Misophonia and the science of horrible sounds

[@mamahaise8917]

Shit so that’s what it’s called. I thought I had some weird form of anger issues .

[@fivedee5D]

LMAOOO Mama Halse - I originally thought that too until I heard the term, then researched it more. I found my people!

[@Maya-mk1st]

Same💀✋🏻

[@jessicadannielle9150]

omg same i always hated myself bc i would get annoyed of sounds that most ppl aren’t affected by 😩 also, NEZUKO :3

[@miahmorales888]

HAHAH SAME I always thought it was only a me problem

[@khadeja-ahmad]

Literally same.

[@budyfixit]

my miso wouldnt be HALF as bad if people would use COMMON MANNERS. This world has lost alot of common decency and chewing with mouth closed/open i contribute to a lack of basic manners/etiquette

[@kendrasnow6451]

buddyfixit my sentiments exactly

[@judydicker5732]

EXACTLY

[@TheLucyblades]

Agree but you have to accept reality... The world and the people in in it.

[@AdityaDamleFunkyOutsider]

Amen brother, amen

[@barnabyjjones2348]

I would be able to go to school with out a lot of worry if kids had manners especially the kids that bring forking apples to school

[@ashleyjp0117]

I really hate eating dinner with my family

[@Venomonomonom]

Same with me and my brother with our parents

[@lalapoopsi]

every time I ask my sister to stop smacking she'll do it even louder just to bother me, my mom says it's just a "quirk" i have but it's seriously getting worse and worse every day

[@miahmorales888]

@@lalapoopsi same:( my mom says I’m just being dramatic and I have to deal with it.

[@comfypillow2131]

@@miahmorales888 They don't get it.

[@interpolfan04]

@@miahmorales888 i can usually wear headphones with the volume up so i can block out the sound, but it's gotten so bad that even seeing my dad eat out of the corner of my eye triggers me 😭

[@carameldrizzle2725]

I have severe Misophonia, and every time I hear someone snoring, smacking their lips, chewing in general, tapping their toes, or even talking in a low tone from another room, I want to curl up into a ball and scream for as long as my lungs will let me. My parents think that I'm just being dramatic, when really I've started having suicidal and harmful thoughts towards myself and others for a few years now, and I would seriously LOVE to see my dad suffer with this disease. He cares the least and triggers/makes fun of my Misophonia multiple times EVERY DAY. This is what this disease can do to your mind. I'm only thirteen and I have thoughts of harming myself/others. It will keep on digging its way into my brain until it either drives me mad or until someone finds a cure. Please spread awareness of this disease. #MisophoniaAwareness

[@newcastleuni]

We are glad that you found our research helpful and we will be continuing work in this field so please return to www.ncl.ac.uk for updates.We work with the support group Misophonia UK to recruit people for trials and you may find their website a useful source of information and advice www.misophonia-uk.org/ We would always recommend that you contact your GP for advice. If you are based in the UK, you could contact Childline for support if your feelings are overwhelming

[@qamebuzz4650]

I have an autistic son who from a very young age suffered from hyperacusis -- similar to what they are calling Misophonia here. His was so sever that it caused him to flee contact with others, hide under his bed, be unable to function to learn language or participate in public activities with the family. We were able to remediate much of his problem with Auditory Integration Therapy (the Berard Method) and he later was able to behave better, gained language and was better able to learn. Part of what I learned while researching hyperacusis -- originally discovered by Dr. Guy Berard of Anise, France -- was that certain audiological configurations in the audiogram tracings were consistent with suicidal ideation. Please do further research, find a good provider and get treatment before it drives you to the unthinkable.

[@Pebbles18]

Autism auditory problems often have little to do with misophonia besides being sound processing disorders. Misophonia is it’s own disorder, and may not have the same treatment. From other people’s experiments with many types of therapy, none work. And exposure therapy usually makes it worse because it reinforces the synaptic connections. (Use it or lose it rule- since you’re using it a lot you won’t lose it). Wasting money on therapies advertised because people want to make money, and don’t actually know anything about it is not the way to go. More research should be done with the therapy suggested, as hyperacusis seems pretty similar to misophonia (but so are other processing disorders), but giving false hope based on a different disease isn’t helpful.

[@kyrktd2178]

Ive never related so much to someone in my life before

[@speakersr-lyefaudio6830]

Caramel Drizzle Same, can’t wait to leave my parents place and not come back.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

The dude who yanked his headphones off and got up, right there with ya, dude.

[@PratibhaR16]

Same here!!

[@vixiria2534]

@@PratibhaR16 same!

[@beckys5461]

Same! When I saw the few people who like, laughed, I thought "they don't have miso".

[@Doctor_Goto]

Same here, I recognized myself in his actions immediately

[@Renard380]

The best thing about misophonia is that people always assume you're just being dramatic or mean while you are actually going through what could be considered a form of torture. When i hear people slurp their coffee or chewing with their mouth open it drives me crazy to the point that my head actually hurts.

[@HospitalForSouls.X]

You're right it is torture. I'm embarrassed to say this but....one time I was stranded in a parking lot when my car wouldn't work. Someone parked a short distance away with loud subwoofer bass bleating through their car...that's my worst trigger. I actually peed my pants from the stress since I couldn't get away or block it out

[@RedIobsta]

The way I explain the feeling I get when people eat to people who don't have it is "I wish I could rip their bottom jaw off and gouge their eyes out with it" Obviously I would never do that, but it makes me so insanely mad

[@Gosuto444]

exactly, sometimes i wish i could transfer it to people who act like it's an exaggeration so that they finally shut up

[@Augustman22]

@@RedIobsta i also hate to admit that, buts it’s also true for me. Misophonia is literal torture

[@jimtaylor294]

Amen. For me it posed an issue re' having lunch with my mother (may she rest peacefully). Usually having the TV on mitigated things, but not always. I felt bad as I knew she was not her fault but my reaction, yet wasn't sure why as I'd had thousands of meals in her company over the years 🤔 .

