I understand and relate to everything you’re saying. In a high school class I sat in between 2 of the loudest gum chompers. You cannot imagine how loud they were. It was hell. In hindsight, I should’ve asked teacher to change my seat, but I didn’t believe she would understand. Side note: if you’re still having trouble sleeping, I recommend running a box fan throughout the night or one of those white noise machines. They really do drown out all the unpleasant noise.
Oh man I feel you, I can't fathom how people think open-mouthed gum chomping is acceptable behavior lol. And yes!! I have to sleep with the fan on every single night even in the dead of winter.
I feel you....My misophonic trigger, among others, is the barking of a dog or a dog/cat cleaning themselves(when i see them doing that or hear those wet sounds)...makes my life so hard....
My biggest one has always been barking. I once accidentally put my hand through the window from banging on it to try to disrupt the neighbors dog. Luckily my current neighborhood is quiet, for now, but I don’t dare walk anywhere without earbuds. Barking just echos through my head over and over long past hearing it and makes me cry.
Having a bulldog that snores I'm not sure what I can say other than ??? Mental meltdown want to scream very uncomfortable to the point where I have to sit in my bedroom just to get away from that horrible sound
I also don't tell most people. I didn't realize what it was until about 5 years ago. I just avoid people who annoy me. I'm glad that I'm even able to do that in most cases. The one place I feel most trapped is on a plane. There's always one loud talker or for some reason their voice has a resonance that cuts through my brain like a scalpel. I wear earplugs or noise canceling headphones, which helps 95%. Ha .. I have even traveled with noise deadening earmuffs, the kind people use on shooting ranges. I wore those on top of in-ear plugs!
I don't know if this is obvious or not, or if other people do this, but I also have misophonia and wearing noise cancelling headphones, during dinner and such has really helped. I used to live without them, and I still have no idea how I coped. It's great because you can hear people talking but not the triggering noises.
You are right. You learn to not show how it affects you. Taught myself that in early childhood. Sooooo much fun getting yelled or lectured at for being too "sensitive". I stopped eating with family at the age of 8. At least you had vacations, I only had one growing up and I was 9. No headphones for the backseats back then. Long live the 80s You're lucky that you can stand white noise. It drives me insane. This includes fans and a/c's. I skipped school cuz of bullying. Missed a lot of school in HS. I live isolated from society... Gotta love da boonies.
my worst fear is dying alone bc of this thing, not finding someone who can handle u know, being w me bc of it :')) sm guilt n trauma inolved in all of it
Can I just say that I have never related more to anything when you said that people should be able to control their chewing. It's not all controllable, like some people are just louder eaters, even if they have good habits. The amount of people I have come across that ALWAYS chew with their mouth open though. There are so many of them! I feel like it should be compulsory to teach children at a young age to chew with their mouth closed. My Dad did with me when I was younger cause he also has misphonia. So grateful he did.
A very clear memory from school, and it happened a lot, was multiple people sniffing in class. It would be like 6 or 7 people all with the sniffles and they’d do chain reaction sniffing. You’d hear it go all across the room, it was torture
I have it with sneezing (unless is a small dainty sneeze) and certain “alarm like” vocal sounds, or throaty coughing…. holyyyy it triggers feelings that make me really dislike myself. If someone is next to me and does a proper sneeze I feel such absolute momentary hatred, like a reflex. You just learn to swallow that feeling and not say anything, but it’s like a slicing discomfort through the body.
Lmfao it's honestly amazing how people with misophonia, including myself, have such similar triggers. I met a girl at uni and she was the only person I've ever met who has misophonia and we have the same exact triggers. We were getting so excited comparing our triggers because they're so similar. We both hate sniffling, sucking, sucking fingers, sucking pops, chewing an popping gum, popcorn at the movie, pens clicking, tapping, excessive moving, we both even hate watching people eat... It's so comforting to feel like someone finally understands you and you don't have to hide
I have had misophonia since I was 9, I really have had it progressively get worse. hears a list of triggers I have [some are only when I hear it repetitively] snoring loud breathing repetitively coughing sniffling chewing [depends on the type] repetitively hiccuping and more. I usually get Hella annoyed and stuff obviously but when I developed it we actually never knew what it was so I would be called "princess" [in the bratty term] or "dramatic" and then when I was 10 my mom discovered the that it was called misophonia. and yet I've told my dad what it is, but he doesn't believe me. he still calls me extra and I need to leave my siblings alone like when I say "STOP SMACKING YOUR LIPS, YOUR DOING IT ON PURPOSE" and my dad would say "Taylor, she's just eating." in the game room? eat in the dining room!! and then when I was eating peacefully at the dinner table, I had headphones on and listening to music [my siblings have called me headphones because I'm music obsessed] and then my dad goes "take the headphones off" excuse me? when did you care the last few dinners? and then I was like "why??" and he said "cuz were eating" uhm okay?? and I rolled my eyes and took the off and plugged my ears while I ate and then he lookd at me and said "stop being extra" and then he fucking grabbed my wrists and told me to stop. I started crying and my siblings and dad all mocked me. I'm so done with them and I hate living like this. tapping is not one of my triggers btw. but this was a great example for misophonia.
