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Hi, new to the community. I first noticed my misophonia 8-9 years ago, but over the past 2 years I started having physical reactions. The worst is throat clearing, and I have the pleasure of having a father who used to be a smoker. I swear he does it 50 times in a day. It sounds/feels like a shotgun going off in my ear, even if he’s rooms away. Recently I can’t stop myself from shuddering or flinching, kind of like tics. I can’t hide it half of the time. Do you guys deal with this too? What has helped?

So just got misophonia after a covid infection. I am extremely sensitive...probably more sensitive than most of y'all. I can feel the misophonia triggering certain parts of my body. The main parts are the end of the sigmoid colon and the small intestines. Certain sounds trigger those two areas generally. So like a scientist I was wondering why certain sounds triggered those two areas. A lot of people are not sensitive enough to be able to feel their intestines internally, but I can, and it's a weird/disturbing observation to feel your colon burning after hearing a trigger sound.

I've also noticed that when I fast and the gut gets skinnier internally the misophonia basically disappears. I can't fast for too long since I already have health issues and I need calories to survive. Anyone else here that can feel in different parts of their body where miso is taking place? What should I do with this information lmao

I’ve always struggled with this, but notice how triggered I get now it’s just me, partner and our dog. I love him to bits but I want to tell him to shut up and go away every time I hear him literally do that lip smacking noise. When he’s drinking water or eating it’s okay because it’s like he has to do that stuff. But chewing on his toys and just making that noise randomly makes me so angry!! Thinking about just buying those earphones that block out some noise, bc pregnancy rage doesn’t help too haha.

Tinnitus is constant ear ringing. Sometimes it isn’t too bad other times it’s really rough.

Unfortunately, my brain is just picking up every little sound. My normal triggers are just as bad as they usually are. Unfortunately, environments where I’m fine, I’m feeling slightly overwhelmed.

I was at Target and I was checking and the constant beeping of the registers was driving me nuts.

Is this normal? Has someone else been in a similar situation?

My daughter is in her first year of college and having a stressful time and wants to return home for a brief visit. She texted me and politely asked if I could not be there during that time. Since age 13 when it became apparent I was her main trigger and she - out of the blue - told me she didn’t want to have any contact (and other extremely hurtful things since), I’ve had almost no contact other than text. We had a normal father-daughter relationship up until 13, so her misophonia is the only explanation for her hostility. I know she’s been wracked with guilt too. Anyway, my point is she pretty much knows I won’t have any contact when she visits, but still doesn’t want me present. Is this common? Other family members can’t believe her actions.

I've decided to officially part ways with him, he makes the most disgusting sounds with his teeth that I can't even bring myself to type out without wanting to gag. I find myself wishing for death when I'm trapped in a car with him.

Ever sense the music started at work starteed my performance got terrible i got written up twice. I put on heaphones evwryday to avoid but the msuic is so loud it doesnt work. Iy the worse ai alogirthm happy music ment to make people buy clothes. Like its just the worst pop music imaginablle. And the sings that didnt bither me before like vampire by olvia rodirgo that didnt bother me drive me insane. When i listen to vampire by olvia rodigo she sings so loud it i can hear it through my headphones and it feels like im being forced to listen 17 year old whine about their 10 month relationship. That song is garnage to me now. All the songs sounds like an idoit whinning to me. All the happy sonngs are corpate brainwashing ment to make people buy clothes. I feel legit suicidal and depresed. I havent gotten a new job yet because im scared of getting rejected and my fucked mental heapthm i jage myself so luch. I want to fucking quit but im broke 22 year old. I cant pay for communitu collge because my pay is so low. Thank god my parents dont make me rent. I hate myself so much for putting myself in this situation.

