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Urgh! Argh! ???? (anyone else feel irritated just reading the comments, talking about the sounds?!) (Lol ????) .. I hadn't heard of misophonia until today but now I know what I'm suffering from.. My worst trigger sounds i can think of are clocks ticking in a quiet room, nostril whistles or that kind of breathing where the person kind of moans on exhale, repetitive pats,taps or bangs, crying babies, urgh and the sound of air being sucked in through the teeth (almost couldn't even bring myself to write that 1 ???????? .. Random bangs.. Urhh... I really thought I was just a nasty miserable person and hated myself for the way I act sometimes! .. I'm on a journey to heal a lot and I'll be researching this further to develop an understanding of exactly what I might be able to do to manage my awful mood swings (rage) in order to stop resenting myself for something that I genuinely haven't been able to control to this point.. Glad I saw something about misophonia today ???? .. Taking it step by step .. Peace to you all x
For my its eating noises and other. I can't stand eating noises when I'm not eating as I just zone in and can't stop hearing them. The worst is incessant eating at the movies that just never stops, chomping popcorn and rattling packets, this can drive me so wild I can't concentrate and have to block my ears. I also hate the sound of people eating slurpy foods like grapes, slurping their drinks, scraping their teeth over a fork (urrgh), and the dog/cat constantly licking itself. I hate it when people pick their fingernails and the sound of the fingernails scraping together, and long fake fingernails tapping on a computer keyboard drives me crazy. Constant repetitive noises like traffic are very hard to block out when I am stressed, but I generally get irritated by noise when I am stressed.
I thought this happens because I'm getting exhausted evey day, and my weird reaction to certain sounds is just a side effect. But I realized that it happened earlier and still happens every day. I eat breakfast with my headphones on because I can't stand hearing others eating. When someone eats something without a spoon and it clanks against their teeth, I feel like I'm going to explode. Someone eating juicy fruit around me would be my eternal punishment in hell. Loud voices and certain intonations sometimes create an illusion that I'm in danger. Scraping cutlery against the plate, slurping, breathing, scratching (especially scratching one's head), loud steps, swallowing, hiccups...this list is endless, and I'm so relieved to know that I'm not alone.
I don't know how to fight this and sometimes I even consider finding a specialist to talk to, but I doubt that it's possible where I live.
Some people noted that sounds of them chewing doesn't irritate them, but to me it seems that I'm irritating people around me too, so I try to eat or use cutlery as quiet as possible. Maybe, this once saved someone with the same issue from getting irritated (at least I hope so).
Damn, hyped to know that this is a legit syndrome. My worst triggers would probably be people chewing and water splashing in showers. If I’m in a car or watching tv, no one can be eating anything or else I’ll get mad triggered and leave the room. Especially when I’m high it gets so bad that if I know my friends are going to be eating something I just won’t even smoke. Another trigger is my family showering. I have to get out of the house or blast music when someone is showering. When I was little I would hit my brother after he would get out of the shower because I was so annoyed. Really wish I knew that other people suffered from this earlier ;(
I am so glad that I finally know that I am not insane and that this is an actual issue for others as well as me. I have just come from a hideously loud restaurant where the noise was so unbearable (baby screaming, two men roaring across a small table as though they were on opposite ends of a football field, a woman who was scraping her plate as loudly as she could to get the last scraps). It was so unpleasant. I couldn't shut down the sounds, and even though I didn't say much, my partner could see that I was panicking. I decided I would look this up online and, having read several articles now on misophonia, I reckon I must be a card carrying member of the club.
My triggers are not actually the sound of other people eating (unless they are seriously loud and liquid) but repetitive noises, particularly ones that are not rhythmic, such as clicking pens, rustling of papers and tapping on desks. This is wonderful, considering that I am a teacher and I love teaching! All of my students know that if they click their pens after I've warned them not to for the second time, the pen will go out the window, and I will retrieve it for them after the lesson! It sends me from 0 to rage in a second. The sound of tapping, typing, someone clipping their nails, crisp packets or scratching: I hear these and fantasize about flame throwers.
Other triggers are certain voices, particularly shrill or harsh ones, or excessively loud uber macho laughs; I have to contain myself otherwise I will end up screaming at people. Music that is even a hairs' breadth out of tune will also set me off, but hearing certain instruments - cello, double bass and low woodwind, calms me.
I sing and love music, and I have a tendency to mimic all kinds of sounds, accents and voices too; it's a way I have of understanding the 'shape' of the sound. If someone is singing/playing badly, however, I have to leave the room or I will end up offending people.
There are times when I have to either put plugs in my ears in restaurants or when I'm out because I will feel physically sick and panicky with loud noise, where I feel a tightness in my chest and a feeling of breathlessness. Also, sensitivity to sound intensifies when I am about to get my period.
Interestingly, I have just read up on the effects of brown noise as having a soothing effect, and listened to some on YouTube (Super Deep Brown Music). I'm so grateful to the person who put up the hour long clips because it has calmed me right down.
Thank you for setting up this forum - I have found it so helpful!
I definitely have had this misophonia for a long time, since childhood but just realized it's a real disorder. I have had my hearing checked three times, it's fairly good, but I do have some hearing loss in my left ear. I also have hypertusis which is a huge sensitivity to noise. I must wear the squishy ear plugs almost all day, currently I work with children(which I'm going to change soon!), and if the scream or even talk loud I could go through the roof. Reading over the many triggers you all have posted definitely confirms I have this. I feel awful but I cannot stand to hear or watch my husband eat. He chews very loud and again, I put the plugs in my ears because I don't want to be mean to him but I feel like yelling at him. He also has restless legs and it drives me nuts. Other triggers, when people play with the coins in their pockets, chewing gum, smacking their mouth when talking, saying umm a lot, but I think my worst trigger is loud chewing or crunching. When I was young, my mom had a terrible habit of chewing ice all day. And I mean all day, she would fill a large cup with ice and chew away, I was beside myself, I had to leave the room. Sometimes I couldn't leave if we were in the car, dinner table, etc and it drove me crazy!! The reason that I found out this is an actual disorder is beecause my teen son shows the same symptoms of irritation. One of our pastors at church gives sermons on occasion and he smacks his mouth throughout the whole thing, my son became so annoyed he asked if he could skip church when he speaks. He also hates the chewing and other mouth noises. I want to help him so I looked it up and there it was. I did tell him it's an actual disorder and maybe we together could find some relief. My struggle is that I have tinnitus(ringing in my ears all the time, there is no cure), hypertusis and misophonia. Uggggg, so I found a little relief by using the earplugs, listening to music softly with my earbuds, and strangely enough water sounds. I play ocean noises on my iPad which helps to cover or block the tinnitus some. It is frustrating but it helps a little to put a name on these annoyances. I don't want this to hinder my son any, he's so young. He's very smart and I pray it doesn't interfere with his studies and school. Thanks for listening!!!
I have misophonia. The worst sound for me is chewing, particularly if someone is eating something crunchy. I feel completely insane with a white hot anger and I want to lash out at the person or run. This didn't previously include my children but now that the eldest is 4 his chewing also triggers me (but my one year old doesn't yet?) - I guess I feel my eldest should be eating properly now but he finds it difficult to focus on eating nicely for more than a minute or so. I also react to any other mouth related noises - people moving their mouth or lips, swallowing, putting their hands in their mouth, nail biting and I can't deal with chewing gum at all. Some people on the radio seem to speak in a way that sounds like they've got something in their mouth, which I hate! Since I learned that I have misophonia I have noticed that rattling noises annoy me as well. I don't quite have the same rage reaction but I feel intensely annoyed and will often stop the car to sort out a little rattling noise. I feel like a complete loon writing this all down but it is nice to know that we are not alone. I am a kind, calm and reasonable person usually but my misophonia makes me feel like an awful person with serious rage issues.
Something interesting that I have found- my husband has always found the noise of our dog (whom we both adore!) licking her paws really irritating. It used to be that he would get annoyed with her and I would feel annoyed at him for reacting that way to her licking her paws. Now I find that if she starts licking her paws I instantly feel annoyed, without the need for my husband being annoyed about it. It is almost as if my brain has created a shortcut to rage in this situation! I wonder if this is how misophonia comes about.
I hate, when someone is constantly, loudly sniffing or smacking after eating. It drives me crazy and I wanna kill someone ( in my imagination). Another annoying noises: crunching and chewing a gum with mouth open. And also eating loudly!
I am triggered by chewing noises and, although this seems a bit broad, unnecessary loud noises. This includes things like shutting doors, typing and talking.
My main struggle with this is driving places with my wife whilst she chews gum. It makes me feel extremely anxious which can build up to a point when I feel like I want to physically lash out at something. I find if I can focus on driving or a song then I can block it out enough to get through.
I know exactly where the condition developed. As a small child at meal times I was often told off by either a parent or my older sister for chewing loudly or with my mouth open. This made me conscious of my own actions. Maybe a little too self conscious as I am now projecting this on to others.
My wife and I don't always eat at the same time so on occasions she will come home and sit on the sofa with whilst she is eating. I will be watching something on the television and if there is a break in conversation or a lull in the volume then I become overly aware of the noise she is making and I will normally have to leave the room until I know she is finished.
It can be a struggle as she does not really understand or look out for signs that it is making me anxious or try to make concessions to ease my anxiety. It can be a struggle on occasions in trying to make her understand that it is not personal and she has gotten angry with me about it. Maybe a bit more awareness from other people would be nice.
