The Brain that Hates Human Sounds 🧠😨 Misophonia

[@Ocinneade345]

I hate how people become so offended if you just ask them to be a bit quieter.

[@strwbberi3s]

frrr-

[@zommieeee]

i literally asked a girl to remove her feet from the bottom of my chair and she started being rude to me and told me to go sit in the front 😭 and she talks rlly loudly with her friends so its very hard for me to focus on my work edit: we're good now she apologized

[@strwbberi3s]

@@zommieeee omgg i feel so bad for u 😭

[@zommieeee]

@@strwbberi3s its oki dw, she gave me a good idea. i will sit somewhere else, becuz i dont wanna deal with someone who has a bitchy attitude.

[@strwbberi3s]

@@zommieeeeperiod girly!! honestly i will do the same thing if someone is showing me bitchy attitude aswell

[@kaylavalles6604]

Misophonia is so debilitating and has ruined relationships. Im so happy to learn that other people suffer from this. I’ve always felt like something was wrong with me

[@susu130390]

There’s nothing wrong with you.

[@evie_scott10]

Agreed. It has put an impossible strain on every relationship I have. Lost a lot of people because I was “intense” and “unpredictable”, but really I’m just debilitated.

[@cameronbriffa4302]

People who don’t suffer from this cannot conceive how horrible it is. It’s driving me to despair. I sometimes feel like I could lash out with extreme violence just because someone made a sound. I did try some Wimhof breathing and it helped a little bit, I feel. Thanks for making this video; I’m going to see an audiologist to see if they can help.

[@aby110]

Yeah it's like having a button that can instantly trigger extreme anger if pressed on right on your forehead and anytime someone chews around you it's like they're pressing on it and you can't do anything to stop you from feeling that overwhelming rage.

[@madzgville]

Do I have it or not because when I know that my mom has severe allergies I can tell what sounds she can bring throughout out the day so that’s why I’m so tense. Like it needs to get better

[@Paxton512]

I had to take my earbuds out at the beginning...but then watching it I could still "hear" the sounds by looking at the people so I had to fastforward.

[@aby110]

Yeah misokinesia tends to come hand in hand with misophonia

[@projectphoniex]

Eating sounds, crinkly chip bags, someone eating chips, mouth breathing, and the sound of someone swallowing a drink drive me to feel a crazed rage. The feeling is completely out of my control and makes me insanely uncomfortable. The dread I feel alone when I see someone sit down in a quiet room with a bag of chips is enough to make me leave the room or instantly put in my headphones that I take literally everywhere I go. All of it is like nails on a chalkboard to me. I tend to get more triggered when it's people I know. One interesting thing about this condition to me is as much as I hate certain sounds there are oridinary sounds I absolutely love to hear. Some examples are change going into a vending machine, fingers sliding against the pages of a book, cards shuffling, sound of carbonated cans opening, or the sound of sand falling into a pile. All those sounds make me feel happy and relaxed. Does anyone else here have that too?

[@Aesthete143]

Yesss

[@sevenrps]

Yes I’m exactly the same way… I like what you said about it being more with people that you know. I’ve found that I can resist pretty well against total strangers, but with friends or family I want to commit a violent. Stay strong

[@homeoftek5844]

It's the smacking and mouth breathing that does it for me. It doesn't make me violent or anything. It's just painfully irritating to me. Everyone says just wear headphones. But there's nothing worse than hearing those same sounds in a video WITH EARPHONES ON 🎧 🤦‍♂️

[@Saifthemaisafridi-pv2sw]

Yes I have the same as you

[@MelisaMelisa-r5o]

Istp or isfp, se parent very sensitive with nuance of sound, and acute to like the likest and hate the hatest

[@DippyFresh-d6l]

Thanks you for keeping spoilers in the video for triggers, other vids just randomly put them in, and it makes me so angry.

[@Mitzi-chan224]

My trigger is whistling, I don't have a formal diagnosis of Misophonia, but I know for certain I have it

[@quote9902]

I didn’t realize that hating someone cracking their knuckles was a part of it

[@mediacenterman8583]

Yep. I have always hated that.

[@tenar553]

It was the first trigger i noticed

[@shadowfox11911]

I have misophonia and for most of my life I didn't know that this was Amy different from a time else u til my family kept telling me they didn't understand why I left the table during dinner so often. Some days or worse for me and some days are better. Chewing is probably the worst trigger for me but it depends, it could be a random noise that at that point in time makes me irritated or irrationally angry. Like sometimes when my dog starts whining I got very upset and sometimes I ignore it. At first I didn't know anyone else really had this when I found out I did but it seems to be rare. But this video is nice to show people who don't really understand because it's very hard to explain why I lose my temper and feel like I'm going crazy to certain sounds so thanks for the video!