[@calebhoyer9322]

can we please make gum illegal

[@jole0]

Ill vote for you as a president

[@judydicker5732]

Pleaseeee

[@acanofsoda9153]

Caleb Hoyer AMEN

[@TheLucyblades]

Move to SIngapore

[@deanneadamson]

I've always chose my friends based on who eats most quietly :) I'm serious too.

[@educatedmelanated7280]

I'm not the only one????😀😀😀

[@kishajohnson1962]

No you are not alone, my daughter and I both have it💞

[@theangelshecatomb4985]

Never were dude. A lot of people have it, myself and my mom and best friend included

[@auroradeister9314]

Same it’s so awful but ur not alone ❤️

[@Amin_the_calm_man]

When i hear someone moan i feel so angry and i want to bunch him/ her in the face Because i hate hear moaning Is that Misophonia?

[@laurenellen5257]

Same i hate it tho so much 😭

[@poppyequestrian1170]

I hate every thing like eating loudly snuffling slurping and breathing ext I have to go out the room so I don't hurt anyone

[@4tami]

me too💔😔

[@draco_1876]

Facts bro

[@Koorime18]

I damn near have an anxiety/rage attack when I hear loud chewing/eating/lip-smacking/slurping. I either have to put headphones in and blast some music, or get the hell out of the room. I just can't take those sounds.

[@jol4342]

Same. My husband has loose dentures that he moves about in his mouth all the time. It sounds likes he's eating/chewing gum, and I feel like either smashing his face in or killing myself. I love him, so this makes me feel like a terrible person. I don't think he understands this very real condition at all. I guess it's difficult to understand. He's always been a loud breather too, it's just normal for him.....jesus how do any of us sufferers get though life? I have so many other triggers too - whistling makes me full of real rage. The muttering of a radio or muffled talking, sends my anxiety and anger levels soaring. I have other serious health issues, and this on top of them makes me just want to die. Seriously.

[@vishnudixit23]

Same i put on headphones when my parents eat food

[@1971thegrinsh]

Know exactly where you’re coming from. It’s the disgusting, ignorant eating like an animal ect that drives me instantly up the wall. Crunching also, with mouth open or closed. Am so pleased I have found others who understand. Every little bit helps.

[@Ash-kb9hn]

I am exactly the same. I go into a rage and it takes everything in my body not to completely lose my shit on the person making the sound.

[@Morrisseys7thFriend]

That last guy is definitely me. I had to turn the sound off. It's even worse cause I live in Korea and the louder you chew the better. Koreans literally have ENTIRE KZbin CHANNELS dedicated SOLELY to recording ASMR of themselves eating different things, and they get MILLIONS of views. I see people in the train all the time watching it intently like porn. It's so bizarre and disgusting to me.

[@conejitaaa]

It's revolting to me as well, who the heck wants to hear gross sloppy wet chewing and slurping sounds. Commenting saying they love it, it's MIND BLOWING to me. I can't even fathom.

[@alyssac0]

🙄

[@watermelon5278]

omg I have seen ppl eating ramen noodles I kdramas it pisses me off so much I skip the part where they SLURP the ramen, I'm praying for u

[@RenegadeShepTheSpacer]

Korea is quite bizarre in general. Not in a racist sense, but in terms of mainstream media and some norms they hold themselves to.

[@RamandeepKaur-lk8zu]

Asmrs are the worst I can’t stand a minute

[@robertrowland3750]

The open-mouthed chewing of food is DISGUSTING!

[@watermelon5278]

ppl who chew like that are literal cows

[@shrawani26]

@@watermelon5278 seriously

[@drican9334]

satisfyting mukbang videos

[@jimmyjam3753]

Should be corporal punishment for such a filthy behaviour.

[@tk006]

Right the smacking is just appaling

[@astr0ch1ld72]

ive had misophonia for who knows how long, i just figured out it was a brain disorder. my family always makes fun of me and makes the noises on purpose when its literally painful

[@daveg4152]

that is just the worst part of it - most of our families do not accept the misophonia at all, and they just make the problem worse.

[@juliirubyx]

Same :/

[@draco_1876]

It makes me violent

[@creativityandlove8456]

I have misophonia . One day I decided to start eating with my dad at the same table...well he killed me with that sound I stood up and threw my food into the garbage and he stares at me like I was crazy

[@stephanieanokye7561]

I literally go the same thing specifically when my dad eats I gets very irritable and angry and I have to quickly eat my food and leave the table as fast as I can cause I cannot handle it and it doesn’t help that I have sensitive hearing cause I can hear a lot of things

[@Nothingfoo90z]

I can’t eat around my dad with all his chewing and slurping and grinding and biting like I just wanna smack em cuz of that.

[@DannyBoy777777]

@@stephanieanokye7561 I'm the same. I wanna leave fast or destroy the source of the sound.

[@spork4267]

a lot of sounds my dad makes (eating/breathing) that he can’t control trigger my misophonia all the time. i sadly can’t stand to be in the same room as him for long.

[@coralroper6876]

Can misophonia be triggered by just the *memory* of a sound? Because sometimes I remember certain sounds that annoy me, like certain words, and it makes me want to kill something.

[@marleycymon3512]

yep that happens to me as well

[@beissaanimates9866]

YES. Especially when I try to escape from the situation. One of my biggest triggers is burping and my grandfather has a sickness that makes him uncontrollably burp. When I get out of the room, close the door and listen to music, I can still hear the sound echoing in my head. It makes me cry most of the time. So damn annoying.