This effects my life badly day to day to the point I have to leave my desk at work as a girl taps her phone loudly with her long acrylic nails and her laptop, the intense rage I feel makes me want to scream, even the way my sister pronouces certain words anger me to the point I mimic her because I'm in rage. Nobody understands the impacts it has on our life
OMG you are my people. I can't say I have all of the same things you do, but the ones I do have make people think I'm nuts. People who eat with their mouths open and achieve a magnificent smacking sound is my favorite.
Appreciate this video. I found myself nodding to essentially everything you said. Mouth chewing, lip smacking, and the sound of letters "p" / "b" get me. Also, with audio technology getting better, have you found that listening to podcasts, youtube videos, etc hard at times?
So interesting. And yes! I've always struggled listening to radio talk shows (namely NPR) because of the wet mouth sounds some people make when they talk. Personally I haven't noticed it getting better or worse as audio technology progresses tho
Can anything be a trigger? I’m just wondering because, I’m fine with eating sounds and things But I hate banging noises, like doors closing and footsteps above me or things.. not sure if it’s cos it’s loud or not, but sends me with rage and so angry and I’ve cried before cos of it 😢
irregularly timed sounds outside your control that repetitively break your focus just when you want to focus on doing one thing(sleep, study, eat, etc.) e.g cars passing by, random upstairs neighbor activities, muffled sounds of strangers speaking
I understand and relate to everything you’re saying. In a high school class I sat in between 2 of the loudest gum chompers. You cannot imagine how loud they were. It was hell. In hindsight, I should’ve asked teacher to change my seat, but I didn’t believe she would understand.
Side note: if you’re still having trouble sleeping, I recommend running a box fan throughout the night or one of those white noise machines. They really do drown out all the unpleasant noise.
Oh man I feel you, I can't fathom how people think open-mouthed gum chomping is acceptable behavior lol. And yes!! I have to sleep with the fan on every single night even in the dead of winter.
@@annafromohio I have to use a fan, sleep alone in the room, and wear earplugs.
I feel you....My misophonic trigger, among others, is the barking of a dog or a dog/cat cleaning themselves(when i see them doing that or hear those wet sounds)...makes my life so hard....
My biggest one has always been barking. I once accidentally put my hand through the window from banging on it to try to disrupt the neighbors dog.
Luckily my current neighborhood is quiet, for now, but I don’t dare walk anywhere without earbuds. Barking just echos through my head over and over long past hearing it and makes me cry.
I'm literally crying because I never knew other people felt the same way, I thought that I was such an a hole for feeling like this my entire life😭😭😭
You are not alone 💚💚
@@annafromohio thank you💓💓💓
I just found out about this that it's a actual disorder I thought I was the only one too .
Having a bulldog that snores I'm not sure what I can say other than ??? Mental meltdown want to scream very uncomfortable to the point where I have to sit in my bedroom just to get away from that horrible sound
I also don't tell most people. I didn't realize what it was until about 5 years ago. I just avoid people who annoy me. I'm glad that I'm even able to do that in most cases. The one place I feel most trapped is on a plane. There's always one loud talker or for some reason their voice has a resonance that cuts through my brain like a scalpel. I wear earplugs or noise canceling headphones, which helps 95%. Ha .. I have even traveled with noise deadening earmuffs, the kind people use on shooting ranges. I wore those on top of in-ear plugs!
omg yes the people who talk obnoxiously loudly drive me insane! Like why do you want the entire establishment to hear your private conversation?
@@annafromohio Most people lack the self awareness of how they affect other people.
I don't know if this is obvious or not, or if other people do this, but I also have misophonia and wearing noise cancelling headphones, during dinner and such has really helped. I used to live without them, and I still have no idea how I coped. It's great because you can hear people talking but not the triggering noises.
You are right. You learn to not show how it affects you. Taught myself that in early childhood. Sooooo much fun getting yelled or lectured at for being too "sensitive".
I stopped eating with family at the age of 8.
At least you had vacations, I only had one growing up and I was 9. No headphones for the backseats back then. Long live the 80s
You're lucky that you can stand white noise. It drives me insane. This includes fans and a/c's.
I skipped school cuz of bullying. Missed a lot of school in HS.