[@Epistimi]

Yeah, it is hard for people to understand. Appreciate your comment, and I'm happy to help people understand this condition a bit more :)

[@silver_fall_draws5884]

I feel ya man. I’ve been dealing with it since I was little and I always feel like I’m insane or going mad

[@quote9902]

Same here! I thought everyone just felt with it but they don’t feel that same way! Crazy!

[@quote9902]

Same here! I thought everyone just felt with it but they don’t feel that same way! Crazy!

[@vitaminprotein8630]

Same condition from here

[@bbouvier5940]

Tapping, chewing, spoon touching teeth, slurping, loud breathing snoring, watche taping on a table when people use hands while talking! Yikes

[@jenskirk18]

I really appreciate the people who worked together to make this video. Thank you. It has impacted my life in so many different ways and destroyed relationships for me. It has cast this shadow over my life I feel and made me way more isolated than I ever even noticed. I want to point out the mimicking technique though. I didn't realize this was a technique I just knew that I could eat WITH people and it be less of an issue. Now knowing that I can functionally use it I am going to try. I pray for everyone reading this, that is struggling with this right now, and that you find some way to cope. ❤

[@Epistimi]

Thanks for your post, @jenskirk18. Let us know if the mimicking technique helps in other situations. We are curious to what extent it can help.

[@_.frog_]

I HATE the sound of people scratching their nails on fabric, it makes me want to cut my fingers off and rip my ears out

[@margaretsen7479]

Earplugs have helped me cope.

[@giggles2302]

My misophonia isn't a problem. It's people who weren't taught to eat with grace and thus smack and slurp, that's the problem. Uncouth, piggish, disgusting, maddening! Smacking is caused by eating with one's mouth open. Unless there is a medical issue, NO ONE should be eating with their mouth open. I worked with someone who ate like a cow.... smackety smack smack, every g0ddamn day. Drove me nuts, and my anger would flare up but I had to hold it in. This made me HATE her, and there was nothing I could do about it. Chewing with one's mouth closed doesn't bother me. It doesn't sound pleasant, but it can't be helped, so I don't get the enrage that smacking causes. When animals eat, the noise doesn't bother me because it can't be helped. It's only when people eat like pigs, that's when it enrages me.

[@KaMia-kyon]

Best and most relatable story i saw

[@kayladonnrichardson7384]

Chewing with your mouth closed also creates sounds. It's clear you don't have misophonia; if you did, you'd know this.

[@ItzTocaRy]

i have very bad misophonia.. Those first seconds made me cry, my mom and her boyfriend and literally almost everyone ik chews with their mouth open or it triggers my misophonia. My mum yells at me and claims she has it but doesn’t understand how i feel, i get yelled at frequently and im afraid to tell my dad his chewing bothers me so i walk away.

[@itsrae-zl5wp]

I'm pretty sure I have misophonia because a few times I have been at a table with my family and friends and we've been eating and drinking and I hate the sound of chewing even when your mouth is closed and I hate when people swallow and its made me cry multiple times.

[@duk1436]

Luckily my misophonia only cracks when I hear chewing, loud breathing and swallowing. Pencil tapping, or anything else isn’t that bad for me.

[@m-59-y1f]

We r the same dudee😢 but chewing noise makes meee mad likee reallyyyy madddd

[@toddlenard7602]

I've had this my whole life and I'm 55 years old. I just thought there was something terribly wrong with me. I had no idea it was a mental condition. I couldn't even make it to the first 2 seconds of the second video and became increasingly violent. I hate this about myself. I always have to go in the next room on my family is eating. It alienates me from everyone. I even scare myself I get so violent when I hear noises. I can't even go to the movie theater for all the people eating damn popcorn with their mouths open and making me insanely violent.

[@healthwarrior5140]

It started when I was in school. During a test or exam, there was someone sniffing every 10 seconds, like someone fighting a cold or runny nose. That’s when it started. Dang, I can hear it right now.

[@Aesthete143]

I know lol

[@m-59-y1f]

Us bro us😢

[@amazinggrapes3045]

It's none of the usual things for me it's the sound of human voices. I'm in a constant state of fury or dread whenever I can hear my neighbors

[@sarahjaneross2918]

Me too. Wish I could live in the middle of nowhere

[@Robloxian_A]

Yup, I definitely have misophonia. During the chewing, I tensed up.