Hi everyone :) just a quick backstory about me and my misophonia. I’ve had misophonia ever since I was 9. I’ve done a lot of therapies to hopefully ease it but growing up I’ve learned there is no cure. I’ve done hypnotherapy, normal therapy, talking to specialists in different countries who specifically study it. The experiences I’ve had with it and the experiences I’ve not had with it have been really tough and trying to explain it to a teacher or authority figure is the most heartbreaking and frustrating thing. Being in class and having people stare at you cause the teacher won’t let you have headphones so your plugging your ears on the verge of tears hoping for the torture to end and the friends lost and the enemies you never intended to make. I’m 18 now and Im writing a book about my experiences in life so far and especially in highschool about my misophonia and trying to explain to people who don’t have what we all go through and telling kids and teenagers like me growing up with it that’s it’s okay and that so many people have it and trying to share similar experiences so they don’t think they are crazy for it because I wished growing up there was a book with real person that has it and their experiences so I can relate to it and not think I’m crazy. Just curious what you guys think about it and if you think people who don’t have it would be interested in it :) I’ve never talked about my misophonia to others before in any group so I hope there will be nothing but kindness in this thread! I hope you all have stress free and really good day 🥰🤗

Hey gang. There's quite a few things that really bug me that I didn't realize classified as misophonia till I started looking into it. I thought it was just food sounds (which are my biggest one). But there's quite a lot of things that do bother me. I always end up feeling super irritated or angry with things like my girlfriend watching tiktoks in an otherwise silent room. Someone chewing in an acoustic room, etc etc.

I've talked to my girlfriend a decent amount about it but she can only accommodate so much before she has to avoid me when she is eating haha.

I just want to know some ways you guys have found to deal with things in the moment.

So I have had misophonia for as long as I can remember. Could not bare to eat dinner with my family growing up and always isolate when triggers arise. I have never used headphones, because even if I can cancel out the sound, just watching someone eat in my peripheral is infuriating.

Does anyone else have this issue and if so how do you deal w it😭

My Bose Sleepbuds finally died tonight; I’m only 1 hour into bed time and I cannot sleep without them due to inconsistent road noise and miscellaneous old house noises. What have others moved to who previously found relief from Sleepbuds? I am currently using ear plugs, two box fans, and have brown noise playing on my phone but I’m getting angry and more awake as the minutes pass.

Hello, long time host of misophina here. I have realized I have a fairly specific trigger: Smacking, generally when it's egregious or reasonably avoidable. But there is a variant of smack which is like a pressure release, kinda like you're trying to think of something, purse your lips and make a kissing sound inward before sharing your next thought. But people do it with apples or any food, generally in a rythem, every third to fifth chew. Best word I've found is drivel but that doesn't seem accurate. Any help would be great so I can fully express my wrath in a more robust vocabulary would be terrific, thank you.

I've been suffering with this disorder since about 2018 but haven't really been educating myself on it, I've also just found this subreddit and need help. Apologies if this might seem like a long read.

This disorder has affected my life in a lot of ways such as making it hard for me to go outside (so I'm always stuck inside) incase I might hear triggers out there, I get upset if I hear a trigger sound once and if I can't block it out completely. I think my misophonia is part of the reason I didn't pass any of my GCSE's last year (due to not being able to concentrate in lessons and exams). I'm thinking about what job I might have but am considering what jobs might make it most/less likely for me to hear triggers. I’m always on edge about noises.

While I don't read much about misophonia, I came across an article about the disorder and a part of it said that hearing loss could make it worse (I constantly wish I had hearing loss now reading that has put me in a shitty mood). I just realised that people who are hearing impaired could still hear sounds through their jawbone or something like that, I guess noise is too powerful. I'm not sure how to be able to ignore/tune out/take my mind off sounds or if it's even possible for me to remove triggers (I don't know if playing a video of a certain trigger, just exposing myself to it and trying to get myself used to it will work). I suppose that being annoyed by sounds can make it hard for me to fall asleep and I seem to breathe heavy due to panicking/being anxious about noise.

I was being affected by construction going on across from my school when I was there and posted about it on this app, someone commented about a book called 'Stillness Speaks' by Eckhart Tolle and said to practice listening to the silence underneath everything and that it's hard but they could be at a construction site and tune it all out or something like that. They said it's hard but trust you can do it (I think they said it might take time though), I don't even know if that book will help me.

I'm having to deal with construction noise again near this house I moved into last week, I can't remember if I was told about the construction & idk how long it will take. I also live with 4 other family members who trigger me such as with banging and stuff. don't even think that asking myself what's bothersome about sounds helps.