[@IWonderWhatsTheAnswer]

@@beissaanimates9866 oh my god thats exactly the same to how i experience it but my trigger is lip smacking/the sound created when you put your tongue to your teeth and smack

[@alexn44405]

Happens to me all the time :(

[@nirvaashah168]

@@beissaanimates9866 sameee, I hate the sound of someone clearing their throat and I hate a raspy voice which easily cracks My grandma has that because of a health condition, and whenever she clears her throat, I feel like crying because the sound keeps repeating in my head and it just can't escape me And I don't want to remind her of that sound, so I just flee the situation saying I have hw

[@InMyBunnySuit]

Not gonna lie here. Chewing from others and even myself makes me so angry. And it’s everyday. Same people, same time, same reaction. I cringe up, try to look away, and not say anything, but it gets to be too much sometimes. Don’t really know where I’m going with this, just please put more money into getting people to not be cows on a pasture while I’m trying to not fail life.

[@shrawani26]

Same condition

[@spiritedrenee9895]

I had no idea there was a name for this. I wish I could go back to my 11/12 year old self when this first started and tell myself that this IS a real thing and I can't help but feel sensitive to these sounds. For me I hated whispering, smacking lips, light whistling, and breathing. Not heavy loud breathing that might be annoying, but a very certain type of breathing. I get so scared and MUST leave the room before it gets worse. I'm in a panic. Whenever I know it's about to happen when there's no where is the worst feeling!

[@spiritedrenee9895]

^out

[@xALLIBEARx]

Does it last forever?

[@legoman7634]

@@xALLIBEARx as of now, there’s no cure for it, sadly.

[@mariemaier3501]

Omg i hate whispering too. It’s the worst

[@Augustman22]

@@xALLIBEARx it’s a type of mental condition, so there isn’t really a “cure.” But as you get older, find ways to cope with it, and are less stressed, it seems to bother you less and less.

[@1959Berre]

Misophonia is hell. I used to plug my ears all the time to avoid triggers, which resulted in a severe ear infection and deafness in one ear. Now I am waiting for an operation.

[@juicyparsons]

oooooooh damn I'm sorry! I remember doing that when I was a kid I fell asleep with toilet paper shoved in my ears and it hurt so bad my Mom had to help me get one out

[@soulangel980]

Misophonia is often not taken seriously and I do hope it becomes more publicly known so people can understand the crippling effects it can have. My worse ones, are food commercials on the radio when driving. Especially when it starts with sapping or crunching sounds because not only is it a trigger, but it comes out of the blue while going high speed. I've nearly swerved in more than one situation of there. I no longer turn the volume up on the radio ever. Given their impact, I wish these were forbidden from radio commercials.

[@SCdreamdrawer]

... *Sigh* ... The extreme struggle and torture of a misophonic researcher researching misophonia in search of treatment. AAAAHHH.

[@thenameisalie6]

Imaging being triggered by people snuffling... having the urge to yell "are you too f**** dumb to use a tissue??? Stay at home if you're that ill!" it's not funny walking around and trying to avoid all people that do that (those are more than you would think) and everyone around you just doesn't care, doesn't understand that it is not only disgusting, but making me uncomfortable as hell whenever I am around people. And when you bring up the topic, others just lable it as a first world Problem. Sure, other people are worse off than me, but this condition makes my world nearly unbearable at times

[@thegovernord.u3155]

YES! Finally someone else knows about this! Usually when I bring this up around people that do it, they have know idea what I'm talking about. I'm still in school and I have 1 class where literally like 30+ people do this everyday and it drives me f*cking mad. Some people do it loudly and violently - Yes violently, who would have thought that you could violently sniff snot up your nose? I'm honestly surprised that their noses don't hurt after that. But anyways I'm so relieved that someone else relates to me on this

[@pennypay1]

I have mixed feelings when I assure people that they're far from alone. I wouldn't wish these unbearable experiences on anyone, but when I started researching misophonia, it was like meeting family for the first time. Too many people brush it off by arguing that chewing noises annoy everyone, or that a baby's wailing is a universal trigger. But what about my urge to scream at women wearing Dr. Scholls shoes to stop clomping around like a pony? Or my husband automatically muting the TV whenever a soda ad comes on because he knows the pouring liquid will irk me? Or family thinking I'm weird for not watching award shows with them, because for some reason recorded applause drives me nuts in a way that live applause does not? Or running for my headphones whenever my husband puts on a western, because the clippety-clop of horses (again, recorded but not live) is too much to stand? When I through a hard glance at someone who rattles a plastic bag too long, and they can detect my annoyance, I feel like the world's biggest asshole. But I'm really not. I'm just really distressed when I can't walk away from the noise. Thankfully I'm always on the move at work. If I had a desk job, I'd have to discreetly wear earplugs to filter out much of the sounds from nearby desks. Clicking and clopping are my triggers. There's no TV broadcasting at work, so those recorded noises aren't an issue there. I've heard of people who have so many triggers and such a low threshold for them, that they have a difficult time keeping a job. Scientists are still trying to figure misophonia out, but they say (and I agree) that it tends to get worse with age and definitely with stress. Some people on the autism spectrum have it, but not all people with misophonia are on the spectrum.

[@blueshots1236]

You guys are just looking like over reacting psychotic people.

[@evefox6189]

Thank god I'm not the only one!!! Drives me insane & I'm so glad i finally have a diagnosis!

[@1besieged]

allergies cause the issue, even with allergy shots nose can run, i do blow my nose, they can get allergy shots takes 3 + years to stop much allergies...

[@turkeytime8136]

I have severe misophonia, and it’s so hard for me to get out in public places, I always have to go to another room when eating. My mom thinks I’m “crazy” but guy please if you see someone who has misophonia treat them nicely because misophonia gives depression, anxiety, and other symptoms

[@EagleEye-d8i]

62 years old...and I have JUST discovered that I've had Misophonia since at least the age of 12!! Can finally put a name to this thing that has tormented me for decades...