[@Sabeeh_Edits]

So I had misophonia for most of my life. Whenever I eat dinner mostly my dad and sister does these sounds I just say PLS STOP THIS SOUND ITS IRRITATING ME my mom says just ignore it even though I can’t stop thinking about it. I often just yell at my sister to stop but she doesn’t stop some days are VERY BAD and some days are good. Chewing is a big trigger for me. But I like this video because your showing people that they have misophonia.

[@strwbberi3s]

SAMEE- EXCEPT THEY GET MADD-

[@zoemoore2430]

Markers, breathing,paper,static,anything rubbing on something dry 😬

[@sacredsinger]

Mine is random humming and certain talk patterns

[@wendyburgess1880]

I don't ever remember NOT having Misophonia, so it must have started very early in my life. I become severely angry when people make noises when they eat and when they talk. I also become angry when I see people chewing with their mouth open, even if I can't hear anything. For Eg, seeing someone chew gum from a distance. It's extremely difficult for me to be in social settings. I can control it better these days, but I could do a great deal of damage if I go into a rage. It was so bad when I was growing up that my family thought I was "mad". To make matters even worse, I would get teased because of how easily they could send me into a rage. It has been the bane of my life.

[@frumblebee]

Thankfully, snoring is the only severe misophonia trigger I have. It makes family vacations in close sleeping arrangements horrible. i have to find some sort of escape- usually I end up on the bathroom floor. If I don’t have anywhere to go, I’ll lay awake silently crying for the entire night until the sound stops. I’m lucky that I don’t have any other severe triggers, but I still dread large overnight events that are supposed to be fun MONTHS in advance. I’m more afraid of the prospect of trying to sleep in a room with someone who snores than the fact that I’m visiting a foreign country.

[@aurorabora7901]

Amazon has headband headphones that are Bluetooth. I wear ear plugs and the headband with white noise. It's changed my life and I can't sleep without it.

[@tehyosh]

the first seconds of the video made me want to punch the monitor...and i knew what was coming before the sounds even started :|

[@Epistimi]

:s

[@laladeville8984]

Drumming the fingers on the desk is the one that drives me crazy. It feels like my nerves are being plucked. My coworker does that and beats on the desk to the rhythm of his music.

[@mafiyuus]

i have misophonia....but NOBODY FUCIEKN UNDERSTANDS THE EXTENT OF IT CUZ IM FUCKTJB HAVE ADHD AND AM AUTOSTIC SO ITS EVEN WORSE WYYH

[@kriti5975]

I can't tolerate the sounds of scratching in any type of clothes..is this misphonia ?

[@vdaniellee]

Since it is still not in the DSM-5, it is hard to diagnose... hmm, if you only get bothered when someone else scratches the clothes but not when you scratch it, there is a chance it is Misophonia.

[@Stellarfront]

The accuracy for the misophonia I experience is 💯

[@leedesheng3477]

My in-laws are the most hideous people at the dinner table. All of that smacking and sucking, like a clogged drain being fixed is disgusting. As I'm cursed with an imagination, the sucking sounds make me think of a giant human-sized slug squirming out of a muddy swamp, and coming to smother me with its sloppy mucus dripping everywhere, and once covered me eats me alive starting with my face. And it gets worse, one of my in-laws never learned how to use the tongue to remove bits of stuck food in her teeth, so she makes all these horrible clicking, lip smacking and popping mouth sounds that can last for more than an hour. The older I get, the more despair I feel.

[@aby110]

I do have misophonia but it's highly selective and tends to only appear after spending too much time with a person like living with someone else for example. But as long as I keep a healthy amount of distance between me and others, like having days where I don't see them, helps keep the triggering response down. I also somehow experience ASMR as well. If the trigger sounds are made by a stranger it will cause an pleasant ASM response but if it's family or close ones my response to their trigger sounds is misophonic.

[@aby110]

Also, recorded sounds don't trigger me nearly as much as real life sounds

[@AudreyBrown08]

Same

[@allisondiaz8318]

Me too! I usually get irritated or angry at my mom, dad, sister, or cousins when they make certain sounds.

[@angelinephilippe3629]

Omg !! I'ts exacly the same for me !!

[@yangoiting]

thisss, i have 2 friends that smack their lips but i dont really mind then but when its my parents then i just wanna disapear

[@MortalXtacy]

Slurping, finger licking and loud continuous sneezing. I have struggled with all this all my life. 😢

[@doruktopcu]

Test 3 is impressive, I would drink with this man!

