Misophonia

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Does anyone else suffer with it?! I'm sat here listening to my husband SLURP his gravy and it's knocking me sick 😂 i dread dinner times, puts me in a bad mood
Is there even a cure for this awful problem? Misophonia not the husband 😂

Yep I’m the same with seeing repetitive movements too. I’m finding my commute really hard with all the sniffing and throat clearing, well any mouth noises really, along with non-headphone use. Add someone twirling their hair or touching their face repetitively and I want cry. Then murder them. Then it all starts again in the office.

As well as the eating noises, I can't stand football/rugby commentating on tv or mostvradio djs. This is a fairly new one for me. It islike someone drilling my ears.

Years ago I went to see the Sound of Music at the london palladium. Our seats were right up at the top, at the back. When the nuns sang "climb every mountain" at the end, it was like someone sticking daggers in my ears. It was agonisingly painful. I was crying, everyone else thought I was crazy. I don't like female singers much, they have to have a low tone, like Tina Turner say. And I can't bear tinkly music like Mozart. Gregorian chant on the other hand...

I can’t bear any mouth noises. Raspberry blowing, tutting, kissing, loud eating. Makes me irrationally angry.
And people yawning makes me want to punch something

@Chariots77I trained DC from a young age. They had exceptional table manners from a young age. It was often commented on. There is no good reason for chomping, slopping and slurping. Eat properly or food was removed until they decided to eat properly. It's not difficult. ( and no, no food issues just good manners developed as a result)

@Arran2024 and the radio ads 😣😣😣and when they speed up the T & C’s on them - torture

I have it. The worst for me is recorded sound effects especially finger tapping á la ASMR.

Also there's currently a Tesco radio ad which has crunch and snap sound effects - the radio is lucky still to be in one piece.

I get this with the scrunching of packets. The people who take forever to take a fucking crisp out of the bag. And people in metings who take an hour to open a sweet. Makes me feel violent.

I once sat on a train next to a man who ate a toffee apple.....I get enraged every time I think about it! I was stuck and couldn't get out.

I can hear the saliva flowing as my DH chews and don't get me started on the swallowing noises. I've had to ask him to move further away!

I do agree, I dont know why some people have to sound like they're eating from a trough!

I grew up with a mother who had very obvious and loud nervous tics and non swearing tourettes plus weird laughing.my stepfather could not eat without slurping, smacking g his lips and spilling food out of his mouth.
By the time I begged to go to boarding school I was near a complete breakdown.
I never see them...I just can't cope with it. It's totally ruined our relationship.
How I wish I could just ignore the noises like my siblings but it makes me so tense I could snap.

Omg!! My DH does this too, it’s horrific the teeth scraping noise. He also has a loudly clicking jaw and chomps with his mouth open. I cannot sit next to him when he eats. Added to that, he talks with his mouth full!

I hate all the eating noises, have to have tv or music on or I couldn’t do family meals.

i only found out the other day that noise doesn’t necessarily cause other people pain, I get really upset at sirens or motorbikes going past and it feels like it physically hurts. Explained to DH and he looked at me like I was insane. So there’s a reason I’ve been called dramatic over hating loud noises for years, other people don’t feel pain/rage at them?

Omg I always wondered why I was so triggered and nobody else was!

The fork scraping,slurping,the jaws clicking oh I could go on
I also have trypophobia....are these linked??

Partner snd friend aren't annoyed by either...

After reading all these comments I feel for every one of you 😫

I was doom scrolling Facebook the other day and something came up that looked interesting, one of those list things that each thing displays one at a time... but in the corner of the screen was someone tapping a pen and waggling it. Watched one "fact" come up - Couldn't look at any videos all day after that one. (Would be a good social media avoidance scheme).

Was shocked how anxious I was. Menopause + misophonia really sucks.

I am convinced my husband, his brother and father had a secret language where they communicated how they felt through grunts, throat clearing, sniffing, snorting, and nose blowing. 3 of them together was horrendous especially when eating, the extensive lip smacking!!
But I know I'm very sensitive eg migraines, a sense of smell like a sniffer dog, I dislike bright lights and loud noises, and any general intrusion.

I know people like that 😄 lol

Whilst this thread makes me feel so much better that I'm not alone. Has anyone tried anything - CBT, therapy, something else - that has actually helped?

It's getting to the point where I'm finding it actually quite debilitating. I feel my kids are missing out on things because I'll avoid situations where I know there's going to be noises I can't tolerate. I also don't want them to pick up on my noise issues and end up with them struggling with them too. I'm willing to throw money at anything that might help!

Me. I can’t eat at the table with DH. It makes me want to kill him with my spoon

MIL with an apple. I’m instantly seeing red

Oh my gosh, I have this! Unable to tolerate eating noises, repetitive tapping, banging or beeping and lots of audio at the same time (e.g. A conversation taking place with the TV on and someone playing a you tube video, although you tube videos drive me insane on their own).

Quite tricky as my partners kids are terrible for smacking their lips, licking their lips while eating and cramming so much in their mouths they can't actually close their mouth properly. Luckily my partner has it too so we tend to have the radio on in the background and he deals with his children!

those who are saying they are misophonic, are you neurodivergent?

No I'm not neurodivergent. I grew up with a mother who had extreme nervous tics and over the years became irritated by it to the point of insanity. I believe that set off the misophonia.

those who are saying they are misophonic, are you neurodivergent?

No not neurodivergent, its been a life long thing for me. I can cope with it in certain situations, so at work if a patient is eating noisily or a very small child, I can tune it out, everyone else doing it makes me feel upset/angry. I did wonder if hypnosis might help ?