[@victhecuber5956]

I have Misophonia. I’ve had it for as long as I can remember. I’m 12. I can block out chewing sounds, not always though. My biggest triggers are sneezing, yawns, obnoxious breathing and burps.Whenever I hear a sound that triggers me, my heart skips a beat. The same feeling you get when your scared, because I don’t like that noise. It tenses me up and hinders my focus on anything I’m doing. I get so distracted because that sound plays in my ear. Over and over again, sounding more grotesque with every time I hear it. It frustrates me and completely mentally distracts me. My teeth are grinding sometimes I’m fighting back tears. It’s not that big of a deal, but sometimes it is.

[@juicyparsons]

this is such an accurate description I wish I could get it on a medical card

[@Bexxaroni]

I can’t agree with this more. Sometimes it gets to the point that I want to rip my hair out because I can’t deal with it any longer. It just makes it worse when people don’t respect my needs and judge me when I need to leave the room

[@c0met0np4ws]

Same here, also same age. Except I usually get aggressive and have to do everything to not attack the source of said trigger, and usually *am* crying about it, as much as I don't want to.

[@ericpeysar2593]

"... and want to punch them in the face!" YES that is exactly how I felt about triggering sounds. For me it all started a couple months after my brain injury. My biggest triggers were #1 my wife's voice (seriously not joking and torture for both of us), #2 my kids (even when just giggling forget fighting), #3 background noice like a radio or tv. I could not sit in a cafe or restaurant for more than a few minutes before the torture was too much. An audiologist was able to fit me with hearing aids that emitted (no suppression) a frequency I couldnt hear but somehow it suppressed my fight/flight response somewhat. 5 years later, it has improved to the point that I can: go to a grocery store without wanting to choke someone, or quiet restaurant and get through the meal. Had I not lived this crazy misophonia, I dont think I would believe it if someone had explained it existed. It sounds crazy saying this because it can still be a struggle at times, but I am so grateful to have found a name to this issue and treatment for improvement. I would encourage anyone who knows someone who is struggling with this hellish circumstance, to do the research, guide and hand hold that person, and HELP THEM seek the treatments that are currently being used. Those treatments LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE.

[@fatimaalansari674]

It’s literally becoming so triggering that it makes me want to rip my ribs off, I even get emotional and frustrated by really simple noises! I can’t eat with my family anymore smh.

[@acanofsoda9153]

Misophonia sucks. I have had it for four years now. Im only 14

[@instantaneouscube2994]

Haha you're 16 now but I'm 14 and genuinely do not remember a time when I have not had misophonia, I wholeheartedly agree with you

[@littleeinsteins907]

Me too..I'm 14😤😡

[@nirvaashah168]

oof, I'm 16 and it started around four years back for me as well

[@xALLIBEARx]

How long do you think it lasts? Cause I think I may have it

[@juliirubyx]

Yeah, I am 13.

[@sophiacristina]

Someone should talk about mechanical triggers, like, i can't even use a lawnmower and a vacuum cleaner, when someone uses that power washer or any motor thing, even motorbikes, car accelerating, beeps, watch ticks, ticks in general, plastic bags, pencil noises, and the painful alarms, this set me waaaay off... :(

[@lizwilliams7006]

My parents bought a big (450 pack) of gum for my little brother because he still sucks his thumb. I’ve been getting better at controlling my emotions but I’m about to go insane now.

[@eglelt219]

My god girl, graduate asap and move😅 I get it though, I'm thinking about moving back to my parents but it's "little" things like these that force me to really think through my desicions.. hell on earth, it's hell on earth🥲

[@ashlouw5350]

The most annoying noises in my top 2 are people slurping a hot beverage and wet open mouth chewing sounds, it drives me up the wall.

[@joudyh]

YESTESYESTEYSYTSYWYW AND WHEN ITS ON A DINNER TABLE I HAVE DECENT MANNERS SO ⟟ CANT JUST GET UP AND TELL THEM THEYRE LOUD SO ⟟ HAVE TO STAY AND I GET SO ANGRY BUT I BOTTLE ⟟t UP THEN I EVENTUALLY JUST CRY

[@closetgremlinISvibing]

one of my misophonia tigger noise is finger snapping and chewing sounds and when someone breathes close to me

[@Webbedmine]

I struggle with this everyday. My brother thinks it’s so funny and clever to use it against me. It genuinely makes me to pull out my hair, inflict pain on me or someone/something else. It makes me so mad and makes me cry. It sounds silly and I don’t want to tell anyone cause they’ll think it’s not serious. But I cant take it anymore…

[@4tami]

me too😭😭😭💔

[@MAFL77]

Thank you for researching this condition. There is still so much that is not known or understood about it. For me, it started when I was about 9 or 10 years old and whenever I was encountered with a trigger, my mother would get mad and exaggerate the trigger. She knew what sounds affected me the most but in her mind, I was just being disrespectful or a bad kid and she never understood my level of suffering. Because of this, I developed unhealthy coping mechanisms, like hurting myself; the anger and violence produced by the triggering of certain sounds needed to find its way out. As an adult, this condition has affected personal relationships and I have isolated myself. I have friends, but I rarely hang out with them or when I do, I make sure is in a situation where the offensive sounds won't be much of a problem (I avoid restaurants for example). People who don't have these conditions either think I'm an ass or they try to empathize by saying things like "these sounds annoy me too", but they are missing the point. I wish these sounds would be "just annoying" for me and everyone else with this condition but the truth is they go beyond that. The reactions can really be violent or extremely angry. Thanks again for your research and much-much love to everyone who is afflicted by misophonia.

[@1971thegrinsh]

So pleased to find out I’m not alone with this. Noises sloppy eating , mouth open, and crunching boiled sweets etc, instant rage. Have to walk away immediately. I’m lucky enough to know where this stems from though. From childhood being made to sit next to my father who eats like an animal. Finally got the courage,when I got to a certain age to leave the table. How can some people be so blatantly disgusting and ignorant towards others. Absolutely hate it. But at the same time can feel awkward, guilty, rude almost either saying something to whoever it is or leaving the table as quick as possible so as not to cause a scene.