I have suffered with this for my whole life. It's only gotten worse the older I get. I just never thought to bring these issues up to anyone because I know how stupid it sounds. I have absolutely no control over it. My biggest trigger is my mom. When she breaths I can hear a whistle sound in her nose. I tell her about it but she can hear it and does nothing. When she talks she says her C's and K's in a way that drives me nuts I can't even talk to her. Also when she walks her knee cracks and it sends a painful wave of anxiety through my body. My mom had been very ill with chronic Lyms for the past 5 years so I have had to spend alot of time with her to help. Also the sound of silverware clanking on dishes. That one may be one of my worse triggers. Especially if it's from the next room. I literally shut myself in a room and turn the TV up loud. My aunts when they are are the worst at chewing and talking and the sounds they make. My car seat belt started making a clicking noise right next to my ear and it's horrible!!! The sound of a dog licking is another one. I also struggle with touch. Like I said my mom is Ill and when I take her anywhere she has to hold onto me when walking and her are touching my arm makes me nuts! This is something I struggle with on a daily basis. Literally drives me insane! It's caused problems with my mom and I because I will get upset w her and the sounds she's making and she takes it so offensively. I don't want to upset her but I can't help it. It's so good to know I'm not alone in this.
I had vaguely known about this condition 2-3 years ago from quickly researching it when I was about 12-13 and now I'm 15. But, now after all the research I have done currently I know for sure that I have Misophonia and that I am not crazy, alone and sensitive and have anger issues! I think my first trigger was snoring. I used to share a room with my sister since a young age and I can't recall a time when I wasn't seriously annoyed by it! The annoyance just progressed over time to the point where I would wake her up constantly and ended up moving rooms. My trigger of snoring quickly progressed to everyone and I was always confused at why it always brought me to tears and this massive surge of anger and it was particularly stressful at sleepovers and when camping! Thank goodness there is a name for it! My auditory triggers are:
-Breathing
-Saliva noises while eating (mostly with my family members)
-Snoring
-Voices from other rooms or where I can't hear what they're saying (Particularly when talking on the phone)
-TV coming from another room
-Any noise coming from another room
-Tongue clearing/clicking mid sentence (mainly with family members)
-The sound of people rubbing their fingers or hands together
-My mum's voice
-The tone of certain people's voices
-Birds chirping
-Typing
-Shower sounds (running water, dripping)
-Machinery
-Any 'uneven' repetitive sounds (repetitive sounds that have a pattern that is a little bit 'off')
My visual triggers are:
-People rubbing fingers/hands together
-Chewing
-Movement of jaw when chewing gum
-Twirling of hair (Mainly with family members)
-Leg jiggling (Only with a few people)
-Anything that happens before a trigger sound or movement is about to happen
And many more!
I have also found that after a sound or movement has been made and stopped that the sound or movement will actually keep vividly repeating in my head for quite a while afterwards and this will even happen if the sound or movement hasn't even started yet. But, I just think it will or it looks as if it's about to start. I've become so obsessed with so many of sounds above that I have actually started hearing them when they're not even there. At night I hear the sounds of people in the shower when there's no one there and the sound of snoring when no one is even in the house! No one believes me when I try and tell them about Misophonia and it makes my life really hard, especially in school. Recently I just had exams and asked to be put in a separate room and my suggestion got accepted and I was put in a separate room. All went well, right? Wrong. I was put in a room in the library and many people were just outside the room I was in and were talking particularly loudly. But, that wasn't even the worst of it. The worst noise was the sound of the low rumble and boom of male teachers shouting/talking and I just couldn't deal with it. Adults voices tend to trigger me a lot more then younger people's tones. But, it can also be the other way round. It really just depends on the tone. High, low and familiar voices trigger me the most. I could hear all the voices completely clearly even with the door completely shut, in the furthest corner trying to escape the sound and whilst wearing earplugs! I was filled with a rush of anxiety, panic and uncontrollable rage and couldn't concentrate on the task at hand and ended up snapping pens and pencils, banging my fists against the table, cursing/shouting for the sound to stop, crying and having panic attacks, stamping my feet, and having serious thoughts of homicide or doing something to myself to make it stop! I ended up writing very harshly/hardly/messily and can hardly remember what any of the questions were and mainly rushed through it and didn't really think about my answers at all. This happened for all four exams and was horrible! I'm glad that I now know there is a name for what I have. But, so sorry that everyone has to deal with this horrible c
It's such a long list of triggers for me but what amazes me most is when I'm in charge of the noises I'm fine, for example I can listen to music(only for some time cause my ears start to hurt and my brain feels exhausted) on full blast but if anyone else is listening to music louder than medium volume I'll have violent feelings towards them. My biggest trigger is my partner's restless legs syndrome. The minute he starts I automatically start mimicking it to calm myself down. He also leaves water running whilst brushing teeth and I have even run upstairs to the bathroom to turn it off whilst he's in the middle of brushing.
What makes me sad is that I've recently started to get agitated when my 3-year old eats. When he eats at the table I remove myself, go a bit away and start talking to cover the noises he makes or when he eats snacks and he comes sits next to me I move or ask him to close his mouth and/or move. He doesn't deserve this and I try, I really try to not react to it but yeah you know how it goes. He also is starting to show some signs of it. He removes himself when there's loud noises. Sometimes even cries so I try to keep him away such things. It's heartbreaking to see it cause I know how it feels and to have it, if it truly is this, such a young age. I'm gonna try to support him and figure it out if it is this or something else. My partner doesn't really understand it, his response is "have you heard yourself eating" etc. I do have one person who understands me- my sister. She stayed with us for a couple of months and we almost killed eachother cause we have some different triggers but didn't know that and she also was the one who told me what it is we actually suffer from. We did have a laugh about it and there was some serious talk but to have even that one person you can talk to about it is a god send. We need more awareness about it! I'm also concerned about the people who don't suffer from it. They shouldn't be like walking on eggshells just because others have this condition.
It is an extraordinary relief to me that this is an actual thing.
My symptoms started when I was a child - listening to my mother eating snacks while we watched tv. She was always a little behind me, out of my line of sight. At some point, she realized that her chewing made me fidgety, so she tried to chew more slowly and silently, which made me even crazier. I always felt guilty about that, the feeling that my mother's eating made me angry. It seemed so stupid - that someone's chewing sounds - especially someone I loved - enraged me. Now, many years later, and the chewing sounds still create a huge ball of anxiety in me - but only when it's out of my line of sight. At work, I sit next to someone who chews crunchy food all day long. There's a partition between us, and the crunching sound always creates a wave of anxiety that courses through me. Fortunately, I spend a lot of time out of the office, but when I'm there, I'm always finding things to do on the other side of the room.
There are so many sounds that others have mentioned here that I, too, find overwhelmingly disturbing. Different sounds appear to create different levels of anxiety - from rage to prickly annoyance. But only a few make me violently angry - almost homicidal. One of them is the constant thumping of base music, or any indistinguishable base sound, coming through my wall (which, living in a town house, I share with neighbors). There's a definite physical reaction - an illogical madness that completely overtakes me. For a long time, I thought everyone felt the same way, so I could never understand why people found my reactions a little frighteningly over the top.
One thing that simply sends shivers down my spine is - get this - people on tv drying their hands. Seriously, what is that all about?
I read the comments from others here and I nod and know exactly what they're talking about. I am so grateful that there is a platform for us. We are a sad little community, but at least we know we're not alone, and I don't feel quite so freaky anymore. So, thank you, everyone who has commented here.
This started with me over 40 years ago around the time I was going through puberty.I couldn't sit at the same table as the rest of my family as my father and sister had terrible table manners,slurping,chomping and lip smacking.My triggers are people crunching crisps,Apple's,celery it sounds as if they have hollow heads or walking through gravel.Noisy swallowing,drink poured into a glass,finger tapping.
This condition has ruined my life. For over 7 years I was bullied by my brother from a very young age because I made a breathing noise when sleeping. I had to sleep with a pillow over my head or I'd get punched and my hair pulled out. I'm 45, single and I have always found it difficult sleeping with anyone all my life.
I too get very over-reactive with very specific noises. I had no idea there was a name for it until today. My main triggers are people chewing - mostly gum. My daughter has a habit of humming, particularly when she eats. It drives me crazy to the point I have to tell her to stop as I feel physically angry. Other triggers are pens being clicked, repetitive low-level noises such as car/house alarms in the distance and tapping noises such as some one tapping a pen or cutlery on a table. Ironically I can listen to higher level noise such as music on my headphones even when working on a computer and that doesn't bother or distract me at all.
I struggle so much with people drinking - the gulping is enough to make me want to physically hurt someone and I have to leave the room. Likewise, if our dog has a Kong (chew toy filled with paste/treats) I have to leave because it makes me irrationally angry. And don't get me started on slurping/noisy eaters.
I know it is irrational but even if I really try to ignore it, I can't. Just thinking about it brings me out in a sweat and makes my heart pound.
I thought my dislike of certain sounds was due to being an introvert, but now maybe not.
My worst reaction tends to be to repetitive noise, especially ringing telephones. I become a spiky ball of rage at the sound of a ringing phone. Two or three rings I can handle. If it goes on longer than that I start to get shouty. Car alarms and sirens have a less intense effect, but the white noise app I have on my phone to combat my tinnitus produces no reaction. Perhaps the repetition in that sound is not as obvious.
After those kind of noises the sound of someone eating also sets me off. It's like a combination of anger and physical revulsion to the point of nausea. Strangely though it's only the sound of other humans. Listening to other animals eating, my two cats for instance, produces no reaction at all.
