‘What’s that awful ticking noise?’
‘Who’s tapping their feet on the floor?’
‘Why can’t people eat without making that annoying chomping sound?’
‘You sip your drink, you don’t slurp it.’
‘I’ll punch that person so hard. I’ll kill him.’
‘Shut up.’
‘Shut up!’
‘SHUT UP!’
Too intense for you? Well, this is what a person suffering from Misophonia is thinking nearly all the time. But what is Misophonia? Misophonia, literally “hatred of sound”, is a usually self-diagnosable disorder in which negative emotions, thoughts, and physical reactions are triggered by specific sounds, some of which being chewing, drinking, snoring, or repetitive noises, such as ticking or someone tapping their feet. As it is still being regarded as a ‘new’ disorder, neuroscientists have yet to come up with a cure, although a little progress has been made in devising ways to cope with the disorder and to prevent the affected people from becoming socially dysfunctional. Many people have come up with their own ways to cope with the disorder, which include using ear …show more content…
At that time I didn’t know that it was an actual condition. I first started noticing one of the symptoms when my little brother, Michael slept over at my house. Back then, and even now, I would stay up because I had a lot on my mind and then after a while, I would go to sleep. And since I don’t fall asleep that easily, I get irritated when I hear someone snoring and I would complain to my dad, since he used to live at the house back then, that Michael was snoring so that he would take him out of my room and have him sleep in my grandma’s room. And last year in 11th grade I noticed another one of the symptoms during lunch with my friend Pearl Adams. One day, I noticed that she was chewing a bit too loudly but I didn’t say anything and just looked at her with disgust. This continued throughout the school year, either listening to music when I remembered to bring my ear buds or trying to mimic
‘Who’s tapping their feet on the floor?’
‘Why can’t people eat without making that annoying chomping sound?’
‘You sip your drink, you don’t slurp it.’
‘I’ll punch that person so hard. I’ll kill him.’
‘Shut up.’
‘Shut up!’
‘SHUT UP!’
Too intense for you? Well, this is what a person suffering from Misophonia is thinking nearly all the time. But what is Misophonia? Misophonia, literally “hatred of sound”, is a usually self-diagnosable disorder in which negative emotions, thoughts, and physical reactions are triggered by specific sounds, some of which being chewing, drinking, snoring, or repetitive noises, such as ticking or someone tapping their feet. As it is still being regarded as a ‘new’ disorder, neuroscientists have yet to come up with a cure, although a little progress has been made in devising ways to cope with the disorder and to prevent the affected people from becoming socially dysfunctional. Many people have come up with their own ways to cope with the disorder, which include using ear …show more content…
At that time I didn’t know that it was an actual condition. I first started noticing one of the symptoms when my little brother, Michael slept over at my house. Back then, and even now, I would stay up because I had a lot on my mind and then after a while, I would go to sleep. And since I don’t fall asleep that easily, I get irritated when I hear someone snoring and I would complain to my dad, since he used to live at the house back then, that Michael was snoring so that he would take him out of my room and have him sleep in my grandma’s room. And last year in 11th grade I noticed another one of the symptoms during lunch with my friend Pearl Adams. One day, I noticed that she was chewing a bit too loudly but I didn’t say anything and just looked at her with disgust. This continued throughout the school year, either listening to music when I remembered to bring my ear buds or trying to mimic