I live isolated from society... Gotta love da boonies.
omg i relate so baddd.. sniffling and chewing, breathing and so on is so fucking annoying i feel like crying, beating someone up
my sister says ''just ignore it, its not that bad'' and im like ''do u wanna get punched in ur face or what''
my worst fear is dying alone bc of this thing, not finding someone who can handle u know, being w me bc of it :')) sm guilt n trauma inolved in all of it
I used to have the same fear! you will find someone 💖
@@annafromohio ahh gotta stay hopeful 💕 thank you!
Can I just say that I have never related more to anything when you said that people should be able to control their chewing. It's not all controllable, like some people are just louder eaters, even if they have good habits. The amount of people I have come across that ALWAYS chew with their mouth open though. There are so many of them! I feel like it should be compulsory to teach children at a young age to chew with their mouth closed. My Dad did with me when I was younger cause he also has misphonia. So grateful he did.
A very clear memory from school, and it happened a lot, was multiple people sniffing in class. It would be like 6 or 7 people all with the sniffles and they’d do chain reaction sniffing. You’d hear it go all across the room, it was torture
I have it with sneezing (unless is a small dainty sneeze) and certain “alarm like” vocal sounds, or throaty coughing…. holyyyy it triggers feelings that make me really dislike myself.
If someone is next to me and does a proper sneeze I feel such absolute momentary hatred, like a reflex. You just learn to swallow that feeling and not say anything, but it’s like a slicing discomfort through the body.
Lmfao it's honestly amazing how people with misophonia, including myself, have such similar triggers. I met a girl at uni and she was the only person I've ever met who has misophonia and we have the same exact triggers. We were getting so excited comparing our triggers because they're so similar. We both hate sniffling, sucking, sucking fingers, sucking pops, chewing an popping gum, popcorn at the movie, pens clicking, tapping, excessive moving, we both even hate watching people eat... It's so comforting to feel like someone finally understands you and you don't have to hide
I have had misophonia since I was 9, I really have had it progressively get worse. hears a list of triggers I have [some are only when I hear it repetitively]
snoring
loud breathing
repetitively coughing
sniffling
chewing [depends on the type]
repetitively hiccuping
and more. I usually get Hella annoyed and stuff obviously but when I developed it we actually never knew what it was so I would be called "princess" [in the bratty term] or "dramatic" and then when I was 10 my mom discovered the that it was called misophonia. and yet I've told my dad what it is, but he doesn't believe me. he still calls me extra and I need to leave my siblings alone like when I say "STOP SMACKING YOUR LIPS, YOUR DOING IT ON PURPOSE" and my dad would say "Taylor, she's just eating." in the game room? eat in the dining room!! and then when I was eating peacefully at the dinner table, I had headphones on and listening to music [my siblings have called me headphones because I'm music obsessed] and then my dad goes "take the headphones off" excuse me? when did you care the last few dinners? and then I was like "why??" and he said "cuz were eating" uhm okay?? and I rolled my eyes and took the off and plugged my ears while I ate and then he lookd at me and said "stop being extra" and then he fucking grabbed my wrists and told me to stop. I started crying and my siblings and dad all mocked me. I'm so done with them and I hate living like this.
tapping is not one of my triggers btw. but this was a great example for misophonia.
This effects my life badly day to day to the point I have to leave my desk at work as a girl taps her phone loudly with her long acrylic nails and her laptop, the intense rage I feel makes me want to scream, even the way my sister pronouces certain words anger me to the point I mimic her because I'm in rage. Nobody understands the impacts it has on our life
OMG you are my people. I can't say I have all of the same things you do, but the ones I do have make people think I'm nuts. People who eat with their mouths open and achieve a magnificent smacking sound is my favorite.
Appreciate this video. I found myself nodding to essentially everything you said. Mouth chewing, lip smacking, and the sound of letters "p" / "b" get me.
Also, with audio technology getting better, have you found that listening to podcasts, youtube videos, etc hard at times?
So interesting. And yes! I've always struggled listening to radio talk shows (namely NPR) because of the wet mouth sounds some people make when they talk. Personally I haven't noticed it getting better or worse as audio technology progresses tho
Can anything be a trigger?
I’m just wondering because, I’m fine with eating sounds and things
But I hate banging noises, like doors closing and footsteps above me or things.. not sure if it’s cos it’s loud or not, but sends me with rage and so angry and I’ve cried before cos of it 😢
Yes, anything can be a trigger! It's very personal.
Yes...yep...mmhhm...check...uhuh...nod...shudder😑 Thanks for sharing your experiences!
irregularly timed sounds outside your control that repetitively break your focus just when you want to focus on doing one thing(sleep, study, eat, etc.)
e.g cars passing by, random upstairs neighbor activities, muffled sounds of strangers speaking
Love it, you are beautiful
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