What interests me is whether misophonia has any connection, positive or negative, with ASMR, the craze that took off on the internet for relaxing by listening to gentle whispering and noises.
I will only add one thing to the long list of triggers given in this thread.....Fortunately less of a problem nowadays as women tend to wear trousers/leggings/think black tights or go bare legged more often than in my teenage years. But my absolute worst trigger was/is when a woman wears nylon tights and her legs or feet brush against each other! Sets my teeth on edge just thinking about it.
I have just found out that this is something I have had all my life too.. thought I was just a irrational easily irritated person!! Funny thing is that I think my whole family has it...my mum especially was so irritated by rude eating habits...clicking clacking slurping, so not sure if my brothers and sisters are all sensitive to these vile noises because we were brought up with it! But I cannot stand most noises that ruin my peace. I like it quiet. Tapping fingers or feet makes me enraged. People in general who are loud, friends, family, strangers, neneighbours. ..shut up! A had to move away from a lady who was talking loudly today with the most annoying voice ever...chattering and wouldn't stop...lol wanted to say..'nobody cares what you have to say it's boring....and turn your volume down'!. I HATE dogs barking. My neighbour let's her dog out at 10pm every night to wee...and no it starts yelping if it hears any noises....I want to shoot it. And don't get me started on hiccups...flip....I could commit murder! I end up having rows with my husband when he gets them. I have to leave the room or get him to for safety's sake. I thought I had sound sensitivity but this all makes so much sense. Thanks gave really enjoyed reading others comments. Here's to a peaceful life;-)
before i discovered misophonia i felt like an alien! I have already been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and synesthesia is looking very likely so misophonia as well makes me feel even more strange! some of my known triggers are...
sniffing,
chewing,
snorting,
over use of the epiglottis,
quiet burping,
swallowing,
and many more! (i really can't be bothered to remember them all!
This should be called the delicate creatures site - believe me, I identify - it's just reading some of the comments is so funny. Wonderful crystal clear descriptions of the acute horror people are experiencing over these things. Brilliant to feel at least there's some company.
The sounds that bother me are what I call "fake sounds" - when you just have a strong intuition based on behavioural cues that someone is doing something purely to annoy others. Such as, repetitive sniffing, repetitive, forced sounding coughs, usually just one "cough" every minute or so, repetitive throat clearing of the same kind, just rudeness and pointless disruptive behaviours, basically. The other thing I cannot abide is door slamming. I also have a strong reaction to one visual behaviour, the snubbing the nose with the finger move. I see this mostly, almost exclusively, in people under 35-40. Annoys the crap out of me. They stare straight at you and go, flick, with their finger to their nose. Kills. I hate it. It's a body language cue that can mean, "I'm superior to you". Rude, inappropriate, delusional. I find all of these behaviours callous and avoid people who indulge in them - something not right upstairs if you need to annoy others constantly.
Yawning, yawning with accompanying noise, yawning while talking. Sniffing. Repetitive coughing. Leg twitching. Whispering to me. Whistling. Noisy eating. Talking when eating. I thought it was due to my mother who does all of the above but maybe not! I can't say which is the most annoying as all of them drives me to anger. Felt tip pens on paper too.
-Inarticulate background chatter, where I can only hear the low murmur of voices without the words being said.
-Certain individuals humming in quiet environments
-Televisions being turned on when I'm reading in a quiet environment
-The barely audible high-pitched humming noises of Computers & Televisions (TVs on mute almost aggravate me more than loud volumes)
-Industrial sounds (outside construction, garbage trucks, etc)
-Hearing only the subwoofer & bass levels from someone else's stereo.
-Percussion with repetitious high treble
I just discovered this affliction has a name and is shared by others. Thank you for your research.
My worst trigger is activated when I'm working on the computer, someone's sitting next to me and they're breathing heavily. Another annoying trigger is when I'm sitting around the table and my sister's deliberately chewing with her mouth smacking up and down. My sister never helps with my problem.
I have struggled with misophonia for as long as I can remember, but never knew there was an actual diagnosis or that others experienced the same way! My worst triggers are the sound of chewing, gum smacking, don't get me started on popping bubbles with gum, the sound of buttons clicking against the dryer while clothes are drying, sniffling, and hiccups. Also, spoons hitting bowls or forks hitting plates, teeth scraping against forks or spoons etc (this has made every day life beyond complicated) this has caused a lot of stress In relationships with friends and family. I get so angry and I don't want to feel that way and I wish these sounds didn't bother me. But, I will begin to feel hot and shake with rage. I also will envision ripping gum out of the person's mouth or food, terrible I know!! If I am the one doing these things, though, it does not bother me! I find myself mimicking people offer to comfort myself, for example if someone is loudly smacking on gum, I will smack my gum as well. Doesn't make much sense... Good luck to all of you I know how awful this can be!
I have suffered from this for a few years now without every knowing the true name for it. My worst trigger is the sound of people eating. The sound of someone eating an apple seems to be the worst and even people breathing heavily while they eat, making it sound like it's a race to finish their food while they struggle to breath is what I would call hell. It's nice to know there are many other out there like me.
I just found out today that I have misophonia. My psychologist diagnosed it. To be honest , it has been a relief. I always thought that I was a very hysterical , oversensitive and nasty person. I couldn't eat with my dad and that ( and all the arguments who had because of it) gave me a terrible feeling of guilt. I had huge problems sharing houses at Uni and after, Studying, sharing a office ( I still have a problem ) , liking a man if he makes the noises that trigger my hate...
Now, I have a sense of relief...I am not a nasty person who over reacts to those eating noises, sudden noises of chairs on floor and doors slammed, closing drawers... ( they are my mainly triggers). I actually have a disorder and can be improved. I just need to find out how to treat it!
Sorry to heart all of you suffer the same disorder but being shellfish, it makes me feel a bit less weir!
Ready for this? I think so.
About my hearing:
1. The sound of a dry marker being used against paper was the first threat.
2. Loud electronics volumes for people who have insensitive ears or who like the 'movie theater experience.'
3. Inability to control volume of the things around me most of the time.
4. People who talk loud as megaphones since there is no need for the volume.
5. People getting upset with my indoor voice and listening volume.
6. Sounds made from doing things that seem prone to violence such as smacking down items on the counter at a register, forcing car doors closed, ramming the volume up near max in classroom settings when the speakers affect spots unevenly, screaming victory in defeating others or killing a mosquito.
I think I have a self-made perception that people more than other beings, make noise without rough and thoughtless manner.
I'm glad people responded to this post.
I think I'll carry the earphones around more. I've already been using the headphones as a coping maneuver.
I cannot stand the sound of coughing it literally is like an electric shock, It's the sound it does something inside that negative and dark.
I think it's about me so therefore are conflicted and hostile with added anticipation anxiety which makes 100 times worse just want to scream so loud SHUT UP
I can't stand this inhibiting life due to such unpleasant sounds
I cannot stand the sound of coughing it literally is like an electric shock, It's the sound it does something inside that negative and dark.
I think it's about me so therefore are conflicted and hostile with added anticipation anxiety which makes 100 times worse just want to scream so loud SHUT UP
I can't this inhibiting life due to such unpleasant sounds
OMG. I can't believe I'm not alone. I'm literally on this site right now because I cannot stand the noise of my co-workers breathing. She does this like breath-snort thing and I have my music on FULL BLAST so that the rage inside of me subsides. It's so bad, it's the worst.
I also cannot stand the sound of eating. It's weird because I'm ok with some people and HATE other people's sounds. I can remember disliking this sound as far back as I can remember. My parents used to let me eat dinner in my room so I wasn't triggered. I do think there is a link to OCD because I definitely have that. my fiance always thought I was just being over sensitive and then one day my brother told him all about how I had to eat a lone and he finally got it.
Anyway..I'm going to go back into my headphones so I don't have to hear this AWFUL SNORTING CREATURE I WORK WITH.
So glad I can talk about this no!!!
It's a little strange but the first trigger I remember was from when was about 11 or maybe younger and had to write/draw with pencils. I HATED the sound they made on paper, and the feeling of writing with them! I think it's why I always use pens now, even in rough work. The blunter the worse was the rule. And pop music from people's headphones, people tapping fingers, clinking plates etc., people chewing, snoring, sometimes yawning, and acoustic guitar(seriously, I had a massive argument with my dad about this and didn't know what to say except that I don't like guitar! Except it's not the usual dislike, more the play it downstairs and I'll still be fuming type of thing), whistling and yes, repetitive music as well. I have a good memory for music so the more repetition the longer I remember it afterwards and replay over and over...It's maddening! Trouble is it's hard for me to figure this out because there are some sounds which I hate even when I'm the cause. I'm sensitive to loud noises as well. Does anyone else get pencil on paper as a trigger?
Reading through everyone's comments makes me realise it's not just me! Why is it that the people I care/ about/love the most I want to go mental at, but people I don't really know i.e. strangers etc, I can sort of tolerate the annoying breathing, eating & repetitive noises made by strangers. Is there any sort of counselling, books or anything that can help control the angry feeling or blank it out? My boss is the worse person and I am really considering moving jobs as I cannot stand the noises my boss makes! The breathing loudly like she's straining and munching on pen lids all day long!! Arrghhh! Please please please can someone come up with a cure as I cannot carry on for the rest of my life getting annoyed at every little sound!!
I am really happy to have found this site. I haven't read all of the comments yet, but shall get around it.
I am 61 and have had misophonia for as long as i can remember. It has so ruined my life.
