Misophonia?

Oh my gosh... There are others! The only way I can even stand going to family dinner or any meal is to have earplugs in. It was too rude and noticeable to listen to music, and my family would get really upset when I did this. But it enrages me to a point that is embarrassing. There were several days that I didn't go to class because the guy next to me chewed his gum ridiculously loud. I don't know what's worse, gum-chewing or blowing gum bubbles. Earplugs are the way to go, and if the person doesn't chew that loud, you can always put an earplug in one ear, and not both. It's easier to hear conversation that way.

Hey... When I was 8, or maybe 9, I began to notice how incredibly aware I was of the sound of smacking lips- arghh that effing noise! I too, literally HATED the sound of chewing. My sister used to chew like a cow. I know that sounds mean but she was grazing, straight up, haha with the rolling jaw and everything.
I'm 26 now, and the other day we were chatting and she told me she saw a YouTube video that was "diagnosing" or "labeling" this 'ultimate pet peeve' that I, and apparently others, have.
Anyways- in response to my sister telling me this I decided to see what I could find ...Your "experience project" is the top search result that Google has listed when the keywords "hate the sound of chewing" is entered.
Glad about that too because I totally flipped at your description! This moment...right now, is the first time I've ever discovered another person who could describe this "affliction" in such a remarkably similar way. (ie: overwhelmed by certain sounds, to the point of tears!)
The thing is though-the way you ended it I kinda feel like you blame people. Idk if that's really how you feel but probably best not to do that. Haha
Oh, and I'm sure you've discovered already but --> headphones = key deterrent ;) ha!
Keep on keeping on.

I was so glad to learn there was a name for this. My adult son has the same thing. He and I can not be at the table during a holiday with the family. Any chance this could be hereditary? And people stop scraping the bowl and yougurt containers when there is nothing left then licking the utinsel ....just stop and why must a dry papertowel be used on a dry counter? Horrific

I had to ask my brother to shut up just because he was making those disgusting sounds.

oh noooooooooooooooo. its my first time to know that someone share me the same issue, right now my boss was having his lunch and i felt like kick him in the jaw.....is there any way i get rid of this?

Misophonia literally is tearing my life apart. I LOVE my family, but because of misophonia I can't interact with my dad as much and he thinks I'm neglecting him because I just don't like him.. I try pretty hard to spend time with him but it's come to the point where basically everything he does drives me absolutely insane. His breathing, when he clears his throat, when he sniffs, when he SWALLOWS, drinks, exhales loudly, chews, and even smaller things... A few nights ago I was watching a movie and it was a really quiet scene, and my dad came into the room with a cup of tea and slurped on it three times really loudly and exhaled really loudly right next to me during that quiet scene. I honestly wanted to scream, or claw at myself, or rip something into shreds. I spent the next hour crying and digging my nails into my skin in the shower. Thinking about the sound of his super loud slurps and exhales right now literally pains my chest.

I am not the only one?!?!?!

In tears, because I have spent my whole life thinking I was alone and crazy. I cannot deal with chewing, YES, especially gum, ugh! Audible yawning makes me insanely ragey.
Hiccups, too. I rationally know people cannot help when they get them, but I seriously cannot be around my husband when he has them.

Of course, office will not allow people to wear perfume or used scented soap because scent is offensive, but sound is normal and I am the one with the problem. At least, now, I know I am not the only one. Too bad there is no cure, of course.

If I can not tolerate the sound frequency/pitch/tone of people talking is that a sign of misophonia? I also can not stand the sound of eating/chewing. the sound of bodily functions like Urinating make feel sick

Oh my God, I feel the same way! I CANNOT stand the sound of people chewing with their mouths open and smacking their lips when they eat. I want to stab them with my fork! I can hardly stand eating with my mom or grandpa because they're both lip smackers. Gum chewers are the worse. Hello! We're not cows at pasture! Chew with your mouths closed and be polite towards everyone else!

Me and my mom are the same way, but i feel like more sounds annoy me. I share a room with my younger sister, and she breathes really heavy, it annoys me so much that i have to listen to music to fall asleep. And tapping and other little things that shouldn't annoy me do. But chewing is the worst sound ever, even if they have their mouth closed, i just can't. And I'm 14.. :)

I cannot stand the sound of people eating but it is especially intensified if I can hear their teeth come together. Also cannot stand listening to anything crunchy or the sound of people coughing. I also cannot tolerate any repetitive noise, particularly crinkly sounding things. As I have gotten older I can control my urge to kill better than I used to. My husband thinks it's dumb, my kids know it's real (they are mildly affected with the same thing), my biological father suffered from it as well. I remember him getting very angry and he would even get up and leave during meals. If we got caught chewing our lollipops, he would take them and throw them away.

