[Anonymous]

right, i just really wanted to know how common this disorder is.
basically, if i hear anyone eating loudly, chewing gum, making crackly noises when they speak etc its makes me really agitated and i get very angry and upset (but its like a switch, as soon as i hear the noise im agitated...and then it escalates if the noise continues and i cant do anything about it). i thought i was the only one, but i googled it yesterday and apparently its got a name - misophonia aka selective sound sensitivity. i never googled it before because i thought it was just me being annoying and anal about these noises, and i was so happy to see that it wasnt just me. although i was a little put out about the fact that its apparently some sort of mental disorder? that in my past these noises have been associated with a traumatic event or something...entirely possible for me as ive had my fair share of traumatic events lol.
so....does anyone else have this, or know of someone who does? basically i want to know if there is anyway of increasing my tolerance to these noises...at the moment its pretty much zero tolerance, i have to leave the room or put my headphones in as my family take no notice as they thought i was just making it up to get them all annoyed, and they continue to eat stupidly loud. its getting pretty bad for me tbh...i was trying to watch a movie with my family the other day but my parents had wine and my mum kept licking her lips and opening her mouth and every time she did it it was so loud it was making me jump, and i was about 4 ft away from her separated by another person. in the end i put ipod headphones in with no music playing so i could still hear the movie but not her.

so yeah...any advice would be extremely welcome, as this thing is pretty much affecting most of my life. thanks

[Alexyy]

I know exactly how you feel and it truly sucks! Whenever I hear someone eating or making any sounds then I get angry. For example, at the tea table the other day everyone was eating so loudly that I went upstairs to bed otherwise I would have shouted. I didn't know there was a name for this but thanks and I hope we can help each other through this!

[izzyrose]

So many sounds drive me nuts, honestly, it's crazy. I know exactly where you're coming from and how awful suffering from this condition is.
All these sounds make me want to punch something or scream: Chewing, repeated hissy 'sss' sounds in speach, throat clearing, sniffing, breathing, coughing, snorting, wheezing, fingernails on chalk boards, fingernails on paper, pencil scratching, cutlery clattering, cutlery scraping on plates, swallowing, tutting, 'ssshhhh' sound, coughing, picking at nails, shouting...etc etc etc.
In fact, sounds drive me so mad I'm writing a blog on Misophonia. Check it out? http://misophoniaissues.blogspot.co.uk/

[kikukaede]

I suffer from it too. It antagonises so many of my relationships, no wonder I don't have any friends.

[PinkyPurply]

I had no idea it was a condition!
It seems like everyone deliberately makes ridiculous amounts of noise when they eat and it drives me up the wall!

[Ham22]

I think the noise people emit when they are not making the effort to not eat like a cow is universally irritating.

[SophiaKeuning]

I have it. Though I've only just found out that it has a name. I become so evil if I hear the noises mentioned in this thread. I have to catch myself before I give people icey glares just for eating, or even sometimes breathing too heavy. It's like when you hear someone eating and licking their lips loudly, once you notice it the sound becomes concentrated and your concentration zooms in on it. It's a pretty frustrating thing, I don't know why it makes me so angry.

[kikukaede]

(Original post by Ham22)
I think the noise people emit when they are not making the effort to not eat like a cow is universally irritating.

Yes but I find it hard to believe everyone is literally in tears and actually cannot stand the sound like actually can hardly imagine anything more unbearable at that moment

[AnyoneOutThere]

I have it too. It's aggravated even more by the noises being done by close friends or family members. I always feel really bad for my family, but it upsets me so much!

[Profesh]

(Original post by Anonymous)
right, i just really wanted to know how common this disorder is.
basically, if i hear anyone eating loudly, chewing gum, making crackly noises when they speak etc its makes me really agitated and i get very angry and upset (but its like a switch, as soon as i hear the noise im agitated...and then it escalates if the noise continues and i cant do anything about it). i thought i was the only one, but i googled it yesterday and apparently its got a name - misophonia aka selective sound sensitivity. i never googled it before because i thought it was just me being annoying and anal about these noises, and i was so happy to see that it wasnt just me. although i was a little put out about the fact that its apparently some sort of mental disorder? that in my past these noises have been associated with a traumatic event or something...entirely possible for me as ive had my fair share of traumatic events lol.
so....does anyone else have this, or know of someone who does? basically i want to know if there is anyway of increasing my tolerance to these noises...at the moment its pretty much zero tolerance, i have to leave the room or put my headphones in as my family take no notice as they thought i was just making it up to get them all annoyed, and they continue to eat stupidly loud. its getting pretty bad for me tbh...i was trying to watch a movie with my family the other day but my parents had wine and my mum kept licking her lips and opening her mouth and every time she did it it was so loud it was making me jump, and i was about 4 ft away from her separated by another person. in the end i put ipod headphones in with no music playing so i could still hear the movie but not her.

