Like Water For Chocolate And Night By Elie Wiesel

Misophonia is a brain disorder in which a trigger sound can send a person into extensive irritation or —in extreme cases—even rage. Symptoms typically present themselves in children from the ages of 9 to 13, but it can show both earlier and later in life. Affecting millions of people in the world, misophonia is extremely common and nearly undetectable in most cases. People who have very mild cases often times never go diagnosed; however, it does not usually have a large impact on their everyday lives. My trigger sound is loud breathing, which is common along with the sound of chewing. Although I have a very mild case of this disorder, I still have to come up with different ways of coping with my irritation since there is a possibility of it …show more content…
We would read then analyze various books through the year such as the Odyssey, Like Water for Chocolate, and Night by Elie Wiesel. After we finished analyzing the different books, we would write an essay expressing our thoughts of a particular viewpoint the author conveyed. We had then completed the book Things Fall Apart and were assigned to pick a meaningful quote from the book and write a 5-paragraph essay, which was due the next day. My teacher allotted us the entire ninety-minute of class to work on the essay that was due the next day under the condition that we were mostly silent. There were 32 other students in the class, which means even when the class was supposed to be silent there were always various noises. I could hear the tapings of Mrs. Paradise’s keyboard, sniffling, the occasional cough, the scratching of pencils and intermittent rustling of paper. These sounds are familiar in every classroom across the country and it is very easy to block out noises and concentrate on the task at hand, unless someone were to have misophonia. I was fine in this setting until my traitorous ears pinpointed my trigger noise out of the room. A person without Misophonia would have just dismissed the noise as nothing more than simple classroom sounds that cannot be prevented. I could not help but be annoyed after I isolated a certain sound out of the room; it was the obnoxiously loud struggling breath of Joe …show more content…
The staccato pattern of Joe’s breathing traveled across the room to me and invaded my earl canals drilling into my brain making me even more irritated while I was trying to concentrate. Leaning my ear onto my propped up had, I tried to tap the eraser of my pencil between sentences on my desk in an attempt to drown out the atrocious noise; it was to no avail as his wheezing breaths danced across the room and continue its assault on my ears. The intense Irritation added even more stress from my everyday scholastic workload as the frustration built up and filled me until I could not hold it in any longer. I ended up yelling across the room, “ Do us all a favor and just stop breathing, Joe.” I regretted the words after they left my mouth; however, Joe was confident enough in himself that he took it in good stride and laughed it off along with the rest of the class. This disorder can cause disruptions in every day life of a person with Misophonia. Misophoniacs have to learn to cope with their disorder unlike ‘normal people’ who do not have a trigger sound. I tend to also try to perform a task that takes a lot of concentration in order to block out the noise and if it is not possible I will listen to music. If nothing else works, I try to remove myself from the person who is breathing loudly so that I do not get irritated to the point of out burst. A relatable aspect for people without