Hello. HELLO! I am one person who can totally understand you! Since I was a child I have always ALWAYS hated chewing sounds, my sister would chew with her mouth open on purpose to make me mad! I would haul off and hit her and get in trouble--I even remember hitting her in her sleep b/c she would make mouth noises in her sleep--and that obviously wasn't her fault b/c she was sleeping! But it would wake me up from my sleep, and the sound would (and still does) make me super duper angry. I also don't like kissing sounds, and people who over enunciate their words. I can't live without my earplugs...they are always in my pocket. I have to wear them to sleep, and any time Im around people eating--I LITERALLY feel like violent and nauseous if I have to hear someone chewing!!

I have this. But honestly I'm just wondering how people "without" this issue can stand those disgusting open mouth chewing, closed mouth crunching, lip smacking, finger sucking sounds. Ugh! I just want to slap the person and tell them to "STFU..!" or better yet, find the real Universal Remote and just put 'em on 'Mute'. Also the 'click click click' of heels echo clacking on hard floors is pretty annoying.. I can hear you miles away woman! Lol sigh..(:

Totally agree! My blood boils when people chew or slurp. I even can't stand the sound of water in the bottle when someone is drinking. I could actually punch someone in the face. Glad to know it's not me.

I'm exactly the same here. The chewing is the worst, but the sound of snoring, breathing, and bird squawking makes me want to cry and triggers anxiety. It's actually starting to effect my grades because there is always someone chomping away behind me so I discreetly cover my ear for the lecture and sometimes miss what the teacher is saying. I was thinking maybe a hypnotherapist?

I feel a little better knowing there are people like me, but I am saddened that there doesn't seem that there is anything that helps. I feel like my "annoying noises" list is getting longer. Recently it seems that my otherwise wonderful husband just exists to produce sounds that bug me. He sniffs and snorts (get a tissue or take some medicine!) and coughs one loud cough very often (what is up with that?!?), the sound of ice cubes in a glass, the phlegmy voice, and just like everyone else...the chewing! So disheartened that there isn't anything to help. I am afraid this will get worse. No one knows how nuts I am....yet....

Yes yes yes! I tell people I hate gum and they laugh lol most people are in disbelief. I just don't understand how people who chew like that can even stand theirselves? I feel like everyone should have to take etiquette class! Most of the time like you I can ignore noises or tune them out but chewing like you never fails. I've realized that sometimes it upsets me more. I haven't really figured out a trend but I really should record the times I do notice it and see what is in common with them.

AMEN!!! I cannot even go into Walmart and hear people drag their feet, flip flops flipping, but chewing really boils my blood. Where are the manners? I have been given so many pills, they only take the edge off, but I most often cannot go to the store unless it is in the middle of the night so there are not as many people. If I go into a food establishment, it has to play loud music so that I can do my best to drown out the noises of forks on teeth, watching the food churn in their mouths. I told my mom once I wish I could sew everyones mouth shut. I havent even had a Thanksgiving dinner with my family due to mouth noises. It ruins my life, but I do not know any other thing to try. Glad to know I too am not the only one in the world...still wish I didnt have the attention to noise I have.

so glad to know I am not the only person with this disorder...I hate it when people eat chips, especially when they feel the need to "shove" a hundred of them in their mouth at one time, then slurp and crunch them, I could throw something. I makes me so mad, I have to leave the room. I thought I was the only one. I don't feel so alone any more, but...still hate it.

I absolutely cannot stand the sound of people biting metal cutlery. Even just thinking about it makes me feel so aggravated. I find it really hard to sit down and eat with people. I don't even like to hear myself eat, I have to have music on in the background. I would NEVER go out on a date with someone to a restaurant because I would be SO uncomfortable. And because I feel that way about other people eating, I always assume that they feel the same way and don't want to eat around them. I always have to remind myself that other people don't actually mind. I thought this was something I was just weird about... good to know it's an actual thing! I also hate the sound of swallowing (even myself), gum chewing, nail biting, specific words (typically any with harsh B or P sounds), any kind of loud noises or sirens (the absolute WORST is the kind of emergency sirens often heard in WWII documentaries, the air raid warning ones?) and commercials with alarm clocks going off in them.