It started with my parents. When they ate their false teeth clicked. My dad also whistled a monotonous tune continually, i was at my wits end. My brother is over weight so breathes heavily. My ex husband sniffed everything back into his nasal cavity. My OH eats noisily. He thinks that he doesn't ,but i can hear him. It has also extended to visual. I now can't even bear to watch him eat. He thinks that almost everything irritates me now. Finger tapping, clicking his tongue to music, humming. Although he is a musician and i don't mind at all when he practices.
I never told anyone, everyone just thought i was odd. I couldn't tell anyone i was afraid of being mocked and judged. I found out it had a name just a few years ago. Maybe two or three. There's nothing to be done, but it's good to be able to put a name to it.
I didn't used to visit my father because of the whistling, it makes me feel so sad.
Misery likes company so I'm kinda glad that I'm not the only one.
''Misophonia'', (boy am I glad it even has a name).... is ruining my life!
I am a young female civil engineer, engaged to the most lovable man.
Everything seems great... Except! My irritability to many things has shot sky high in the last 3 years. (I am now 28)
I cannot manage sooo many sounds/noises that come from anybody, there are too many to mention.
The eating sounds... My Gosh! Can that stop already. Can't the world completely do away with crisps, popcorn, crunchy anything!?
I'm usually a calm person, that's until a sound annoys me... I go into ''demonic'' mode. Yelling at someone to ''STOP THAT''!
I once took my cute younger cousin to the movies, he insisted on popcorn... I bought him marshmallows! What the? Who would do such a thing?
I can't help it!
If I suddenly leave the room, everyone wants to know what is wrong... If I don't explain then I'm a sulky person, if I explain then ''I need to stop having such a short fuse!''
I Love my finance to bits and I really don't want to be annoyed with him for every ''little'' thing. It's reached a point where he thinks I don't feel the same about him because I'm constantly at his throat (excuse the pun).
There isn't anyone in South Africa that I know who can help, even the audiologists I've approached don't know what it is!!!
Forgot to mention these sounds are like tourture there so painful and I cant bare anyone whispering in my ear I totally freak out. Really nice to know theres more people out there just wish something could be done as its stopped me doing so many things, staying at friends, partys etc and the earache/headaches from having my earplugs in everynight just so I can sleep is horrible.
Yipeeeee im not crazy, unreasonable or being daft. This has caused so many problems between me and my husband as he is a heavy breather, loud eater and likes to tap bless him. I get so angry and irritable when I can hear him and he cant help it, I also cant stand ticking clocks I dont have any in the house. It started when I was about 8 yrs old when I noticed the weather lady on the telly clicking when she spoke, no one else could just me. Then it moved onto ticking clocks, anything repetative then my poor husband and its impossible to block out, once I hear it thats it till I flip and leave the room lol.
Only just discovered that there is such a thing as Misophonia and didn't realise it was a neurological problem. I noticed it when I was 15 as I witnessed my parents possibly eat in the most disgusting manner - mouths open, uncontrolled breathing, talking and just general loud crunching. Since then I've started to notice it with other things too from pens clicking to clocks ticking to people burping and coughing. It literally drives me insane. Sometimes I just stare in amazement at how these sounds don't annoy anyone or how they don't seem to notice them.
Hi,
I remember watching my dad chew food when I was about 12, and thought how disgusting his chewing noise was (he eats particularly ugly, with mouth open, talks while eats... no manners). From then on, it got worse.
My office has few pen-clickers, and have to blast classical music into my ears 8 hours of day to mask the noise. I wish I could work from home, away from pen clickers, gum chewers, sniffers....
What a burden this misophonia is!!
I tried few methods last year to cure myself, like positive association with the sounds, controlled exposure, and my sensitivity to sounds improved slightly. I probably need to continue working on it, but it feels like I'm experimenting on myself. Why don't we have official misophonia treatment, would love to try something more scientific than my little ideas.
I didn't realise this was a thing, I'm glad it is though!
I can't BARE hearing cutlery banging on plates or scraping plates oh god eghgf. THE SOUND OF POLYSTYREIN (probably spelt wrong) Whispering ergh, people talking with food in their mouth, crisp packets, people eating end of actually, people listening to headphones loudly, blackboard urgh, the sound of a tv, sound of a radio, someone on the phone in another room, people talking in another room, AND THE LIST GOES ON - for miles.
Every door in the house has to be closed, tv's below volume 15, if people are eating I have to go into my room and listen to headphones very loud to block it out.
If I hear anything in another room especially when I'm trying to sleep I literally go.. insane, I wouldn't wish anyone to see it. I have to hit stuff etc. I don't know why, it just seems to get worse and worse too!
I've suffered with this since I was a small child and only found out tonight that it's an actual condition, all be it right or wrong it kinda of made me laugh reading some of the comments because I suffer in the exact same way an do the exact same things and I kind of thought it was just specific to me, as I was made to believe it was just me with the problem stop being so over sensitive an noticing everything....sniffing is my number 1 trigger followed people slapping chewing gum even more so when that person doesn't make that noise when eating food.people breathing heavy through there nose is another major one.its really nice to know I'm not the only person that has to deal with this.
... I should also mention that if I hear the same noise repeatedly, I tend to repeat the noise back to the perpetrator out of desparation! I.e. Colleague behind me: "sniff, sniff, SNIFFFFF" every four seconds (literally). Cue me: "SNIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFF". I could just ask them to stop, but a) I know they won't and b) they will think I am crazy. Starting not to care about the latter now though.
My top audible triggers...
1) Eating with mouth open/slurping noises
2) Sniffing and coughing
3) Pen clicking
4) Whispering
5) Nail biting
6) Doors banging in the wind
7) People dragging their feet (those ruddy Ugg boots in particular!)
My one visual trigger is when someone repetitively does something absent-mindedly with their fingers - such as rubbing them together, picking at nail varnish/skin or rolling something between them.
I'm glad I can now put a name to this problem which I've had since I was a teenager, but I don't feel any better about it. Only thing that works for me is a pair of headphones. Considering trying some hypnotherapy.
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of people I don't even know the names of. Anyway, I wish the best of luck to you guys.
Reading these comments just about broke my heart. Everyone here is suffering. Including me. It didn't really start fully for me until I was in high school - probably junior year. I was under so much stress and I had a lot of crap going on in my life and I think it was too much for me and I snapped. I don't really have a "worst trigger." A lot of things set me off and it really just depends on how stressed, tired, angry, or upset I am beforehand. If I'm happier, it takes more to set me off. I answered repetitive noises though because I think those are the worst. I can't stand any repetitive motion,especially if I see it out of the corner of my eye, it's all I can focus on, see, and think about until it stops or it leaves my line of sight..........
My worst repetitive noise triggers:
1. The sound of cracking or chewing gum.
2. Incessant clicking of pens/markers/highlighters.
3. Popping the cap of anything on and off and on and off again (markers, chapsticks, etc).
4. Incessant coughing or clearing of the throat.
5. People who don't pick up their feet when they walk.
6. Ticking clocks when I'm trying to sleep.
7. Picking at the skin around fingernails, especially if the person is biting it.
8. People chewing food with their mouth open (closed is fine).
9. The sound of other people's fingernails clacking keys or touch screens.
My worst repetitive visual triggers:
1. The two blinking dots on digital clocks.
2. People playing mindlessly with their hair.
My worst non-repetitive noise triggers:
1. The sound of a necklace chain when people move the pendant back and forth against it.
2. The sound of nails scratching skin (or even worse, jeans or any other clothing really).
3. The sound of dogs lapping at water.
3. That gulping sound people make when they swallow liquid. Or the little bubbling sound that bottles make when they take a long sip and then they release the pressure.
4. Whispering because all I hear are the little bits and pieces of letters, just sounds in uneven accord. They might as well just talk normally if they're trying to be quiet for my sake.
5. Talking when I'm trying to concentrate.
6. Hearing people's conversations, especially phone conversations, when the person is nowhere near me but they are just talking really loudly.
My worst non-repetitive visual triggers:
1. The motion of people raising a glass, a bottle, a cup to their lips. Or even worse, when they take a sip, hold it in midair for a sec, and then take another sip.
........I think that's most of them. I live with my headphones in most of the time with music blaring. Or I stare daggers into the backs of people's head because my mind is trying to decide whether it would be more beneficial for me to overcome my paralyzing fear of confrontation and ask the person to stop or whether I should just tear my hair out or dig my fingernails into my skin until I bleed. I try not to ask people to stop, even people I know and feel comfortable talking to, because I know it's my problem and I have to deal with it and they shouldn't have to change the way they live just because of me. But sometimes, I'll snap at my family especially because I'm crying and shaking and there's a huge ball of panic and frustration and anger sitting in the pit of my stomach, threatening to explode until I make that noise stop. When I first found out about misophonia almost two years ago, it was amazing to know that it wasn't just me. I just found this page though because I'm sitting in my college class right now and the girl next to me is popping the cap of her chapstick on and off, twirling her hair around her fingers, and playing with her necklace so I needed a serious distraction before I yelled at this poor girl or made a scene by escaping from the class (I was sitting in the back so leaving wasn't really an option). I've made mental notes about who never to sit next to in class ever again and it's scarily long with descriptions of people I don't even know the name
Myself and my sister both suffer from this. We find that it coincides with being really warm or being really tired. We've both had it since birth.
I am pretty good at controlling my temper when people are being noisy. The worst for me is intentional noise. For example, someone playing music louder than is necessary or whistling, or moving things around in a way that causes more noise than is necessary. After that is breathing.
My sister is all about the breathing.
We have our mother at her wits end as one or the other of us goes crazy at her for breathing. We realise it's not her fault but it somehow feels intentional. Ah well....
