Maybe they never really did anything seriously wrong, but oh my god they are annoying af. I just came across this and now I think I have this.. Makes it hard to be in a relationship or have friends or get together in social circles. I was very thankful to be with a friend as I have a history of seizures. I remember wanting to physically hurt him. I’ve thought about going to therapy, but I’ve had some bad experiences in the past and every time I’ve mentioned the sensitivity to certain noises, doctors have always immediately associated it woth anxiety. Thank you for posting this. There never has been either. Ain’t this fun? She gets on my nerves. They all think I m just nuts. I always thought I had a problem, because among my friends and family I’m the only one who feels super annoyed when they chew loudly. And burping, rustling, I just cant take any noises like those. So glad I’ve found this website! Do you know if you have Eurpean ancestry? I can't stand it when someone talks slow either or drags out a conversation that could be made very short. The sound is so disgusting and I end up yelling at him to stop! Even though I don’t spend that much of my day actually being irritated by noises, I do spend most of my day (if not all of my day), scared of being irritated by noises. Brittany Morgan, National Writer's Society2. When people say “P” “K” or “T” I want to slap them over and over again. Once formed, these may be impossible to rewire or change and continue to affect the way we as adults perceive our environment? I Do my best to avoid eating with people and I absolutely hate sitting next to a loud chewer in the cinema. I had no idea there was a valid disorder or name for this and I literally thought I was going crazy. After 55 years I am tired of having such acute hearing I can practically hear an ant breath! I agree, though I’m not an expert. Thank you all so much for helping me feel less alone with this. I’ve been woken from my sleep a couple of times, and when I’m relaxing in the afternoon, the sudden shock. and I can honestly say that it is really horrible, frustrating and causes me to feel depressed almost every day because it is impossible to block out the noise. Welcome to my world. I call that a quiet day. Oddly enough I’m OK with the train that is about 300m from my house (so not too loud), lawnmowers during reasonable times etc. When he cut his nails even in another room, I have to cover my ears with pillows, otherwise I’d kill myself. I mean, how can I not laugh when I’m about him? What do you think? It’s definitely worse when I know the person…or maybe I’m just more brave to confront the person when I know them. My aunt and I were the only 2 in the family that understood what we were talking about. And I have been having this very problem since around age of 7/8 years old. Now my parents are unable to care for themselves, they are bringing it back, not that it ever left. I do so wish I could ignore it. I guess acceptance is the main thing, accept that you’re not a fan of loud noises but accept that most are unfortunately out of our control. Copy link to clipboard. People think I’m just going over the “teenage phase” but this noise has been irritating me since seven years old! What is this I have that causes me too react this way. I need some relief from this horrible disorder. through the hard times, will stay by your side and will always be there for Show your mother this link. I know I’m tough. OH MY GOODNESS!! My worst triggers are mainly chewing, lip/mouth-smacking, throat noises and sniffling, which make it difficult for me to be around my family. !” Crazy, huh? Maybe Amazon would have better ones? I often wish I wasnt there & freak out on the inside. My husband twirling his thumbs around each other or shaking his foot, irritates me. Latest hate is the sound of a GoPro microphone underwater, and the voice of Jane in Eastenders- nose noises are terrible with this one! It is also very difficult to recognize when you are in it. First heard about this today. Reply. Or she'll make a ugly face and ask a personal question. Hi Carina, I’m only reading all of this now in an attempt to help my 6 year old who can’t eat with us or tolerate loud sounds. The only reason I sleep is because my fan creates white noise! Eating noises, clearing throat, sniffing, talking with mouth full, blowing nose enthusiastically or sneezing loudly, slurping water, shaking newspapers, my family habitually turn radio or TV on then talk loudly over it, clacking dentures, the whine of power tools, especially drills, rustling sweet wrappers, clicking pens, loud or raucous laughter, drum n bass music, pop off valves on turbo cars, modern jazz, licking fingers, the exaggerated mmmmm noise some people make when eating food they like, the tuneless singing out loud when someone has earphones in, chewing gum loudly or with mouth open, all cause various reactions from mild irritation to wishing to commit grievous bodily harm. He sneezes like half a dozen times in a row. Yes. Even though I have been struggling with misophonia for 30 years, I have never been able to figure out a really effective way to deal with it, except for avoiding any trigger exposure which usually results in solitude, or coming off as an antisocial jerk. I suffer from misophonia. I would take the balls out of them so they’d stop ringing, and hide them! To this day I tell people, whether it is my life partner or anyone else, when we go to a movie theater, I don’t care how good of a seat we may have, I am moving if ANYONE behind me or anyone else bothers me. There are others as well. Hi, Thank you! What other questions would you like to see added here? Knuckle clicking (or neck clicking) I feel Ive been unreasonable but nosies really erk me. Each night around 5-7 pm which is our dinner time, he plays basketball with his friends for 1-2 hours and all I hear is the constant sound of that ball. I tell my Dr. About this and she looks at me like I’m crazy. You get stressed, angry and anxious, as if you were under attack. The television volume would be turned up deliberately and he’d start shouting and slamming doors etc…. I’m not asking for personal details, just a yes or no will do. All my family member eats unbearable loud – with closed mouth. I scored high on the A’s of this test and being aware of it has helped me a lot. We hate that we feel like this. There is something interesting that might possibly help. My nerves be so bad and loud noise gives me the shakes. Hi Sana, I’m so sorry to hear that. -I hate when people are sick and have dry coughs.