so yeah...any advice would be extremely welcome, as this thing is pretty much affecting most of my life. thanks

Although, having said that, I do find public whistling incredibly obnoxious.

[Sakura-Chan]

I think I have this, or something similar. As far as I can remember, I started being aware of it when I was doing my A-levels. I've never seen anyone about it, although I probably should, and I don't want to try and diagnose myself. I just... I don't know, wanted to say that I know how you feel.

At the moment, I guess I'm struggling with it quite a lot. Being at home at the moment is difficult because of this and it puts a massive strain on my relationship with my dad and my brother. They are the most noisy out of everyone and I'm constantly falling out with them both about things they do that wind me up. My dad is the noisiest eater in the entire world, but apart from that he's just constantly making some sort of noise the entire time e.g. heavy breathing, flicking his fingers together, picking at things, slurping drinks and/or rolling things around in his mouth. I try to block out these noises and think about something else, but it never works. It's almost like the annoyance/stress levels build up in layers, more and more layers build up until the point where everything just feels so claustrophobic and like things are closing in on me that I get upset and/or angry at myself for feeling this way, and at everyone else for ****ing me off that I just need to leave the room.

At home it feels like there's no escape from it, and there are really very few places to go when I feel like I'm about to snap. Even going to my room isn't good enough, I can still hear everything that's going on and rarely get any peace and quiet. I've noticed as well, that it's definitely something that gets worse the more stressed I am about other things. At uni around exam time or when I have assessments due in, it's usually even worse than normal.

[Anonymous]

(Original post by Sakura-Chan)
I think I have this, or something similar. As far as I can remember, I started being aware of it when I was doing my A-levels. I've never seen anyone about it, although I probably should, and I don't want to try and diagnose myself. I just... I don't know, wanted to say that I know how you feel.

At the moment, I guess I'm struggling with it quite a lot. Being at home at the moment is difficult because of this and it puts a massive strain on my relationship with my dad and my brother. They are the most noisy out of everyone and I'm constantly falling out with them both about things they do that wind me up. My dad is the noisiest eater in the entire world, but apart from that he's just constantly making some sort of noise the entire time e.g. heavy breathing, flicking his fingers together, picking at things, slurping drinks and/or rolling things around in his mouth. I try to block out these noises and think about something else, but it never works. It's almost like the annoyance/stress levels build up in layers, more and more layers build up until the point where everything just feels so claustrophobic and like things are closing in on me that I get upset and/or angry at myself for feeling this way, and at everyone else for ****ing me off that I just need to leave the room.

At home it feels like there's no escape from it, and there are really very few places to go when I feel like I'm about to snap. Even going to my room isn't good enough, I can still hear everything that's going on and rarely get any peace and quiet. I've noticed as well, that it's definitely something that gets worse the more stressed I am about other things. At uni around exam time or when I have assessments due in, it's usually even worse than normal.

I'm starting to get this too, I don't know what to do. I had it pretty bad last week and I literally took my things and wanted to leave the house, but it was really late at night and my family wouldn't let me go out. I kept begging/wanting to escape, and got pretty worked up. I've been looking for someone to talk to about it in confidence but there's such person at the moment and I feel silly. It's good to know your experience at least. If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm always here to PM or whatever

[TheCookieduck]

This is exactly my story!
I searched up why I get so annoyed and angry at chewing the other day and found out about this too. I'm not sure when it started. I think it's connected mostly with my mum. She's always chewing gum soon loudly. And now it includes basically all chewing, phone keys tapping, page turning etc.

No new advice for you really. I leave the room or put on headphones too :/ I guess you could go see your GP about it