[@OARFISHED]

Haven’t eaten with my family in over a year, and when the noises caused me to be overstimulated and start having panic attacks, I got yelled at I try my best to get over it, every single day, the meds only do so much. I’m not trying to be mean when I freak out, these noises are almost causing me physical pain

[@Biggiecheeze420]

I have this and I have quite possibly the most disgusting family when it comes to eating. They eat with their mouth so open that food flys out all over the floor. But the SECOND I complain I’m called “rude” and “I need to pick my battles”. Last year it was so bad when they wouldn’t stop scraping their plates I went into the bathroom and dug my fingers so far into my ears just to stop the sounds I had to go to the doctors and have permanent hearing damage. But nothing changed because nobody respects me.

[@BeanieD1]

Thank you so much for bringing attention to this condition. It is very debilitating. My triggers range from high pitched to low frequencies, babies crying, dogs barking, tapping and I also have visual triggers (misokenesia). I would love to be part of a study. I live in Scotland. Are any other studies going to be carried out and how do you become part of one?

[@newcastleuni]

Hi Dionne, we advertise trials directly on the Misophonia UK website www.misophonia-uk.org/

[@BeanieD1]

Thank you so much. I'll go and have a look.

[@beautyandthebudget3642]

there are treatments now look up repatterning hypnotherapy for example and one practitioner is in Scotland but most can do remote x

[@vixiria2534]

Ikr so annoying

[@joel5160]

I got it around 1967 when I was seven years old. It ruined parts of my childhood.

[@barbaramoran8690]

I have severe sound issues .Loud voices especially babies voices upset me so much that I have to avoid being in places where they could happen . Any sounds that were too intense can be a problem .I hear sharp tones too intense .Even with earplugs I have to avoid certain environments . I have autism and was diagnosed at 40 .I spent years in a mental hospital and was given meds that made my anxiety worse . I became more sensitive to sound as I got older .Thank you for telling the world that this is real .

[@AP-uj2fg]

I am so sorry you faced such injustice.

[@jol4342]

Barbara, I think your problem may be called hyperacusis (spelling might be wrong). It's similar, but different to misophonia. It also seems to be quite common with autistic people. Blessings to you.

[@cypher237]

I have misophonia with the sound of liquid being poured into glasses or containers... & sometimes people gulping when drinking... not sure why... I can't think of any instances that caused these specific triggers, but they can be maddening. I did notice they got slightly more tolerable after losing 50lbs & having better control on my anxiety... Anyone else triggered by these sounds?

[@Venomonomonom]

Yup ppl peeing into the water, chewing on forks, wet burping/gulping, swallowing loudly and gulping down water, cause me extreme mental pain.

[@Ni8htCloud]

Misophobia is the literal definition of hell

[@dandankokorohikareteku2620]

True I hate it

[@gracep_89]

I have misophonia when it comes to people eating, (mouth open), people smacking their lips/food, and people snoring or sniffling. These sounds make me want to hide or to escape, to drown them out. I often think of ways to drown them out. Being a 5tb grader is a nightmare at lunch time. Especially if we have silent lunch. No one has manners.

[@danielreed3718]

The sound of people crunching food has always given me goosebumps up and down my arms. It’s gotten better as I’ve gotten older.

[@skyeeexox]

Literally i hate eating dinner with my family. Especially when it includes spaghetti or soup. The slurping really annoys me and whenever I hear it I just say I need to use to the toilet and stay there until my family is finished eating.

[@philima]

On a scale of revulsion, hearing that chewing sound equals to me having to touch writhing maggots. Anyone else the same?

[@TheLucyblades]

Writhing maggots no problem for me. Certain sounds...

[@juicyparsons]

yeah I just went to see Slipknot....at one point it was a lot of maggots on the screen..... it was kinda gross....but they sounded so good it didn't matter. now if they would've started chewing gum by the microphone I would've LEFT 😂

[@alphabethater5010]

i guess I have misophonia, even though I thought I had anger issues. but I hate loud or silent keyboards and like nail tappings on keyboards or on anything, I also dislike whispering, people speaking from the other room. I also share a room with my sister, and shes always writing, and if I want to go to a different room to watch KZbin in silence, every room is taken so I'm left in a bedroom with my sister. and when I yell at my sister, I sometimes get yelled at myself by my own parents. I just cannot control it, and I realized I'm not the only one who goes through this.

[@lucleclerc2802]

The neurobiology (of the anterior insula) was theorized in the 2013 book "Sound-Rage."

[@TheLucyblades]

Great book

[@rheeryder2524]

Wow. There's a BOOK on this subject? 😳

[@eyekelly1530]

I wonder if there’s some type of connection between those of us that experience misophonia and ASMR. Certain trigger sounds cause calming positive reactions (ASMR) and with misophonia , certain sounds trigger negative responses. Wondering if the heightened sense of sound for one is some how connected to the other.

[@rythiecat]

Yoo ok that's a good idea

[@ugoboom]

not for mel, i def have this but asmr does nothing for me

[@shrimpfry880]

asmr puts me into fight or flight mode

[@QuothTheRavenclaw11]

For me it depends. Some ASMR sounds don't trigger me like footsteps for example. Especially boots, I've always loved those sounds. But whispering? Ugh, hate it.

[@emmikate6564]

I have Misophenia, it may be the hardest thing ever for me, nothing bothers me other than snoring, the vibration of it just makes me want to scream and kick the walls through i rip out my hair and hit walls it gets me so mad and my parents tell me i’m overreacting and to get used to it and i try so hard but i just can’t control what i’m doing i’m out of control when it’s happening and it sucks because it’s going to affect me so much in the future😔

[@yummy8074]

I got triggered by just watching them getting triggered and my triggeers are shaking my head uncontrollably, muscule tension, urge to punch/kick something (in most cases the source of the sound) and not being able to breathe well. I'm not saying I'm dying, but most researches agree that frequent high cortisol lvls are generally bad for life longevity. Also sometimes I'm afraid I might go to prison because I might attack someone.

