Misophonia

[frillynat81]

Hi all

Does anyone out there have this diagnosis? Be interesting to chat if you do!

I haven't been diagnosed but I'm starting to think that I may have this. I struggle with a lot of noises that people make in different situations such as chewing, snoring, noisy breathing, eating with their mouth open... I find myself getting really worked up.

A prime example: I was in a queue in a shop, a woman behind me was making a noise with her mouth. My mum was with me and I asked her if she could hear it but she said no. I was getting so annoyed and was muttering shut up under my breath.

Reading this back I do feel silly but it can be really distressing!

Bump...

Surely I'm not alone?

I have never heard of it or have it.
You may want to try reposting in chat?

My DH detests the sound of other people chewing. I didn't know it had a name! Off to google...

I get this too. Some noises of a particular type of plastic bag rustling makes me want to punch something! I don't have a diagnosis of it as never asked about it but it is a legitimate condition.

I have it. My dad has it too.

It's bloody horrible. The anger and panic I feel can be extreme.

You were muttering "shut up" under your breath? Nice. Perhaps she couldn't help it. I'm sure she wasn't doing it to deliberately annoy you.

I work with children with ADHD & ASD & quite often when they are assessed they can be diagnosed with being sensitive to different noises, lots of times similar to what you have described. We would advise the children & young people to have some form of fidget to help distract them & stop them becoming really frustrated. Don't know if this would help you?

I get it severely sometimes. It makes me almost murderous. I sleep tail end with dh because I abhor any heavy breathing sounds. I think breathing and eating are what sets me off as well as loud laughing. I could quite easily slap someone hard for it! Oh and thumb sucking, my sis and my ds do it and the sound makes me have to just get up and leave. I always wondered if there was something wrong with me but in so glad to have this diagnosis now. Just remembered, I detest my dad or dh flicking their toes and eating. Hate hate hate it.

This is why my husband has his own room.

I want to stab him with a fork when he starts snoring or breathing heavily.

AgentProvocateur - yes I understand she wouldn't have been doing it deliberately and it sounds awful me being like that but I honestly can't help it. It is almost torturous.

ScottyDoc - I find it so hard to eat family meals at the table because of all of the chewing sounds, it's awful. I prefer to eat in a room with music or a TV on. And I am constantly on my DS case for eating with his mouth closed.

Frilly, there was a that on aibu about this recently (ish). Someone's daughter was a sufferer. It was causing major problems before mum realised what it was because the poor daughter's behaviour initially just seemed to be intolerant and rude when os course, she couldn't help her extreme reactions. It must be very distressing, like any other phobia. I'm not sure what solutions she found but you might find a search there useful.

Emily - Thank you. I really struggle because I must come across as a rude person but i'm not. I'll see if i can find the thread you mentioned.

Sorry, I was so snippy, frillynat81. I was coming at it from the point of view of someone with a disabled relative who has a tic that involves a mouth noise. I was thinking of how she or her carer would feel if you'd told her to shut up.

its ok agentprovacetor, you are entitled to your opinion. I too have a tic, non verbal though, and have worked in social care for over ten years working with learning and physical disabilities. I think the lady in question, if I'm honest, was actually being rude due to the queue!