After so many years of suffering. I am glad to hear that I am not the only one, I also was bothered more by the sounds that ;my mother makes and still into my 50,s can not bare to be around her when she is chewing gum. I cannot remember when it started but if I came home and she was chewing gum I would retreat to my bedroom and cry, it was almost physically painful and although I got up the nerve to ask her to stop she just ignored my request. It was so painful to me, I decided that my mother just did not care about me. I rarely see her now as she is far away, she now knows that it is so painful for me and does not chew gum when we are together. It makes me feel helpless and foolish, but I would rather feel that way then go thru the pain of it. I find if I have an emotional attachment to someone then it really bothers me, it is unusual for a stranger to have that effect on me. Thankful for all your openness , feel not quite so alone.........
My problems started around 13-14 years old and at first were just eating noises, specifically sloppy eating noises, crunching didn't get to me but has slowly become a problem, my other triggers are nose blowing, coughing and throat clearing, occasionally repetitive noises can set me off but its less common and typically only when I'm tired or stressed.
My fuse is much shorter when I'm trying to concentrate intensely on something which parts of my job require, in this case actual physical tic's can develop, eye twitches and neck spasms, and unfortunately I'm in an office with some particularly sloppy snorty noisy co-workers in a small space its driving me to distraction, I fear that saying something would be met with the typical reaction of "get over it" or "how rude of you" due to the lack of understanding (and general non-willingness to accept such things as real) perhaps this condition will get some more exposure and people will start being more considerate.
I am so glad I found about misophonia this evening. This really has ruined my life. From the age of about five years old, I literally would not be able to bear being in the same room as my mother in case she were to sniff or cough or have a cup of tea etc. It made me a nervous wreck. I felt too ashamed to tell anybody. My parents made me go and see a psychologist, but I could not tell him either in-case he thought I was a freak. By the age of 18 I was completely consumed with anxiety and used to regularly go and ask my GP for help. All they did was give me pills which obviously didn't help. I am 28 now and can only face going back to my family home once or twice a year.For some reason I am far more oversensitive to the noises my mother makes more than anybody else, I wonder if there is some psychological reason behind this? My mother suffers from lots of allergies which makes her nose constantly stream with snot. I feel like yelling at her "blow your fucking nose", but I never do. My mother thinks I hate her, but how can I tell her it is the noises she makes that I hate and not her. She thinks I have asberger's syndrome (Which I most definitely do not lol). Although I can see why she might think this judging from my very strange behavior. Anyway, I'm so glad I have found this website etc. I know there does not appear to be any cure but I'm kind of glad other people in life experience similar things. All my life I have worried that I was 'mad' or m'mental' or something like that. Lol, I even trained and now work as a psychiatric nurse as a result of wanting to understand myself lol.
Thanks everyone! Car alarms drive me mad. Every time I hear one, I want to take a baseball bat to the car. Either my condition is minor, or I'm good at controlling my urges, because I haven't yet done anything to any cars. There are other triggers caused by people that disgust me and give me a 'flight' reaction, so I seriously need to leave the room or mask the sound. Any mouth noises made with an open mouth and food in the mouth is really bad (but with a closed mouth is perfectly okay). Repeated sniffing and loud phone voices (people who speak louder on the phone than they need to) sometimes bother me. And then I have a spattering of random sounds (dogs barking, someone playing drums, ticking clocks) which are fine most of the time, but if I'm trying to fall asleep or thinking hard, can get me very mad.
I only really started to look into this tonight after I got up and left the living room in a panic. My sister told me that it really hurts my dad's feelings every time I do it. I didn't think anyone noticed, but I now realise that the panic I feel when I hear food smacking around in his mouth is really obvious because I literally drop whatever I'm doing and run. I feel physically sick, angry, breathless, my heart races. For some reason it seems worse with the people who are closest to me, and that's why I hate that MY problem would cause them hurt.
So after all turns out that I am not overly sensitive and selfish in hating eating noises, but its misophonia. I dont have many triggers, just sound of people eating, and the soft noises that you can sometimes hear in weird places, like nail being pulled out of timber, or dry pages of paper rustling against each other.
It changes nothing, with respect to the noise sensitivity, I will keep experiencing rage, but by all means, I know I can explain it now.
I am pleased to find a name to put to this. I am sure my father suffered as he always complained at me and my two siblings about the noises we made when eating and now I find myself feeling the same. My brother also suffers from what I can now call Mysophonia. I am perhaps fortunate to have someone else in my life who understands the feelings of rage that can be emerge out of nothing when others are eating apparently very noisily.
My wife doesn't really understand but will (just) put up with me having the radio or TV on whilst we eat. I even find myself irritating when I eat some things for example cereals but the radio makes it ok.
My grandson is autistic and I have recently wondered if my over sensitivity is some aspect of autism in myself.
I am surprised there are not more comments on here since the recent BBC Radio 4 program on the topic (which is how I came across the site) and this makes me wonder if there are any figures for numbers of sufferers in the population as a whole. Perhaps the leaflet offered by this site gives some insight to this.
Oh, and a plea to the people who made the recentish TV ad which has a woman whispering to camera about travel stuff, to destroy all known copies of the thing. I hope I would always control the violent urges towards people with crisps and boiled sweets, but the television is at serious risk.
I HATE the sounds of throat clearing, coughing, eating, sniffing, and banging silverware on plates. When I was in high school, I believed every time someone coughed or cleared their throats, i would get fatter. I starved myself to make myself feel better. I still can't eat around people. I can't work in a call center or any place around lots of people who clear their throats. Kids however don't annoy me, so I work only in daycares and teaching jobs. My sister eats a salad twice a day, and every time she does she continuously bangs her fork on the plate and it drives me so crazy lock myself in my room and put the TV on loud. In college it was so bad I failed some classes because it drives me so nuts, sometimes I would walk out of class. I wanted to kill myself because I hate these sounds so bad and they just don't stop, and people don't care. Especially my family. I swear they are doing it just because they know it annoys me.
Blimey, I had never even heard of misophonia until tonight. Since the age of probably about 12 the sound of eating has driven me absolutely stir crazy, and the noisier it is the worse my rage. Chewing, slurping, jaw clunking, lip smacking, crunching. I love my Mum hugely, but her eating noises are just the worst. But it can be anyone. Yet for some reason my sister's eating is fine. A colleague who crunches apples every day for about an hour drives me insane. I get so enraged I have to walk out of the room. In fact I purposely save up jobs that will take me out of the room ready for when apple crunching/slurping commences. Another eats carrot and celery, and another eats riveta crisp breads. I have even secretly recorded them sometimes to play back later just to check I am not imagining how unbelievably noisy and irritating it is. Throat clearing is another trigger and pen clicking. Train journeys are an ordeal because of the constant crisp crunching, boiled sweet crunching etc. I have my ipod up full blast. I can't stand kids screeching and squealing either, it goes right through me and enrages me so much I just want to hit them. I never would, but it infuriates me. I can't stand the television loud, it has to be on low volume otherwise it hurts my ears, and preferable on mute during commercials. Plate scraping is another trigger, and the sound of wiping of wet glass, the squeaking it makes. I have to have complete silence to go to sleep at night, would never be able to sleep if I can hear a television or any other sound. Yet many noises don't bother me at all - dogs barking, animals eating, licking etc, I go to music festivals where the volume is very loud and I enjoy it. Traffic doesn't bother me particularly. None of the sounds of nature upset me, however loud. I'm amazed that there is a name for this noise sensitivity. I just always thought I was an impatient intolerant so-and-so :)
Like many here, I also thought I was just overreacting to noise, it makes me feel much better that there are others like me...
I chose "repetitive noises", especially ones that are "unnecessary" and at the perfect pitch/frequency and volume to get right inside your head.
Examples: (excessive) plastic bag rustling, banging spoon on porcelain, slamming doors, bird making the same noise over and over, T.V. commercials, leaf blowers, noisy cars and trucks, more than one person talking at once, lawnmowers. etc...
The key point I'm trying to make is that annoying noises that are relentless and "unnecessary" are the worst.
I can't understand how people don't realize how their actions affect others, why can't they see??
i'm 16 years old, and i have the most aggressive turns you have ever seen. Afterwards i regret them so much but at the time i cannot help it, whenever i hear someone eat or breath or any sound like that i get so angry, it's unbeliveable, the amount of rage i experience. i had a party tonight, a normal teenage thing to do and i didnt go, why's that? Because i was affraid of someone making a ''trigger'' noise that would annoy me. They would't understand and I will get labled as a wieredo. I can't take this anymore. I'm only 16 years old, and i'm already isolating myself from the world, what do i do?
I have had this condition for over 60 years. I have realized that I have to be sensitised to the noise eg I was not annoyed by barking dogs until a neighbour's dog awakened me early every morning by incessant barking. Thereafter I became sensitive to all dog barking. It was the same with other noises like eating, spoons clinking on bowls, banging doors, pop music in pubs and restaurants - there is along list but in all cases I had to be sensitised. For each sound there was a before and after sensitisation.
I absolutely hate the sound of people eating. There are two people in my office, a woman who spends her whole day eating. I can cope most of the time as I don't sit right next to her, but she has a habit of eating carrot sticks and apples, and as well as the crunching I have to listen to her jaw clicking. I could scream at her, in fact I'm getting quite agitated thinking about it. I also have a boss who can't breathe through his nose so eats like a complete pig. I have to put my fingers in my ears when he eats crisps. Aaaaaaahhhhhhh. It's not just work though-I can't bear listening to my husband or kids eating certain foods, it drives me barmy!