[@thefluffyaj4119]

my misophonia is so bad that I can hear one eating sound and I will run, skap my head and try to blare music in my head while crying and sometimes sobbing. I also have autism so maybe that makes it worse. but if I was those people in the test hearing those sounds I'd be so very upset and trying everything to stop it (including my brain forcing me to rehear it as it repeats over and over, hence the hitting if my head to try to stop it). it is one of my most difficult to deal with things. not only the sound itself, but also how I affects my life. being set off during a movie with an eating scene, people getting mad at me for my reactions, never being able to join my family for dinner, constantly being shamed of it and creating a lot of fear around me accommodating myself, and just. I so badly wish people could understand this is agonizing for me, I'm not doing it on purpose, please stop getting angry at me it's so easy to just stop eating for a second every time I'm near I promise I will quickly be out of your way

[@M6LEVOLENT]

I have misophonia, and my triggers are: Tapping, Chewing, Breathing, and Laughing. I get so verbally violent and mentally I think about severely harming the person making the noise. Its not healthy, Im only 13 and having to deal with thoughts about LITERALLY killing the person.

[@dmtdreamz7706]

"(I was) filled with déjà vu, I knew i'd been here before." "It felt like I had always been there." "An incredibly strong feeling of déjà vu, but more than just a feeling... an absolute knowledge of knowing this all before. Of having been this forever, and just now realising it again."

[@glyphicon330]

I hate when my mom start making loud repetitive noises, hopefully soon I'm going to live alone 🤞🏼

[@loved_and_chosen]

I always thought I was too emotional 😂. My sister's singing voice is actually good but I feel a lot of anger and rage when she sings and I get some bad thoughts too. Other sounds like bones cracking also trigger the anger, my heart beats really fast and loud... I sometimes start shivering too (maybe coz of the anger). it's mainly sounds produced by a human body (that isn't mine) which cause it.I always try to find a harmless way to let out all my anger.

[@zotop7478]

Why did no one involve L I P S M A C K I N G ?

[@rheeryder2524]

Why didn't any of them involve stereo/TV bass sounds? Misophonia is ALWAYS about tje BRIEF event of chewing. Meanwhile people play their stereos ALL DAY LONG.

[@shylamc504]

@@rheeryder2524 yes! I live in an apartment building and this one dog stays outside all day and barks it drives me insane 😭

[@tonykennedy8592]

That guys anger was uncontrollable at the eating. You can tell he really tried to remain calm, but he couldn't. I am the EXACT same way. When I hear lip smacking in particular, it's the only time I feel like my anger is genuinely out of control. If I can't leave a situation where noisy eating is taking place, I will snap. I can't help it. I'm not an overtly angry guy, I'm relatively mild mannered day to day but I F***KING HATE IT (I'm getting angry thinking about it). Here's what I don't think is fair. If this is a genuine neurological response why are misophonics seen as the people who need to change? How about people simply eat like civilized humans?

[@rahulmaurya5348]

I just can't resist chewing sounds

[@n0pe873]

My misophonia is pretty severe, but it's only sniffing and clearing the throat. My sister constantly always has a runny nose and a sore throat, and it REALLY REALLY REALLT *REALLY* IRRITATES ME. I WANT TO JUST SCREAM AT HER SO LOUD I CANNOT EXPRESS MY ANGER IN WORDS. If she clears her throat, it's probably worse. She sometimes does it extra times a day just to annoy me because i can tell that she doesn't have any mucus or phlegm. Someone please help me. In fact, my paren'ts don't even think it exists so they just yell at me to getting mad at my sister. I wish they can suffer it too

[@Inic]

I live by a hospital. You'd think it would be the sirens that would be annoying, but it's the horn of the ambulance that just irritates me so much. I can feel it in my chest.

[@waqaraziz4873]

Hi I’ve suffered from Misophonia form the age of 5 or 6, from have only 1 trigger noise to now many, it’s the usual triggers, eating, slurping, chewing, snoring etc. I wanted to ask a question about a possible treatment but don’t know where to direct it too. In the BBC news article in Feb 2017 about the study done at Newcastle, it was mentioned that a possible treatment could be targeted electricity being passed through the skull. At the time I didn’t really think much of it but a week ago I watch a BBC programme called ‘trust me am a doctor’, there was a piece about stimulating the brain, there were 2 device used to treat people with PTSD, the 2nd device is what intrigued me, a small portable device that stimulated the brain (a non-invasive device), the official title is trigeminal nerve stimulation, apparently so far in trials it has worked well and the makers claim it can treat other issues like chronic pain, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression and tinnitus, no mention of Misophonia but it’s still a relative unknown condition. I have added links to the BBC programme below and a link to the makers of the device. I wanted to know what your thoughts are on this device, could it be used for treating Misophonia or am I talking nonsense? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2FpKx9n1hPFBY9YP3GHpFx9/could-targeting-networks-in-the-brain-help-to-alleviate-the-symptoms-of-ptsd www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04t3nn6 www.monarch-etns.com/international

[@quadnumber]

Hey, that seems like a creative and possibly useful idea for a treatment/therapy. At the moment knowledge on the subject is sparse, and the area is mainly experimental. I recommend taking a look at misophonia.co.uk , there are lots of useful resources, and ways to contact leaders in the field, where you can suggest your theory.

[@xhaydenx452]

I hate it when people scrap on a pot or write super loud it makes me scrape my teeth together 😭

[@Maria-ni6mp]

SAME also just someone bouncing a ball, THE SOUND IT MAKES, MAKE ME SO MAD IDK WHY I JUST HATE IT SOMETIMES

[@claudiasousa6906]

What do you mean by "write super loud"? I'm curious about that because my son loved writing and when he was 9 years old he suddenly developed a OCD with his writing and now I think that he might have had the pencil writing as a trigger...

