I Hate Chewing Noises

I'm new to this forum; on the one hand, I was delighted to see that I'm not alone, there are others like me; on the other, I'm a bit perturbed to see there are so few of us, just 162--a small group of wierdos?
I've been bothered by...

I'm not one obsessed with etiquette, but I'm a little OCD when people eat loudly or with their mouth wide open. My little brother used to always do it at the dinner table and it would drive me crazy!

When I was young, I would have to eat breakfast in the other room so I wouldn't have to listen to my mom and my brother chewing. I can't eat in silence with anyone, because I can't even stand to hear myself chew! There have been times...

I cannot stand chewing noises. 
It started when I was very young- maybe six years old.  My family thought I was just being silly or picky.  My mom bought me earplugs to wear at the dinner table.  Now my family...

Yes, that he does. It isn't completely his fault, though. I believe there is some sort of problem with his nasal passages, his dad has the same problem and my grandmother said that is why. I do not know if he is aware of his loud...

“Sound-Rage. A Primer on the neurobiology and psychology of a little known anger disorder” is coming Summer 2013. Commonly known as misophonia, the primer presents exciting research about the disorder. Visual and auditory brain...

And people chewing with their mouths open!!! They should all be lined up against a wall and....
And people who make smacking noises when they chew gum....
 
 

My brother does it all the time, really loudly, it really puts me off :S

I cant stand people chewing, it gets me to the point im so angry and i wana cry out of frustration.
every day i have to eat with my family, one of which slurps the food, and other has a jaw that if applied any pressure to clicks, it...

Please visit www.soundsensitive.org. Hating chewing sounds is called selective sound sensitivity syndrome (4s), and is characterized primarily by sounds such as chewing, sniffing, coughing, sibilant s (the ssss sound). Secondary...

I've had problems with this since I was a kid, but it's been severe since I was 15 or so. It's completely ruining my relationship with my parents because I can't be in the same room when they eat and I get so angry and want to hurt them...

"Misophonia, literally “hatred of sound”, is a form of decreased sound tolerance, also known as Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome or 4S.... misophonia is specific for certain sounds." Also, "People who have misophonia are most...

I hate it. It's my number one pet peeve! I was at my friends house for dinner tonight and my friend and her little brother were both doing it, so I said. It just runs in your family, doesn't it!

I can't relax at lunch time at all when at work. Everybody, but EVERYBODY eats a packet of crisps or similar noisy snacks for their lunch. If that's not enough, many bring apples too. This is all eaten with various degrees of noise...

I thought I had a high tolerance for annoying noises. After all, I am a parent, but this noise proves me wrong.
A girl has just started at my place of work. We share the same break times.
Every day she buys an energy drink. After every...

My experiences are consistent with most of those here. The sounds of chewing, gulping, slurping, etc. make me extremely irritated and irrationally a bit angry. Gum is evil incarnate.

Working at a cubicle is a professional challenge...

When I go on my lunch break at work I spend much of the time cringing.  First one person crunches their way through a bag of crisps, and I keep hoping they'll hurry up and finish because it makes me feel like screaming. ...

My husband thinks it's funny to stand behind me crunching cereal when I'm at my computer. It's hard to explain to him why it makes me crazy.

I know that its wrong to want to cause someone physical harm, but when people are chewing or crunching loudly, I want to punch them, make them feel the discomfort that I am feeling. I have been this way for a year or so now, it started...

I'm hyper-sensitive to spit sounds when people are talking and sounds people make when they're eating. I'm not a foul mouthed person, but when I hear people making spit chew sounds, a very long string of profanity usually comes out, and...