So glad i know there are others out there like me. I hate people breathing loud, chewing, eating crisps, tapping pens, keyboard sounds. However, it doesn't bother me at all when i hear animals breathing, chewing, licking. My boyfriend doesn't understand it at all. He scrapes his teeth onto his fork and will occasionally lick his knife, and oh my god i want to stick the knife down his throat! Sounds made by people make me so angry, i get an overwhelming feeling in my stomach that makes me want to lash out at them. All my life ive been called weird for being like this and the amount of times people have said to me "you'll get over it" is unbelieveable!
I've realised now that my sensitivity to sound is real. I've wanted to commit murder on occasions. My triggers are: flip flops, coughing, breathing sounds, snoring, eating loudly (especially jaws clicking), chewing gum- especially when people clack it loudly, electricity buzzing sounds, people stirring cups with spoons ( this is one of my worst ones), texting clicks and buttons, whistling. That's it I think. I also think my irrational hatred of anything moving quickly like someone moving their knee fast must be connected. It makes me feel like I want to be sick and I have to physically stop them. It feels like motion sickness or something. I also hate small things that move such as tv commercials with germs and bacteria. I just cannot watch them. Surely they are connected somehow?
A disorder? Its not mine or any "sufferers" problem. The problem is with the morons who can't eat like a civilised human being or just shut up and stop making noise for the sake of it. They're the ones who should be undergoing treatment for their unstoppable desire to be disgusting.
To everyone not getting help for this condition....GO TO YOUR DOCTOR!!! There is help, get referred to mental health services for cognitive behavioural therapy. I am currently attending and it is helping- I never thought it would because my condition is so severe but it is! A huge part of it is understanding the psychology of the condition and reconditioning your brain but you have to work hard and be prepared to fight your instinct! If your not getting help please please get some! Do it today, it can change your life.
As long as I can remember I've had an intense irrational dislike/hatred of hearing other people eat, chombling, eating crisps with your mouth open, sweet wrappers and lip smacking to name a few. These are normally brought on by stress for me as if I'm not stressed I can deal with/ignore them.
I've just discovered this website due being sat next to a guy eating crisps on a train, heart rate's up, tension/anxiety is up and it's almost impossible not to say anything.
It started for me when i was about 12 years old. There were 2 sounds that bothered me: the sound of my dad eating and my brother snoring because we shared a bed room. There also used to be the sound of my sister brushing her teeth and my dad chewing gum but I've managed to overcome those two and the only to left are the sounds of my brother and dad eating. All my friends and family say I'm the calmest person they know but when i hear those sounds I start to sweat and my blood feels like its boiling and i just want to rage all over the place. My family just think I'm weird and I thought so to but turns out its just a little condition and I'm glad to know I'm not the only one :).
My problem didn't start until my 30s. I notice that most people's experience started with their families. Someone here said "it's not what you hear, but that you hate what you hear". Obviously, you hated what you heard within your families, possibly a particular family member. Mine started in my 30s right about the time I was married a 2nd time and had very unruly stepchildren. However rather than my trigger being some noise that they made, it started with noises my neighbors made, specifically low-frequency sounds. Truck engines that rumble, loud car exhaust, motorcycles, ATVs, the bass on their stereo. Many years later, I'm in a different relationship but again have troubles with a step child as well as with my significant other, who makes underhanded remarks or comments. "We hate what we hear". I think the sound trigger is immaterial; it's the other sounds (parent's criticism, siblings teasing, unruly children) that we really hate. But we love them, so we transfer the anger to something else in order to protect them, even subconsciously. I can't sit outside on my own porch swing because half of my neighbors have ATVs that run around in circles all day, but if I go inside I hear fighting amongst the kids or criticism from my partner. "we hate what we hear". I think this all comes down to personal stress and anger over personal issues that we try hard to not confront. While I become near homicidal at the kid driving his ATV in a circle around the house for the tenth time, I realize it's not him or the sound that is my problem. So why did I end up with that as a trigger? I think it comes down to my attitude about those people who own cars with loud exhaust, or loud ATVs, or loud trucks. I was bullied as a kid, and even though I am now very resistant (even actively oppose) people that are bullies in my personal life, I view people who own those sorts of vehicles as bullies - they are insecure, childish personalities who scream "look at me, pay attention to me, do as I say so I can have some control in my life" in the same way that bullies did. When I hear the things I don't want to hear at home, I think I make a subconscious connection again to the "look at me, pay attention to me, do as I say so I can have some control in my life" aspect, possibly because when I was young and bullied, I was insecure too. Because those at home may feel they aren't getting something from me (whatever it is - acquiescence to demands, specific reactions to actions, etc), they act out in whatever manner is suitable to them (kids fight with each other or misbehave, partners make underhanded passive-aggressive comments, etc). Bullies manipulate in a similar manner. But I love my family, so instead of confronting them, I create triggers so I can direct my anger at something else not close to me - the kid on the ATV, the guy with the loud truck exhaust. Does this mean I need a new family, or family counseling, or something? Maybe. No drug is going to cure this, and things like white noise generators only mask it. Only fixing the stress at home (or at work if that is the problem area) will really cure it. As time goes on and the problem is not fixed, it becomes a vicious circle. The sounds that "we hate what we hear" at home cause triggers to irritate us away from home, then we go home, irritated, causing those at home to make even more sounds that we hate to hear - and it goes round and round. I firmly believe that all medical problems are first emotional problems - and if you have any problems with your hearing, it's because you "hate what you hear".
I can usually rationalise the intense feelings when people are eating but a morning is the most promenent part of the day for me...especially cereal's its a real bug bear...I cannot sit in the room when my family are eating their breakfast ......Im just so pleased there is more people like myself who suffer this ...I believe this intolerance has been instilled from an early age as I regularly recieved a beating for the same thing.
I'm so glad that there is finally a name for what I've been suffering with for years! Everyone in my life just thinks I'm weird. I can't stand sniffing, eating especially sweets! I can't sleep if I can hear any muffled noises! I've ended relationships because I can't stand the way they slurp their tea! I thought I was alone in this! I literally see red and have to leave the room, I've been like this since I was a child.
I am doing a research paper for this disorder. From everything that I have found, It is NOT an actual diagnosis just yet. They are still in the makings of getting it out there. In Jan 2013 they put out the CRITERIA OF DIAGNOSIS. IF WE AS VICTIMS OF THIS DISORDER START MAKING IT KNOW TO OUR PHYSICAN'S we may allow the scientists and other experts get more collective data to make this REALLY REALLY REAL. It's linked to so many other disorders and if we dont stick together to get it out there, NO ONE will take it seriously. I left a comment before telling my story, I have been suffering from this since I was little. It first started really with my babysitter yelling at us during meal time, then in my preteens it got much worse were I physically abused the people I still care and love. My triggers are almost everything, I am always on edge and can easily explode. I did go to 4 years worth of Angermanagement while in my Middle school years and finished after my freshman year of High School, I am 29 years old as of 3/20. AND TODAY I HAD AN OUTBURST in the store because my husband was jingling the car keys! I was embarrased with my reaction and had no time literally to Stop my self......... I also have 2 kids, that have to sit away from me. My son is 11 and has started picking up on some of these traits, :( PLEASE HELP ME STAND UP FOR MISOPHONIA AND MAKE YOUR DOCTORS AWARE, MAKE THEM GO STUDY THE DISORDER, SO SOMEONE CAN FIND A CURE OR BETTER TREATMENT FOR US. THANK YOU ALL.
I have suffered with misophonia for as long as I can remember and like everyone else on here, not only have my family and friends struggled to understand me, so have I. Just reading these comments is making me so anxious I could cry. My biggest trigger is eating sounds but it is not only eating sounds that bother me, breathing, tapping, slurping, in fact, almost anything. It always seems to be with them closest to me also. When I was a child, it was my parents and sisters, now as an adult it is my husband who I love dearly. Chewing gum is absolutally the worst thing that was ever intented and I could quite literally kill someone if they eat it near me, I have to immediately go out of the room. I will make excuses not to eat with people or try to get them away from me as quickly as possible. Sometimes I go into the bathroom and cry until I calm down a little. It is like a life sentence and I cannot see a way out of it. Like a lot of other people, I have often fantasised about being deaf and the releif that it would bring. I have only recently discovered that it is an actual condition and I am not the only person suffering which brings huge releif however, from what I have read there is not cure I am hopeful that there will be some sort of treatment.
I'm so glad I finally have a name for my experiences - this will help me to validate to my family and loved ones that my reactions aren't personal, nor is my anxiety something I can easily just "get over." Nobody ever understands just how badly whistling or humming effects me, or why I explode as a response. Nobody understands why the distant, muffled sounds from a television in another room leave me sleepless and anxious, but if I'm watching a movie in my room I'm out in 5 minutes. Nobody understands why I need to spend 30 minutes looking for a quiet place to study, when there are plenty of open spaces where others are shuffling papers quietly.