I'm not sure if a therapist will even be able to help me, I have misokinesia as well which doesn't help (it's really windy at the minute & I feel like it causes my house to make noise and it’s really noisy, I’ve had an issue with windy weather for years & seeing something like grass blowing in it triggers me). I've started to hate my life and wish I wasn't born and am struggling to see light at the end of the tunnel. There's other issues I have with noise and stuff but I'm not going to explain everything that's going on.

I forgot to mention that I'm now always having my hands over my ears or wearing ear defenders/headphones and am thinking about laying with my ears underwater while having a bath and see if that helps or might make triggers worse in a way.

I was watching this movie "Musica" and had this question:

"Do you think that misophonia exists because of a trauma"? or do you think it exists from somewhere else?

When did your misophonia start/when did you notice something wrong?

Anyone else got that part of misophonia?? This is the worst of it cuz it encompasses so much is hard to just remove one thing or whatever.... it's in everything!!!!!

It's driving me so mad I wanna HULK SMASH ALL THE THINGS!!

also as a musician is even worse!!! ROAR!!!!!

It's so hard to explain to people because its not like hearing voices. It happens when things are quiet enough that I hear background noises like a fan, or motor or some other repetative mechanical sound.

I hear what sounds like a radio playing very faintly and very far away. It's so quiet that while I recognize I'm hearing music I can't discern anything else. No melody or lyric or anything to tell me what is being played.

It's incredibly annoying because my brain tries so hard to identify what it is, that its all I can focus on.The only way to deal with it is to turn something else on to drown it out.

I thought I was the only one but I posted about it in my last post and turns out other people hear this too!!

I thought I would start a post about it, to see if even more people can relate.

Hi,

My partner has recently opened up to me about their misophonia and has expressed that they are worried that it is something that will affect us in the long run. They have told me they the main trigger is the sound of my swallowing, which is not something I was even aware people could even hear until they made me aware of it. I have been making efforts to avoid causing triggers, such as changing the way I swallow as to try to minimize the noise, or leaving the room to drink water, or etc.

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Do you all have any advice/ recommendations for someone who is new to this? I have been doing a lot of reading, will link what I have read and understood so far. I am willing to do whatever I can to ensure that I can minimize the triggers, while also reassuring them that these things are not their fault? That this is something that I am not just going to walk away and that I am willing to work through this so long as they are? Reassuring them that everything is going to be okay, and that I am here for them as best I can be?

I understand that for some, their only option is to walk away entirely, and I would like to do my best to prevent things from getting to that point.

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Any and all advice is welcome, no matter how harsh/ or brutal the reality may be.

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Thank you all.

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Articles: (I am math brain so the quant/clinical studies make more sense but anything else is welcome too)

https://misophonia-association.org/potential-therapies-that-may-help/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5321671/ (found on this subreddit)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44084-8

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8475117/

https://psychiatry.duke.edu/sites/default/files/2023-05/treatment_of_misophonia.pdf

has anyone listened to miss you by conan gray? does the clicking noise bother you? i’ve asked everyone and they’ve said they hardly notice it but it genuinely feels like a bunch of people are squeezing my brain to like get blood out. and i can listen to it once but the second time it hurts too bad and like i feel it in my nose idk.

I'm 47, have struggled with coping with sounds and noises for as long as I can remember. I hate repetitive sounds like ticking clocks or an alarm beeping. Songs that repeat a lyric over and over drive me up the wall, I've even left shops when songs like this are playing.

I also can't abide sounds that clash, like hearing two different songs at the same time, or different conversations going on around me. It makes working in an office so difficult!

I also have a thing where I hear very faint music from mechanical things, like a fan running. Its like someone is listening to a radio very quietly, very far away. It bothers me so much.

I have general anxiety which is also triggered by noisy places. My brain has decided that noise equals danger so I'm always tense, just waiting for something to happen.

I usually go out with music playing in my cheap earphones, but a friend recently suggested noise cancelling headphones. I went to a shop and tried on a few different brands. None of them really did anything for me until this one pair. I put them on and I swear I nearly fell to my knees and cried.

I felt like I had been coccooned in a thick, safe, quiet blanket. The relief was physical, the tension I'm always under relaxed and it felt amazing.

I stood there for a little while but soon had to put the set back and leave. They cost 250euro which is far far oit of my budget. But I can save up for them and at least now I know there is a solution that will help me.

I'm so glad I told my friend about my misophonia!

Edit: It waa a Bose headset.