I hate a lot of sounds. In part cause my depression issues made me more intorelable to noises and i need to rest more than i used to. Besides i need silence to sleep and concentrate i my studies and work. My country (portugal) is a "noisy" country, there is a lot of uneducated blokes who talk very loud around the cafes, specially in footbal game days, they are rude and very noisy, i hate them, and the police does NOTHING if its during the day! Loud noises, loud voices, and when the noises come suddenly its like a "alarm" it triggers my nerves. I also hate chewing noises, bubble gum "pops", cars with loud "beat" music, high hells sounds on the floor (i dont wear them), and others.

I thought I was crazy for getting mad when I could hear people chewing or breathing. I get so angry and want to yell at them to shut up. Glad I'm not the only one... makes me feel like less of a freak. :)

Does anyone know of a cure for 4S , Hyperacusis and or Misophonia? I have tried tons of medications, natural health supplements etc and NOTHING helps. My hearing sensitivity is so bad now that I can't watch TV because the background noises that the everyday person doesn't notice drive me insane. Here are some of my sensitivity's.... gum chewing, typing ( I wear ear plugs and type soft) Cash Registers (especially the grocery store) I wear a I pod and crank it and I still hear that BEEP BEEP BEEP... Car blinkers, sss sounds from some Girl speakers, People Clapping, Snoring, Dog Snoring, Dogs barking, Heavy Machinery backing up ...BEEP BEEP BEEP. My list goes on and on and yes I even went to shrink, hypnotist etc and I have prayed so hard my knees are sore.. The best description I can give you is that the background noises are not background noises they are up front and magnified and I would compare the feeling I get to you is the same as if someone were dragging their fingernails down a chalkboard.. IT DRIVES ME ABSOLUTELY INSANE

I'm thinking now about going to Brazil and seeing John of God and maybe he can cure me? please e-mail if you know of any cures?

The kit kat commercial or any commercial when they crunch loudly to prove crispness make me crazy. Although my experience is not as intense as some of yours. I feel for you.

This is a terrible condition to live with for anyone, for me I use earplugs when possible and it helps a lot. I lean on GOD and am constantly praying when I can because when I get hit with a sound like someone sniffling or blowing their nose, I get severe pain in my chest so I can't pray or talk for awhile sometimes half a day sometimes it's alot less. So I've learned to pray hard and I mean hard especially before I leave the house. I use to get super annoyed hearing the noise of cars honking and gunshots but without pain in my chest but now I'm fine in that area so I believe theres room for improvment for me and everyone.

I really get annoyed, almost wanting to punch people when I hear these sounds. But obviously I can't. I just glare, get mad, huff and puff or tell people to knock it off. Which people I mean family. I can't tell strangers to cut it out. I usually have to leave the environment. I feel like I'm wasting my life by constantly avoiding things, gatherings, etc. I wish their was a cure for this. I wish their was a pill to cure it. Cuz I would take a pill everyday to enjoy my life again....

Sincerely, Unhappy

I saw a news report on 20/20 about Misophonia. I felt relieved because I thought I was going insane. I feel like I'm crazy in the head sometimes because of this "disorder". I hate pen clicking, people rattling bags, chewing gum,SNORING(that's the major one), people eating ice, slurping, popping gum, certain peoples voices example: Fran Dreshers voice, whistling, nose whistle,breathing Heavy out of the mouth, people moving their legs when sitting, foot tapping. I could go on and on. I'm married to a great man, but I have to sleep on the couch all most every night because of his snoring. I cry myself to sleep sometimes because I just can't take it anymore. I hate going camping because my daughter & husband snore so bad, I can't handle sleeping in the same tent or camper as them. I avoid situations that will make me lose it. I wish I wasn't like this. I would give anything to be able to stand these sounds and live a happy life.

A good set of earplugs can help cut down the annoying noises enough so the anger doesn't build up so much that you want to slap someone. I know they're a little embarrasing to wear but I'll take the embarrasment over anger everyday. You may need to explain to your teachers why you are wearing earplugs-surely they will understand. Could be they have misophonia also. I think you'd be surprised at the number of people that share this malady. Hang in there and try not to becone antisocial.

Is there any way to deal with this problem when you are a teenager in high school? There really is no special treatment for kids who have this and I get extremely angry at classroom noises- especially other kids' chewing! Any solutions?

Wow, did you get any help? Or do you just deal with it? I have the same situation. I literally have to imagine me punching someone in the back of the head in order to keep somewhat sane. Classrooms are awful as well..Popping gum, whispering, toe tapping...pencil tapping...I just get enraged.