My parents' favorite story is that of Thanksgiving 2009. They, along with my sister, had gone out to eat (I was elsewhere) to a restaurant we've been to plenty of times. While there, they noticed that their plates didn't quite sit evenly, causing them to wobble on the table. They joked about how annoyed I'd be if I were there. Since they're so supportive of me, they decided it would be hilarious to ask the owner to buy 4 of these "wobbly" plates for Thanksgiving, and not tell me about it. So, fast-forward to Thanksgiving. We're sitting there eating quietly. At first I didn't quite understand why, but I felt intensely irritated. Soon, I noticed that the plates were wobbling, and making a repetitive knocking noise as a result. I learned later that I had been holding my plate to keep it from wobbling - something I was consciously unaware that I was doing! I also noticed that everyone's plates were wobbling and knocking, which really got under my skin, but I didn't figure it would be appropriate to say anything because, I rationalized, "it's not like they are doing this on purpose, so there's no reason to ruin the Holiday meal." However, I could only hold back for so long - I finally exploded. Once I returned to a functional level of thought, I realized everyone was breathless from laughing, and struggled to tell me the story of the "wobbly plates." Thanksgiving of 2009 will forever be their favorite Thanksgiving because of my misophonia.
I saw someone comment about being "pitch perfect." While I by no means consider myself a good singer, I am capable of perfectly matching the pitch of any sound or note. I wonder if that's related to the misophonia?
Thank you to everyone who's sharing their experiences - I don't feel quite as alone.
Does anyone else have perfect pitch (= you can identify what notes of music are being played without thinking about it -- you just know what they are)?
Misophonia has always affected my life in so many ways. Simple choices I make determine whether I fly into an enormous rage. For example- I cannot sit anywhere near where my dad whilst he is eating, and when my brother makes this vile sniffing sound I go abseloutely crazy. Sometimes I wish that misophonia was more of a known condition; I wish for someone to diagnose me, and send me off to get help. I try to explain to people about these troubles, but they find me completely strange, and say that I am over-reacting. It has seriously affected the relationship that i have with my family; my mother thinks that I have anxiety disorders. I can see where she gets that idea from- however she doesn't see it as a serious issue. My relationship with my father is terrible. I can't stay in the same room as him for more than a minute. When I am in the same room as him, I stand far away from him and block my ears as much as possible. My dad makes excessive tutting sounds as he speaks, so I never talk to him at all. It never used to be this way, which I don't understand. Me and my dad had a great relationship when I was much younger. He used to always take me places, and he used to speak to me about practically everything. I cant even remember when things changed. it just... happened. I feel so misunderstood. my dad no longer wants to tell me that he loves me all the time, he never wants to spoil me. Honestly, I would rather go completely deaf in order to restore the relationship that I had with him. every time I hear the sound of slurping, tutting, or swishing, I go straight to my room and start destroying things. I start crying and screaming to my pillow, knowing that nobody close to home would understand how I am feeling. I even started harming myself one night after having to bear him eating over the Christmas dinner. whilst everyone was happily celebrating, I was uncontrollably cutting all over my body. I am capable of doing anything when I get this angry. I have lost many close friends over this. studying is extra hard, especially when I do not have a portable device to study with (I have a computer, and that's about it). Sometimes I stay up late at night and cry myself to sleep, knowing that this is seriously affecting my everyday life. I don't understand why these noises strongly irritate me. what have i ever done to deserve being mentally torchured like this? I'm only 15?
Discovering this website has showered me with relief. I honestly thought that I was the only one who suffered with this condition, when there are many people who can relate. I just wish that we could do something about this, and get more people to realise what its doing to us. With this website, I'm hoping that I can finally restore the relationship that I had with my dad. I will show it to him, and I cant wait to see his reaction. he would be able to control the sounds he makes, so we could be like how we used to be. i do not want to grow up knowing that my dad will never understand me. I also don't want to grow up knowing that I will never be treated.
i think that we should do something about this. like... let everyone know of this website. the more people that know of this condition, the more voices we have to make a move on classifying this condition as an official and treatable illness. It felt great expressing my feelings on here. Thank you.
My dad is constantly clearing his throat and its got so bad that when he walks in, i have to actually leave the room. People in my family also breathe really heavily so i always have my headphones in listening to music so i cant hear them. Im so glad i found the website because my mum gets really annoyed with me when i leave the room due to heavy breathing and throat clearing.
So glad I finally have a name for this. My childhood memories involve me sitting in the kitchen at every meal as I couldn't sit with my family as I found the noise of them eating so frustrating. Many tears and not being able to explain it. Even now I tense up when people eat near me particularly standing behind me. Crisps, apples,cereal and soup are the worst especially when people bite the spoon. One of my friends who I love dearly pronounces little in a really annoying way and eats dry spaghetti, can't stand it. I'm looking forward to be able to tell my family there's a reason for my behaviour, always thought I was slightly autistic.
Just reading these stories makes me feel angry and anxious. Drinking noises have bothered me since I was a child. The way some people eat drives me insane. Is it really necessary to make as *much* noise as possible when they eat? Slurp, chomp, swish, gulp...please choke to death, just do it far away from me.
Hiccups are absolutely the worst. I hate to admit this, but when my kids were little, I would make them cry so the c@$t-f%8king hiccups would stop. Some mom I am..now they are all adults and my relationship with them is a bit strained. Nobody has ever understood me, social worker once told me to 'get over it.' What makes me sad is, I will never be able to watch my grandchildren, because babies make all these horrible slurpy hiccuppy noises. As many others have said before, I wish I was deaf.
I forgot to add that certain noises also have the ability to make me profoundly at ease. Like someone is scratching my back or rubbing my shoulders I get like happy tingles or something like that. I had a coworker that would eat chips or something but she would eat them in such away that I actually LIKED it. I guess she just kept her mouth closed or something but it was great. Another thing that was nice was that my University has a quiet floor in the library and the sound of a ton of people being quiet was amazing. Piano and acoustic guitar has a similar affect in certain styles. I can't really pinpoint when something will be really good like I can with what is really bad... but I guess there is some good with a the bad in my case! :)
wow... I thought I was just an irritable a$$hole. I feel so much better knowing this is a real thing. I've struggled with sounds since I was a child. It seems like it could be anything for me. I picked repetitive sounds in the poll. Eating, mouthbreathing, people dragging their feet or clicking pens or stirring up cheese noodles (I'll admit that is a weird one)... all that stuff makes me INSTANTLY angry... like sweating, wanting to inflict harm, crying RAGE. It even feels like it gets stuck in my ears after I've removed myself from the situation and I literally cannot get away from it. I have to take an iPod on campus with me to block out some of my noise triggers. The only time I've been able to deal with it without getting upset is on lorazepam or lots of xanax. I hate it because my mom does a lot of things that trigger me. I love my mom to death, she is my best friend, but she doesn't understand. People in general (except you guys!) don't understand how badly certain noises affect me and how much I wish they didn't. I strongly feel that it is impolite to say anything so I have stormed off on my friends and family without any explanation. I've shared a limited number of triggers with my mom, in hopes she would stop, and she just gets angry. My boyfriend is the only person I will tell without hesitation and he is an angel about it. He will stop whatever he is doing and we actually just laugh about all of my weird sound dislikes. Then he makes an effort to not make those noises in front of me again. But not everyone loves me like my boyfriend does so it's very difficult to cope with this problem. It's definitely affected my life in a very negative way. I'm certain people must think I hate them because they were innocently making some everyday noise that caused my rude reactions to them. I would give anything to make this go away. I would even be a guinea pig so others might not have to deal with this problem. :(
Mossy's noisy nose!
They dont understand that I feel so guilty and sorry for what I did afterwards.
Listen to adel you will feel better, trust me..
Dear god, someone help me, no one beileves me, even my mom laughfed at me and said it was just ocd. Im so depressed, help me pleased. Im only 11.
Its really difficult being a little girl going into jr. High with misophonea, i dont know how to handle it any ideas.
My worst trigger is breathing sounds,and sniffling, IV never really had a problem with people eating food around me.
My worst trigger is breathing sounds,and sniffling, IV never really had a problem with people eating food around me.
Some of my misophonia traits are a bit different than everyone else's. I've suffered from misophonia pretty much since I was born. It didn't start when I was a kid like most people with the condition, I've had it my whole entire 20 years of life. As for my worst trigger, I don't have to hesitate; coughing. Even seeing the word or saying it makes me feel terribly uncomfortable. When I was a kid, my immediate reaction to anyone coughing was an overwhelming sense of dread and I would just cry uncontrollably. My family picked up on it right away and supported me even though they didn't understand it. I was lucky in that sense because I know a lot of people who suffer from misophonia are told by their family to just "get over it" and stop being so sensitive.
I got low to average grades throughout school because people coughing in class would make concentrating a nearly impossible task. It's gotten easier to deal with throughout the years, but my reaction has changed from bursting into to tears to boiling rage, especially if it's a stranger out in public. With people I'm close to or people I admire, it still upsets me a lot but I don't have the urge to strangle them to death like I do with someone who I don't know.
If someone goes into a coughing fit near me and won't stop, that's the absolute worst it gets for me. I feel like crying and screaming and running away.
Like others with misophonia, I sometimes wish I was deaf. If I know I'm going to be in closed quarters (public transit, waiting room, etc) where it's quiet I HAVE to have my iPod and headphones or I become extremely on edge and irritable just waiting for someone to cough or clear their throat. I know that there probably won't be a cure in my lifetime, but I can only hope there will be one someday because I honestly wouldn't wish this condition on my worst enemy.
The worst of the worst is definitely WHISTLING.. Can’t stand it -at all- I can feel my stomach blazing with real ANGER and I start feeling agitated and nervous, my facial expressions change dramatically and I stare at the offender as if I’m about to physically harm them, I bite my teeth , I feel like screaming, telling that person off… Sometimes I feel like crying of frustration! The real pain I feel is unbearable …
I am very laid back pacifist and very quiet guy, however this is my trigger!