[@hosseinebrahimi3451]

In my teenage years I had reached this conclusion that i was possessed by something cause i couldn't stand anything that was related to religion. After i found out about misophonia was that for first time realized all religious things that would expel me were voices that i had to listen from a megaphone or a big speaker.

[@warrior8772]

Growing up in a noisy house hold never helped me as a kid. I was able to diagnose myself with Misophonia a couple days ago, and I'm thankful that I wasn't just going crazy for my whole life. Some of the most annoying sounds I react to are gum chewing, sniffling, blowing noises, repeated words such as saying hello on the phone 3x, and quiet whispers. Sometimes I start to feel suicidal/prone to self harm when I hear this noises.

[@exorompa7287]

i cant stress people repeating themselves enough! it literally makes me so mad along with chewing, breathing, banging ur fork or spoon on the bowl, and slurping. it drives me insane

[@fahads_artwork]

Now are you good after diagnosis? how is your life , do you still get get torture pain from these sounds?

[@sergiocasella]

My mother coughs all the time. I think I will go insane...

[@heliocinth]

Dude this disorder is why I refuse to eat around people the sounds they make are just so overwhelming I can even feel like almost puking it just disgusts me so much!

[@luisresto2865]

I had as a child but nobody knew not even me I had a hard time in school I think my mother had it cuz she used to escape many noises sounds now that I'm an adult it's gotten worse but at least now I know what's wrong with me when I was a child I didn't know and my parents didn't know either loud music, loud conversations, there are more things that could trigger besides the one that are mentioned here it has really keep me from doing certain things and being certain places but at least I feel better to know that there's other people who suffer this problem which is real so if your child is having problem in school learning you might want to find out if he has misophonia.

[@HannieLea]

I have misophonia and growing up I would always ask my siblings and people around me to stop making my trigger sounds, they would ignore me and even sometimes make the sounds louder because they were annoyed i would keep asking for them to stop. this was so triggering for me as a kid and i still struggle with this today almost worst then it was back then. I don't like the way it makes me feel, and it feels a whole lot worse when people are doing it on purpose!

[@smashedbear2800]

My main 3 triggers are people eating and smacking their lips, breathing out their nose and clocks ticking. But there are a lot of others too. Sometimes even certain peoples voices make me so angry

[@makemecry6604]

When I hear certain chewing noises I get super amgry, I can’t eat next to my mom cause the sounds she makes drives me insane. It’s weird cause I watch certain asmr and I enjoy it... I also can’t stand car sounds

[@joedartonthefenderbass]

I absolutely hate all those sounds unless it's asmr or me making the noise

[@asteridfk]

@@joedartonthefenderbass yeah me too! I actually enjoy mukbang ASMR and it doesn't bother me while I do them, but it's HELL when someone else does these sounds in person

[@mita4hh]

My husband snoring is the bane of my existence

[@FolksieGuitarGirl]

I hate it when people continually bash their plate with their cutlery when they’re eating. That sound of a metal knife, fork or spoon smashing against their plate is like torture. Arrrggg! I want to scream at them “why do you feel the need to try your hardest to smash that plate with your cutlery!” Then when they’ve finished, they clearly don’t think they’ve finished and they spend the next 10 minutes loudly scraping their plate or bowl when there is nothing left in the plate. It’s perfectly possible to eat with cutlery without smashing the hell out of the china. BUT when I’m with a group of people I look around and I notice that it’s not bothering anyone else at the table, just me. The result is that I zone in on the cutlery/plate bashing noise and totally miss out on the social chit chat. Once I’ve zoned into the noise, I can’t zone out, however hard I try. Sniffing, coughing, whistling, noisy eating, licking lips noises are also bad, but the sound of cutlery on plates is by far my worst trigger. I know it’s my problem though!!

[@koalasez1200]

Repetetive noises, gum chewing/smacking, yes, food, certain high voices and children's voices. A speaker phone dial tone and the user just lets it go on and on.. My god - instant migraine. It is debilitating. I have to use high end Bose noise-cancelling headphones [$300] so I don't go insane at work. I wish I could make the co-workers understand :(

[@chocoball7893]

Evrerytime I hear the sound of a dribbling ball and kids screaming, my body starts trembling. My heart beats so fast and I felt extremely angry. I even have suicidal thoughts because this shit feels like hell.

[@MisophoniaWithoutBorders]

Thank you for all of the work that you do to help us, Dr. Kumar. It means a lot.

[@davidwootton683]

I only found out what it was last year, and I am now 65. Certain noises will drive me to attacking any device's that makes certain chimes. Other noises make my nervous system really cringe. The reaction can be mild to I have to get away. Dogs barking, people eating crackers, apples, popcorn, certain crunching sounds, a pencil tapping on a desk, cutlery scraping on a plate. Also certain smells have an effect as well. Stress makes it worse. When it is bad, I wear ear muffs. I worked out that it was the way my brain is wired. And I do not give a fig what people think about my reactions to noises, and objects that cause my brain pain.

[@valerie_00.._]

I actually don't have diagnosed misophonie even though I told my parents multiple times that I wanna get it diagnosed because when you don't have it diagnosed everyone thinks that you're just crazy which is not the case (for no one with misophonia). I'm aware that not everyone even knows about this "condition" even though it's really harming for the person who has it AND for the people around them. Now for people who don't have misophonia I just wanna describe to you real quick what it feels like. So every morning when I'm in the living room my mom usually drinks a cup of coffee now for a person without misophonia it would just be a person drinking coffee so nothing bad but for a person who actually has misophonia it's like you hear the sound of the swallowing 500 times louder and then usually everyone around you would say something like: just ignore it which would be possible for a person wo doesn't has it but a person who has it isn't able to do that everything around you becomes quiet and you only hear that swallow anymore. Then you can either have an aggressive reaction or even an emotional one in my case it's always different but I usually get really really aggressive and stressed when I hear it and then it's like you don't really have any control of your body anymore you just end up screaming horrible things at your parents even though you don't want that and you can't stop that aggression because it kind of takes over your body and after that "breakout" everyone is mad at you or blaming you and that goes on every day. every hour. every minute. every second

[@mushroomfog2509]

I think I have misophonia because I feel intense anger and disgust to some sounds, even sometimes voices, my psychiatrist said indeed it is, my family doesn't cares at all because I have control and don't believe me

[@DeborahLArmstrong]

Trying to work with Swamp Thing chomping her gum in the next cubicle was a nightmare! I tried noise-canceling headphones but they only worked if I really cranked the music. Confronting Swamp Thing definitely didn't work. She got angry and defensive and made me feel like I was totally out of line to call her out on her loud gum smacking and chomping and slurping and popping, and of course other coworkers took her side, too. Worse yet, the manager was also a gum chewer so there was no one in my corner.

