I just posted this to MSN front page about pet peeves....

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THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY CERTAIN SOUNDS WHICH MAKES EVERDAY LIFE UNBEARABLE AT TIMES. THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOFT SOUND SENSITIVITY SYNDROME. MOST BOTHERSOME ARE MOUTH NOISES. CHEWING, EATING, GUM POPPING, CERTAIN VOICES, IT GOES ON AND ON...THESE ARE NOT PET PEEVES, THIS IS A REAL DISORDER WHICH IS ONLY NOW COMING TO LIGHT. THIS AFFECTS SCHOOL CHILDREN, HOME LIFE AT THE DINNER TABLE, MARRIED LIFE....EVERYTHING. SOME PEOPLE HAVE CALLED IT HYPERACUSIS BUT SINCE SO MANY OF "US" HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER THANKS TO THE INTERNET WE REALIZE WE ARE NOT ALONE AND MAYBE ONE DAY WE CAN MAKE SOME PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL HOW UPSET WE BECOME WHEN HEARING THESE SOUNDS. THAT, AND A CURE IS OUR HOPE. PEOPLE SAY, JUST GET OVER IT. NOT POSSIBLE. WE BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE SIMILAR TO PEOPLE WHO SCREAM WHEN THEY SEE A MOUSE OR A SNAKE OR COTTON BALLS....MAKES NO SENSE REALLY. MAYBE WE ARE TUNED IN TO A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY THAN OTHERS....IT IS A VERY "NEW" DISORDER MEANING THAT SO MANY OF US THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY THEM WITH THIS PROBLEM. I MYSELF CANNOT EAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE, MAINLY MEN. MEN EAT LIKE THEY JUST RAN 10 MILES AND ARE OUT OF BREATH.... ANYWAY, A LITTLE VISIT INTO OUR "PET PEEVES" PIAShed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser!! Learn more.