Misophonia

[grant_w]

Anyone else suffer?
Mine's not too bad in normal life, but recently I flipped at work because the person next to me's chair squeaked every time they moved and they refused to change their chair. Apparently they didn't have to because "it didn't bother them", and started doing it all the more because he knew it annoyed me.
After me leaving and not going back in for a couple of days, choosing to work from home, on my return a new chair was there.

Now the person who sits behind me eats an apple every morning, with the WORST slurping noises I've ever heard.

[WhereIBelong]

Originally Posted by grant_w

Anyone else suffer?
Mine's not too bad in normal life, but recently I flipped at work because the person next to me's chair squeaked every time they moved and they refused to change their chair. Apparently they didn't have to because "it didn't bother them", and started doing it all the more because he knew it annoyed me.
After me leaving and not going back in for a couple of days, choosing to work from home, on my return a new chair was there.

Now the person who sits behind me eats an apple every morning, with the WORST slurping noises I've ever heard.

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Yes.
We have a squeaking floorboard - I avoid it - every time - I never step on it ever. Everybody else does. It triggers an emotional "arghhhhh" every time. Anticipation of it is worse...

This probably sounds completely daft - but next door has some wind-chimes. I cannot hear the wind-chimes. Just knowing they are there sets off my misophonia response.

[Eeyore rocks]

Is it noises that seem to be magnified? If so yes! I really want to punch my husband in the face when he eats certain things! 🙄

[SquishTheWhale]

Wow, I have never heard of this, but after googling I for sure have it to some degree. The sound of other people eating makes me feel sick. When DH sniffs continuously I want to punch him in the face. When I worked in an office, we had a printer than went Click CLICK CLICK all the time. It drove me absolutely insane and I spent half my day turning it off, the other lady spent all day turning it back on. The noise didn't bother her at all. Thank god I work from home now as I couldn't handle it for much longer.
I cannot sleep with a ticking clock in the room or any type of regular noise. Fidgeting and jiggling drives me mad- again another thing hubby does. Just sit still and be quiet already! (love you really... )

[grant_w]

I only found out about it when we had the 'chair' incident at work, it kinda explains me getting would up by the silliest of things (compared to other people)

Recently there was an insect making a noise in a big hall we were in, people could hear it but couldn't see it, one of them said "Quick find it and catch it before Grant hears it as it will really annoy him". I was so pleased they understood and didn't just think i was a miserable sod like most people do

[SquishTheWhale]

Originally Posted by grant_w

Recently there was an insect making a noise in a big hall we were in, people could hear it but couldn't see it, one of them said "Quick find it and catch it before Grant hears it as it will really annoy him". I was so pleased they understood and didn't just think i was a miserable sod like most people do

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Hubby definitely thinks I am just highly strung. I just told him about this condition and he just rolled his eyes at me.

[WhereIBelong]

Originally Posted by SquishTheWhale

Wow, I have never heard of this, but after googling I for sure have it to some degree. The sound of other people eating makes me feel sick. When DH sniffs continuously I want to punch him in the face. When I worked in an office, we had a printer than went Click CLICK CLICK all the time. It drove me absolutely insane and I spent half my day turning it off, the other lady spent all day turning it back on. The noise didn't bother her at all. Thank god I work from home now as I couldn't handle it for much longer.
I cannot sleep with a ticking clock in the room or any type of regular noise. Fidgeting and jiggling drives me mad- again another thing hubby does. Just sit still and be quiet already! (love you really... )

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I am also insanely irritated by jiggling - especially of feet - especially when wearing brightly toed socks! Or even the sound of a socked foot rubbing against our wooden coffee table puts my teeth on edge.

[dmurrayuk]

Yup, I have a few different triggers including the classic 'noisy eaters', but whistling is the biggest trigger for me.

I'm so lucky to have really great colleagues though. In my department 4 out of my 5 co-workers were whistlers, they honestly didn't even realise they were doing it most of the time. After finding out about my misophonia though they have all made a really genuine effort to stop. Occasionally someone will forget and whistle a couple of bars, and then they suddenly remember (or feel my burning glare on them) and apologise!

I do feel bad about it tbh, like I'm spoiling their fun or something, but I honestly could not cope with hearing that every day. As soon as someone starts it's like a switch has been flipped, and every muscle in my body goes tense as a burning rage builds inside

I'm so glad this is actually a recognised disorder now, even if a lot of people still don't get how genuinely debilitating it can be. It's not just about being slightly annoyed and grossed out by someone chewing with their mouth open (because seriously, that's disgusting and everyone should be horrified by it), it's a whole body reaction. It's instant blinding fury and hatred, and your body kicking into immediate 'fight or flight' mode. It's awful, and trying to explain it to people usually makes you sound more than a little unhinged!

So I will remain grateful for my now whistle-free colleagues...and quite possibly never change jobs just in case I'm not so lucky again

[Colette-S]

Yes I have a few! Once I have “heard” the noise it becomes amplified and become irrational 😡

[Ellelledee]

I’m pretty sure I do. I googled a while back n saw re people chewing and thought “that’s not really a thing it’s just annoying” but then I read more and it’s different stuff and yes I do BADLY. In fact I flipped out at someone at work this morning! I could hear this solid thud every so often and a few in the team were laughing then I suddenly realised it was one of them doing it (they mess about a lot). Basically he had found what seemed to be a ball of elastics and he kept randomly bouncing it on the floor trying - it was the managers ball and he wanted her to realise he had it. Usually for me what really gets me is noises going on elsewhere I think maybe that I can’t see the source. So like if I am sat in my house and my neighbour starts banging or drilling or something it winds me up. It’s the on going noise I can’t see. Also one of my big things is cars running outside. Sometimes I’ll be sitting on my bed watching tv and I hear a car outside and I have to get up and see what it’s doing but then if it goes on I can’t conventrate on the tv it just really bugs me the noise just takes over!