[@fruity2352]

I have this so bad and everyone thinks I’m crazy or over dramatic but I can’t control it and if I could why would I fake it/ make it dramatic? It’s a horrible thing

[@laurenj432]

Mine’s only developed within the last year, and it’s made me super aware of my own eating, and I swear there is no reason why anyone needs to make that much noise🙂

[@MysteryGrey]

My sister salivates when she talks about eating or thinks about food. While talking on the phone with her, I can hear her salivating as she's talking to me. UGH!!! If that's not enough, she burps really loudly into the phone, especially if you are saying something important to her. 😢 Then her abusive husband makes her pomeranian's bark so she'll get off the phone. I stopped calling her, pure torture.

[@avabean5642]

My family used to say I had anger issues before I found out what Miso was. And that would make me mad so I thought I had anger issues too! 😂

[@isagrrr111]

I don't usually comment my experiences under youtube videos, but a sound triggered me to the point of tears. I clicked on this video after having dinner with a family member. We had egg soup for dinner. I was trying to eat when the person eating with me started making the most disturbing slurping sounds that sounded like there was a lot of tongue sloshing mixed in with the long, loud slurp. It was so fast and repetitive, and I couldn't tell that person to stop because it would be "disrespectful." I just stopped eating my soup and cried in my seat. I have usually been uncomfortable with these sounds, disgusted even. But I've never reacted this way before. It's been a few hours since then, and I'm trying to fall asleep now. The exact sound still repeats in my head and I just want to crawl into a ball and shrivel or just lose my ability to remember sounds. I'm so scared right now I don't know if I'm overreacting or what. If I can't find something that would help me in KZbin videos, I'm just glad I can share this somewhere.

[@thetoddandersonshow4067]

Dog barking drives me up the wall

[@nancytriplicata5977]

Thank you for your research. I hope someday relief will be found. I wish people, especially famous miso sufferers like Kelly Ripa, would provide generous funding for research.

[@rheeryder2524]

Had no idea Kelly had this issue. 😳

[@brenda.lizeth]

I HATED everything, but the baby's cry....

[@QP9237]

I hate the sound of flowing liquids (think pouring water or soda commercials) and I've really grown to hate KZbins obsession with ASMR, it's really aggravating. Used to love watching japanese/asian cooking videos but this obsession with ASMR really turned me off to watching those videos now

[@MysteryGrey]

Also, my narcissist neighbor's sing-song, condescending, fake empathetic voice triggers me. Somebody slurping grapes instead of eating them whole. Loud trucks. Diesel trucks high pitched frequency. Back up alert beeping. Dog's barking and licking. Whistling nostrils.

[@Hopecaster]

I did this thing where I stayed up 24 hours and I made it, however ever since then I''ve seemed to have been "twitching" as I called it. it's been since around 4 or 5 days, and it involves my left shoulder jerking either up or to the right. it happens whenever there's a loud noise, I'm feeling embarrassed, or anger. I always twitched at the woman's scream part by the way.

[@GhostyFriend]

I have such bad misophonia, to snoring, chewing, sniffing, breathing, and so much more! I can’t eat dinner with my family and I found out that I had it a month or two ago, I’ve had this problem for a few years but realized I had misophonia 2 months ago. I haven’t told my family because I don’t want to seem like the burden in my family. But they get angry with me when I eat in the other room or cover my ears or tell them to eat with their mouths closed. Sometimes it’s so bad that I go in the other room and cry, I can’t deal with it and haven’t told anyone. What should I do?

[@TheLucyblades]

This explains so much. Best video I have seen yet.

[@meowpoosaymeow]

Omg I have misophonia, I share my room with my brother and breathing triggers me so much and I can't sleep 😭

[@MrJacobwieland]

I have autism-related misophonia. When I hear someone singing out of tune or whistling over music on the radio or speaker, I get flustered because those noises ruin the music for me. I feel like I want to leave the room when it happens but end up in situations where I can't.

[@badgalirri]

I don't have autism but same. And also a lot of music is extremely triggering. I am not so affected by chewing and all this but any loud sound, any repetitive sound, anything out of tune, anything in specific keys, any whistling, etc, it is just torture.

[@jol4342]

I'm glad somebody is doing research into the brain structures of misophonia sufferers. I'd gladly have that area of my brain permanently numbed or removed to get rid of these suicidal feeling-inducing noises.

[@russellschaeffler]

Wow... The baby and woman screaming did bother me, but the open mouth, lip smacking chewing drove me up the wall One sound that has always triggered a strong negative reaction has been sweeping sounds, especially synthetic fabrics like two pieces of nylon rubbing against each other. Even thinking about that sound make me cringe.

[@visitor5230]

White noise helps so much, recently bought a fan that goes around your neck, the fans blows onto your face and the sound of it drowns out any annoying noises.

[@sarthak_sachan]

I become really angry when someone slurp their tea/coffee or any hot drink, I feel like killing the person 🤯🤯🤯 even if they are my family members......also whenever I hear certain words (specially sip-sip) it literally blows my my 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@simple-shawn]

Ayo if this sound is considered chewing only one member of my family is a chewing factory