[@ginagray8040]

This is something new to me but I have developed tinnitus and it might be related. Coughing, sneezing, throat clearing, sniffling, heavy steps any loud repetitive sound drives me insane 😂 vocal fry and up speak are the worst!

[@amrakarmaMisophoniac]

Just seeing someone chew triggers me, so thanks. Lol

[@paranoidgenius9164]

Single sounds may not trigger rage, but a combination of 2 sounds can cause my body to go in tense mode & its just as bad as nails being scraped on metal or a blackboard, or in my case, eating making shlopping, & snorting sounds. In order for me to eat without being triggered is listening to music at a level that drowns out the unwanted sounds, & you can forget wearing headphones, they only amplify the unwanted sounds. Ive also noticed that the ears can feel really warm if not hot, which to the touch, they do feel quite warm.

[@Twiszted]

what a high quality video for such a small channel. Congrats.

[@Epistimi]

Thank you! I appreciate.

[@theyadorek]

I knew something was wrong with me when I started crying and lashed out on my mom because turned on the vaccuum Lol Misophonia is rarely talked about, nobody around me even knows what that is so i think that’s what makes it a little harder for me because i don’t like being rude or lashing out on other people so i try to just hold it all in together but when it’s too much i feel like exploding Lol

[@Gearkamar]

The sound of water pouring or Someone using a bathroom, certain sounds of smacking and drink a loud. And that thing called ARM s or something. That's really annoying

[@Lurker_Above]

I can relate, whenever I hear Hootie & the Blowfish on the radio I feel a building anger as my face distorts into a visage of cringe and rage.

[@JAY_Kay12521]

The second 1 really passed me off 😆 the gulping sound and the ahhhhh........

[@inzy13]

Yall im not alone in this. tell me. U ever find ur self focusing on someones mouth right before they make a sound?! Cuz srsly i need help if anyone can tell me anything to cure that shit. Cant keep any image out of my head

[@jessicacanaday6053]

Omg yes

[@bigbruhking]

That third test legit had me ready to fight.

[@Stellarfront]

2:20😊 3:50 4:30

[@paranoidgenius9164]

What triggers me is not crunching sounds, but shlopping sounds. I really find it hard sometimes to eat, trying not to make much, if any sounds because if i hear squelching while eating, i immediately want to eject anything thats in my mouth & my appetite vanishes. My adrenaline pumps & I find myself in a rage, & bad mood. The sound of people trying to suck each other's lips(kissing) can also trigger it I try my best to chew & force myself to keep the food in my mouth, but it sits there & I'm too afraid to chew However some times are better than other times so I also think it depends on what frequency you're hearing which can differ most days. Some days it doesn't bother you, other days, you can detest what you can hear, & trying to block your ears doesn't work so you're there, rigorously shaking your head while chewing resisting the urge to spit the food out, you cannot even enjoy food sometime! It can even override actual hunger, even though I feel hunger, I think of the chewing sounds, & you rather go hungry!

[@wrisq]

your life is a prison buddy. im sorry that you have to live like that

[@paranoidgenius9164]

@@wrisq I have to normally listen to music while I eat to drown out the eating sounds. When I hear slappy sounds, my body goes into reflex, I cannot swallow what's in my mouth & I need to spit it out.

[@immune85]

I WISH it were only HUMAN sounds... Cinemas are a f*cking nightmare! Or were, haven't visited one in years.

[@Melanie-gu4cl]

Are there people with misophonia who hates "screaming" sounds? Most of the time when I read about people with misophonia they hate only soft sounds such as chewing, breathing, clicking of keyboards.

[@Daniellinne]

Yes, it's usually subtle sounds that others don't notice.

[@hosea987]

i get angry with the cough sound from someone that not sick, it make me surprised when i focus doing my thing and i dont like it for me the cough is just no need to break the silent piece so i start cursing the suspect has TBC for cough but,,,,weirdly i can tolerant if the cough come from someone that sick cough and it dont make me angry at all

[@user-rn1ix9or3f]

POV : you made a VDO of misophonia without experiencing of it

[@effieli7230]

I get irritated when I see someone chew, even without noises. Wtf is this

[@kibsmith]

Mimiking the sound does help. Only, certain sounds (like cracking joints) isn't something I can do. Plus, mimiking the sound isn't socially acceptable in lots of cases, so I'm going to try imagining I'm mimiking the sound in my head. It's a kind of radical acceptance that might just cancel it out.

