (massive trigger), sniffing, any sort of eating sound, slurping a drink, people talking on public transport, RUSTLING PACKETS (massive trigger), scraping a spoon against yoghurt pots or a fork against a plastic lunchbox, SHUFFLING FEET ACROSS THE FLOOR, tapping on a keyboard, neighbours talking in their garden.

I spend a lot of time listening to music.

HeartandSeoul · 02/06/2023 08:37

Romeiswheretheheartis · 31/05/2023 19:13

My dd(15) has misophonia, it came on when she was 12 during lockdown. I'm her main trigger - eating, sniffing, speech sounds, breathing (even what I consider silent breathing), rubbing my leg or arm. It's been a challenging few years for us both, and I worry so much about her future ability to form relationships. She pretty much lives in her Airpods at home, which can't be good for her ears, but it's the only way she can be near me. We don't eat together, and I have to really control how I speak to her and keep it short.

I could have written this exact post 😞. It’s hard, isn’t it? I see so much of myself in her, with regards to these sensory issues, and I also worry what her future looks like.

Eyesopenwideawake · 02/06/2023 09:39

@Romeiswheretheheartis - Therese Langford of https://www.facebook.com/calmmindhypnotherapy could probably help your daughter. She always does a free consultation with the parent(s) so no harm in having a chat with her.

DemonicCaveMaggot · 02/06/2023 10:06

Romeiswheretheheartis My poor mother's voice set off my misophonia, as did her incessant knitting. This was back in the 70's so neither of us knew what was going on. She thought I was a particularly moody and nasty teen, and I thought I was the only person to have this problem.

Now I have gone through menopause things seem to be improving. I still get enraged by typing on keyboards but I sit in a craft group full of knitters and can hold a civil conversation without glaring at people like a wild boar on PCP.

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