How do I manage my rage caused by my misophonia, for lack of better words lol. Specifically with my partner! He chews so loud, even when his mouth is closed. It fills me with so much rage and disgust to a degree that it makes me want to scream. It makes me not want to be with him and it grosses me out, HE doesn’t gross me out but when he chews and eats I just can’t help but be grossed out by him. How can I manage? Does anyone manage? Am I doomed to a life of loud chewing and suffering? I am being a bit dramatic for the bit but seriously if anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated

I’m in library, studying. The girl next to me scratches her arm HARD. And she has long nails too. This gave me the worst feeling ever. Numb from head to toe. I don’t like scratching noise in general but never had I felt like this before. I had to take a break.

And now when I think of that moment, it still gives me chills. Maybe it’a not about the sound but the way she literally hurt herself. Her arm was all red. I felt shocked with this sensation so I had to search it on Reddit ofc. Now I found this subreddit and this phobia I probably have. Such a good day!

Other triggers: nail clipping, someone pulling out their skin or playing with their hardened wound. Someone playing with their callus. Maybe it’s not about the noise but the noise makes me think of the feeling those actions give. It is irritating as hell just to write these.

Hey y’all! So, I’m a sophomore in college and I live on campus. I heard really loud banging and someone screaming, so I popped my head into the hallway to see what was up. I guess someone a few doors down is having a mental breakdown, and on one hand, I feel for them. But on the other hand, it’s 1:30 in the morning and I have misophonia, so I was also pissed at the same time 😭😭😭

Just wondering how loop earplugs actually work? Are they basically less powerful earplugs? I don’t understand how they can selectively filter certain sounds, especially since they don’t have a power source. Thanks!

I used to have a pair of tethered, wrap around Sony earbuds (Bluetooth) that could’ve dampened/eliminated more noise (I can’t remember the exact model).

They were perfect for sleeping as they not only didn’t press into my ears but, should I move around and one or both buds fall out, the tether made them easier to keep together and find later after waking up.

Does anyone have suggestions on replacements? My last replacement buds don’t block enough outside noise (not to mention I can’t find one bud after sleeping one night) and the ones before were excellent at blocking noise but were not comfortable to sleep with due to bulk.

I’d greatly appreciate any suggestions. Just for context, I would not want anything over the ear (for this specific purpose) and standard earplugs do not serve the exact purpose either. I want to be able to block out undesirable sounds, listen to something if I want as I go to sleep, and not disturb my wife with my finicky nature.

I’m not a rich man but my health, work performance, stress levels, marriage (down to intimacy), and basic sanity would improve if I solved this so extravagant to reasonable suggestions are welcome.

I often forget I have Noise Cancelling headphones on for extended periods of time. When I do take them off, it's like I've gone a bit deaf. I use Bose Comfort 35 II for years now.

Does this happen to anyone else?

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This is the situation for my 15 year old son. For about 4 years, his only trigger was chewing sounds and he coped with that and we made sure not to eat extra around him -- no food while watching the Super Bowl etc. so he could enjoy that too. Unfortunately, within the last couple months he started added more triggers -- related to the mouth and lips/saliva and that has turned in to basically being unable to tolerate people talking at all because there are so many noises related to that that now trigger him (lips, saliva, sounds of certain letters etc.). He is so stressed all day because of this. He can't simply go away or put on headphones every time --- you have to listen to people. It is excruciating for him now to sit next to his piano teacher for 30 minutes. He is home-schooled but does have some online classes that don't seem as triggering as the in-person teaching. I don't know how to help him. We've tried headphones/ear plugs/ noise machines at home but the voice triggers still come through. Does anybody have this type of a trigger? Unlike chewing, it's just a constant trigger and it can happen at any time so it's anticipatory as well.

I really resent just looking at people chewing but some more than others. Does anyone else experience this and why is it that some people kind of chew the "right" way which is somewhat acceptable and most others in a way I really hate?

When i feel stressed i start to hear triggering sound out of nowhere or hear vibrations that are not there. I get extremely paranoid especially at night even with ear plugs for some reason, I hear a sound that is similar to breathing and I wonder if its me, my sibling’s or even my other family members in the other room, I even imagine them doing so and I check it my self simply by not breathing for a while. It actually makes me feel crazy.