[@Epistimi]

Let me know if it works!

[@ZuperFlax]

Interesting phenomena! I have a person in my life that match this description pretty well ^^

[@Epistimi]

Yeap and relatable to some extent for many people. Make sure to share it with that person in your life :D

[@Foogi9000]

When I hear sound 2 and it gets looped in my head I feel like I enter some rage fueled form of Psychosis. That and lip smacking.

[@Tayedits-fi5pv]

Yes I flinched I found the noises disturbing and triggering my hand started moving and my finger started crunching

[@juliaizbasa8026]

I have misaphonia and I use white NoIce (GET WHITE NOICE IF YOU HAVE MISAPHONIA) ur helps a lot

[@DrOnumba]

Mine is from squeaky feminine voice. I just can’t bear it, I start itching all over

[@ClydesBonnie007]

The beginning literally made me twitch 😵‍💫

[@NusaColeman]

Misophonia and claustrophobia are a helluva combo 😅

[@shannongreenlaw88]

its not just noises made by other PEOPLE -- its my dog, my cat, my fan, locusts, dripping faucet

[@Epistimi]

:S

[@yusiuc5533]

Put a WARNING first !!! Please

[@VacuumandFirealarm]

You should’ve put up brass music because that’s the sound that I really can’t stand!!

[@ShigarakiDeadDog]

I never two much of a problem with this because my familly naver ate at the same table but i DREAD BEING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER BECAUSE OF HOW SHE IS AND WHEN I GENUINELY TRY TO TELL HE SHE LAUGHS IT OFF😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😮

[@haroonkhan5388]

balloon rubbing sound is a turture for me it make me sick😢 i hate its sound

[@justkenzie]

Fuck- I couldn't even get through the damn "test" segment, that was freaking ABRASIVE lol!!

[@JCNewman]

this is amazing

[@Demario5000]

The beginning of this video was torture.

[@AugustMeteors]

I wouldn't call it a "mental disorder." "Mental disorder" describes something like paranoid delusions or hoarding or necrophilia. Something you'd need psychiatric treatment for. It's probably a processing thing, something to do with the central auditory system in the brain. Would a psychiatrist be who you'd visit to deal with a central auditory system problem? Probably not, you'd see a neurologist, maybe, or an audiologist.

[@Epistimi]

Good point! Eventually, it might be listed as a neurological disorder. However, some psychiatrists want to include it as a mental disorder within the spectrum of obsessive-compulsive disorders. I would prefer there to be less of a distinction between neurological and mental disorders since mental disorders are also rooted in brain dysfunctions. An audiologist can help rule out other conditions, a neurologist confirms it, and a psychiatrist or psychologist could help patients develop coping mechanisms.

[@AugustMeteors]

@@Epistimi Those are all good points also. I suppose when they know more about what actually causes the condition, they'll know better what sort of label to give it, if they have to give it one. My concern is that so many imperfectly-understood conditions that might be considered invisible disabilities do tend to get defaulted to "mental illness." And of course mental illness should be no more of a stigma than organic illness, but we all know how that goes.

[@rena-b3g]

I didn't flinch I got mad and muted that part

[@IssTyTy]

not joking i started crying from drinking noise in the intro

[@miloskostic5963]

why did you get misophonia?

[@Epistimi]

Hard to tell, brain development and wiring if I had to take a guess :s

[@마카오-i6h]

​@@Epistimi 앞으로 평생 치료법이 나오기는 불가능 할까요?

[@Epistimi]

@@마카오-i6h A cure is unlikely, but ways of managing it yes.

[@마카오-i6h]

@@Epistimi 아 치료는 불가능 하군요. 미소포니아 환자들은 죽어야만 하겠어요.

[@Vaso_Vic]

no, I didn't flinch at the beginning cuz I just skipped it XD aintnoway I'm putting myself through that

[@kneegrease]

I had to hit the mute. Could not take it!

[@CeejayFilmsFanspinePictures]

I couldnt pass test 2, i cant watch

[@TheHappyLadyChannel]

Yep, yep, and yep! 😆

[@to6955]

The chewing!!!! 😡🥵

[@succes72]

Am so angry in that time number 😮😮2 eat

[@shadowgamer2402]

Yes i did

[@Abiiiiiiiiiiiiii06]

Why tf you have to do the sounds in the beggining

[@Abiiiiiiiiiiiiii06]

Sorry I wasn't looking at screen and didn't see the warning

[@MelisaMelisa-r5o]

Se critic

[@MelisaMelisa-r5o]

Se parents