I’ve told people off a few times and I feel guilty and terrible about it a few mins later.. I speak to them in a very bossy and blunt voice.. I am normally a bit shy but if I hear someone whistling I have to tell them to stop, full stop…
It doesn’t matter if it’s a complete stranger, travelling by train or even a kid with his dad.. I tell the kid to stop it, simple…
I would like to find a way to stop this please…. Auto Hypnosis , god knows, but pls I really need some help…
My email is archivospasivos@gmail.com
A colleague of mine also scratches his head a lot during the day ( he has OCD) , he taps his pen repeatedly and I tell him to STOP or I give him a killer stare and then he blushes and apologizes lol…
To say i hate the noise of someone eating next to me simply doesnt go into it. The person next to me eats crisps horribly loudly every day and it is serioulsy making me upset. Right now I feel like i could beat him to death and smash furniture over his head and i like the guy when he isnt doing this. The worse thing about this horrible problem is you cant say anything. Eating with my family when i visit, does similar things to me but to a lesser extent. I try putting fingers in my ears, humming, putting on the fan...anything. Right now i feel so angry i could cry with frustration and despair. Please God is there anything to end this nightmare? This is serious i do not find this in the least bit funny and i think if anyone mocked me or ate something on purpose thinking it were funny in the office, i might end up in serious trouble for violence, which is profoundly out of charecter for me. I am a peace loving vegetarian !!
i can't stand when people sneeze and cough whilst trying to speak repetitvely! i find myself clenching my fists and griting my teeth! I simply try and laugh it off but i just get agitated! I also hate it when my sisters eat with their mouths open and chew loudly making horrid noises. i find myself making fun of them and impressioning them so they stop - i feel so bad though! I also hate lots of over used words in a sentence like'urm' because people take to long and pause constantly in there sentence and i just shout "spit it out" or "hurry up"! it just annoys me so much! i think my sister has this too, quite badly though! it can lead to violence because she doesn't like hoovers, radios or kettles and has to distract herself with other noises or leave the room or scream! even lots of talking disrupts violence.
I'm so pleased I have found out that the hatred and fear of hearing someone eat is a real thing.
In my case like so many others ive read it's mainly my mum who i cant stand to ear eat it sounds like her teeth are breaking every time she chews and I feel myself getting so angry at her for it which is awful!
I have come to the stage where i have mastered the art of making my food last longer than hers when we eat together so that i drowns out the sound or creating some sort of back ground noise to focus all my attentions on.
I found out yesterday that the"intense pet peeve" (so I have called it) has a name and I am not the only one. My triggers are: chewing (gum, mouth open or closed...I hate when I can hear people chewing with their mouths closed...all the saliva sounds....omg.) whispering, the way some peoples' vioces sound, and animals licking themselves. I seem to have really bad anxiety and anger with certain people like my parents and my boyfriend's friend. I can't eat around my dad because I get so frustrated, and I eat dinner with my mom when I can drown out her chewing with my ipod headphones. I can't stand to even look at my boyfriend's friend without feeling physically sick and enraged because I can replay all the irritating sounds he's made over and over. I actually get anxious when I know I have to be around him and I've snapped at him a few times. In high school, I failed a lot of math tests because of peoples' sniffling and gum chewing. I can't focus because I get so anxious to the point where I need to hit something or chew on gum myself to mimic them.
Going to the movies is difficult for me if I don't have my own tub of popcorn to drown out the sound of people eating loudly. Once I went to the movies without popcorn, there was a man in front of me eating his popcorn loudly. I was dripping with sweat within ten minutes. I had to get up and go to the bathroom because I was bursting into tears because of the guy's stupid crunching and smacking. i thought it was loud but the person I went with said they didn't notice it. It was then that I realized I might have a phobia or something.
My sister also has misophonia. Her triggers are people eating, gum chewing, when I play with me ears, and the sound denim or towels make when touched. She goes insane and gets rather violent. She also has hit me a couple of times because I have a habit of playing with my ears. She says she hears it and I try not to do it around her because I know how she feels. She also has anxiety issues and depression, but I don't. It's rather embarrassing because people think I have issues or I am easily irritated but besides the misphonia I am very laid back and down to earth.
Hi I laughed out loud at some of the commets because most of them I could relate to. I get triggered by pen clicking, people eating with their mouths open, someone swinging their foot all the time while sitting, my sisters hard voice, even the way she talks, her harsh laugh which makes me feel guilty because she is a kind caring, lovely person but so annoying because of my sensitive ears, someone typing on their computer,music in the office, loud voices, you name it I get it. Its horrendous really, and certainly not a laughing matter but I amr elieved like others to know there's lots of us. D oes'nt stop it I know but gives me an answer to why i thought I had extra sensitive hearing.
I thought I was just being awkward and getting angry over nothing but I searched about it and misophonia came up. It describes me exactly!
The noise of eating food is the worst and my boyfriend is a HUGE slurper and it frustrates me. And me getting frustrated annoys me because I don't want to be frustrated with him.
My dad is a VERY VERY VERY loud speaker and it annoyed me to the extent that I will start crying out of frustration.
Although finger tapping, scratching, chewing gum chewing (only in videos) all give me ASMR which I love. So I was wondering if anyone else has got misophonia and ASMR? It just seems so strange that I will love some sounds and hate others
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Jimmy; I hear you loud and clear. Infrasound (the stuff that comes out of bases and subwoofers) is my biggest trigger. I can pick it up no matter how quiet it is, or how much ambient noise I have around, and it always drives me to tears. To block it out I have to wear earplugs with headphones over the earplugs. I'm so sensitive to it I can hear car stereos and strong engines from several blocks away even with my own music playing. The most horrible thing is every year a huge carnival sets up right next to our house and every time it does I have to leave home while it's running. To add insult to injury, we also have the local pool behind us, where the school carnivals play their music all day. One year it got so bad that I ended up on the phone to the pool (who I told I didn't really care how loud their music was but could they please get the students to turn down the base, which they did), the council (when later the students, snuck back over and turned the normal music down, and the base up so loud the walls rattled), then over at the GP, who tried to test me for hyperacusis and then shrugged me off when it came boo.
I knew, KNEW, for years that there was something wrong with me. It wasn't until I saw a snippet article in a newspaper a little while ago that I first heard the word and what it was, and I got hopeful. Reading the information and the experiences here brought me to tears because I have never been able to adequately explain what I go through on a daily basis, and suddenly I find it all here spelled out perfectly as though it was all pulled straight out of my brain and put into words. I still feel a little dashed because I was dearly hoping that there was a way of treating it or something, but even just having a name for it and knowing I'm not alone makes a world of difference.
For years I've felt so ashamed of myself for hearing these relatively quiet noises and suppressing flashes of rage in response, like I needed some kind of anti-psychotic, or like I was some kind of petulant, over-sensitive time-bomb waiting to explode. Thankfully I come from a very understanding family who, though it was never actually realised that I had a genuine problem, were able to recognise that even though my reaction was abnormal, it was consistent, and they are supportive enough to respect my 'triggers' without ever needing a doctor to tell them. I can't imagine how hard it must be for those who don't have that support; I have had a friend throw a tantrum in the middle of a movie because his subwoofer made me cry and he just didn't get it. I don't think I could have coped this long if everyone had been like that to me, because I also have a powerfully debilitating anxiety over confrontation. I don't know if they're related, since I didn't always have that secondary issue, or if that secondary issue has come about because of something to do with this. But now that I feel empowered with this information, I feel like I can try and seek out some kind of help, or at least some kind of validation.
Thumping Music From Cars. It drives me to rage. There I am at home, watching Corrie, and the next thing a car pulls up outside my door. I can hear the beat of his music. Thump. Thump. Thump. I get up from the sofa and walk to the kitchen. Come back. He's still outside. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. It might only be 2 minutes he's there, but it's 2 minutes which feels like someone is hitting me on the forehead with a hammer. It's getting worse.
I can finally put a name to this horrible, life shattering condition! Breathing noises bug me the most. It's mainly my mom who makes the noises, and sometimes my dad. It really gets me angry when my mom sighs or coughs or lets out some kind of moaning noise. I'm so glad I'm not alone. I feel like I can be more open about my condition! It has completly ruined my life. I'm almost in tears. It's such a sufferable condition. My misophonia is so severe that I've made myself believe that the agitating noises will affect me and cause bad things to happen, such as spilling a drink everywhere, or scraping my arm against something sharp. You know, stuff that would make people angry, stuff that doesn't normally happen on a daily basis. Thank you so much for reading. I am so sensitive and emotional about this problem!
Oh! Thank God I can put a name to this awful condition suffered since childhood. I fall into the 'controlled violence' category, which requires supreme self control and coping techniques to overcome the desire to attack the trigger person. Noisey eating, slurping and smacking lips are my chief aversions. It was thanks to a small article in the Daily Mail this week that I have been able to 'come out!'
Jennie
I am doing an independant study, in search of a cure for misophonia. I have dedicated my life to research, and hope to soon find a cure, to this life debilitating illness.
Does anyone else with misophonia have other problems such as;
-Problems wearing certain fabrics, wool, itchy clothes, uncomfortable socks.
-A need to have everything perfectly organized, and clean.
- Rough childhood memories
- Repetitive thoughts
- Problems when born, such as umbilical cord wrapped around your neck, or being in intensive care.
-Parents smoking, or any drug use before or during pregnancy
-Long periods of isolation as a baby, or child
-Trauma to head
- Problems with ears ; to much water in ears as a child, sticking pencils in ears, or any damage that could have affected the ear.
-Obsessive compulsive behaviours within the family
-Introvert personality
If you would like to help by participating in the study please contact
Dr.ravn@aol.com