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[Rainbow Dash]

Just a soapboxy note, misophonia isn't just a sound you find annoying or gross. I find loud chewing gross but it doesn't trigger a visceral reaction. I found my dog licking himself for twenty minutes irritating but it doesn't cause me to freak out. Misophonia is more serious than just not liking something. Pardon my paragraph but I've seen so many misconceptions about misophonia.

Anyhoo, my trigger is humming. When I was a kid humming would make me clap my hands to my ears, scream, and cry. I have no idea what it is but humming sets something off in me. I had to learn how to control my reactions so I don't have total meltdowns anymore. I still freeze up but I can now politely ask the hummer to stop. I'm so glad that even though my boss is a musician on the side, he does hardcore bands with screamers. Not the nicest sound but hey, it's not humming.

It's pretty dumb but if I cover any songs with humming I change it to vocals because I can't do it. I've even had to ask music teachers not to hum to demonstrate pitches. My banjo instructor used one of those little tuner kazoo things to accommodate me.

[jasperco]

I may have made it seem like I find certain things gross but, actually, I don't find the sound of eating annoying or gross but it actually spawns a reaction in which I have to leave the room and go to my room where it's quiet. Particularly when anybody's eating something crunchy, like ice.

The entire feeling I get is very similar to the one I get when faced with my emetophobia which triggers crying and just the overall sensation of a anxiety attack.

[reilly]

I don't think I technically have misophonia, but some sounds really make me angry, so then again maybe I do.
The pronunciation of the letter 's' makes me very upset. It's not as bad when people are just talking and they use the letter 's' in their sentences. I hardly even notice it then, unless someone is repeatedly using the sound. I get mad when I accidentally use the sound too often, or even now when I'm typing it every now an then. But What's really bad for me is when people are singing a song with a lot of 's' sounds in it. Like, oh my gosh. You can clearly hear the s against the background music. It like, scrapes against the sound of the music for me. Once when I was in church the band was playing a song and I got really mad. The song literally had like, 30 's' sounds in it (yes I counted. .-.) I felt like punching something and I nearly burst out in tears. The feeling was very similar to the feeling of having a panic attack. I thought I was just crazy at the time for having a panic attack over the sound of the letter 's'. I guess maybe I'm not as insane as I thought.

[spencer]

I don't think I technically have misophonia, but some sounds really make me angry, so then again maybe I do.
The pronunciation of the letter 's' makes me very upset. It's not as bad when people are just talking and they use the letter 's' in their sentences. I hardly even notice it then, unless someone is repeatedly using the sound. I get mad when I accidentally use the sound too often, or even now when I'm typing it every now an then. But What's really bad for me is when people are singing a song with a lot of 's' sounds in it. Like, oh my gosh. You can clearly hear the s against the background music. It like, scrapes against the sound of the music for me. Once when I was in church the band was playing a song and I got really mad. The song literally had like, 30 's' sounds in it (yes I counted. .-.) I felt like punching something and I nearly burst out in tears. The feeling was very similar to the feeling of having a panic attack. I thought I was just crazy at the time for having a panic attack over the sound of the letter 's'. I guess maybe I'm not as insane as I thought.

definitely sounds like misophonia to me, the disorder's not uncommon so you might have it. it's quite interesting to hear about how different sounds affect different people. the sound of a "s" like it affects you or licking/chewing like it affects me.

[tuesdaysart]

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My brother has a changing voice, so whenever he sings- it hits this awful high pitched note and it makes me wish I was deaf.
My mother snapped at me for sipping my root beer, saying it was disgusting.
I kind of felt bad.

[Hellagia]

I so didn't know this was a thing. I thought I was just weird for having panic attacks when in a room with a tickin analogue clock. The more clocks ticking in a room, the worse I am. I've managed to get to the point one won't bother me as bad (and Horatius, a watch I rescued from the trash, actually has a soothing quiet tick that is different than other ticks), but I can't stand being in my grandma's livin room because she has one in the nearby kitchen and two in the living room and the TICKtickTickTICKtickTick just makes me wanna hide under the bed.
I have a hard time relaying this to other people because I can't take it seriously myself. It sounds so silly when you don't know it's a real thing. My best explanation is "ohmygawd there is a bomb ticking does somewhere and we are all gonna die."

[spencer]

I so didn't know this was a thing. I thought I was just weird for having panic attacks when in a room with a tickin analogue clock. The more clocks ticking in a room, the worse I am. I've managed to get to the point one won't bother me as bad (and Horatius, a watch I rescued from the trash, actually has a soothing quiet tick that is different than other ticks), but I can't stand being in my grandma's livin room because she has one in the nearby kitchen and two in the living room and the TICKtickTickTICKtickTick just makes me wanna hide under the bed.
I have a hard time relaying this to other people because I can't take it seriously myself. It sounds so silly when you don't know it's a real thing. My best explanation is "ohmygawd there is a bomb ticking does somewhere and we are all gonna die."

I can't say for sure, but it might be a thing. Do you get very angry when hearing these clocks ticking? Because then it could be Misophonia.

[puffins]

Hmmm...
Okay, so whenever I hear lip smacking, chewing, crunching, slurping, or anything of that sort, I literally get sent into a pit of rage. Especially if it's repetitive. Like I'm holding myself back from screaming or punching someone. It's really annoying, it sometimes stops me from having dinner with the family, or staying in the same room as my grandpa who lip smacks because of his dentures. People wonder why this makes me so upset. So does this classify as misophonia? Because I've been wondering why simple things make me rage.
I have a couple more not as big ' triggers', but these are definitely my most serious.

Also, one more question. Can animals have this too? Because when my cat hears heavy breathing and sighing, he gets mad and sometimes bites people.

[spencer]

Hmmm...
Okay, so whenever I hear lip smacking, chewing, crunching, slurping, or anything of that sort, I literally get sent into a pit of rage. Especially if it's repetitive. Like I'm holding myself back from screaming or punching someone. It's really annoying, it sometimes stops me from having dinner with the family, or staying in the same room as my grandpa who lip smacks because of his dentures. People wonder why this makes me so upset. So does this classify as misophonia? Because I've been wondering why simple things make me rage.
I have a couple more not as big ' triggers', but these are definitely my most serious.

Also, one more question. Can animals have this too? Because when my cat hears heavy breathing and sighing, he gets mad and sometimes bites people.

yes, it does classify as misophonia. what you're experiencing sounds just like me.
i'm not sure about animals though.

[spencer]

So I've tried to tell my parents about it, but it didn't go the way I wanted it to go. They just laughed when I said that hearing certain sounds make me really aggressive and such. But my Dad just said "you can't avoid chewing noises when eating".
I know you can't. But it's very agonizing for me and you could at least try to be more sensitive about it.