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....

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.

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

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😭😭😭

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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?

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 😢