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I have been suffering from Misophonia since I was very, very young. It started

with my father's chewing sounds and it built up and up from there to include so

many things that it makes it incredibly difficult to function. I do not work out

of the home for several reasons, and one of the biggest is the Misophonia.

I spent my childhood, teenaged years and even early adult life shouting at

people for upsetting me so much. Mom and dad thought I was picking fights just

to pick them but noises drove me up a wall and into a rage that I could not

control. I spent most of my time in my bedroom away from the sounds that would

drive me out of my mind with anger. I blamed myself because I was so difficult

to live with and I wasn't being fair to those around me because why should their

eating, humming, whistling (the humming and whistling started with my Mom and

she's still the one I have the most adverse reaction to, which is super sad to

say, but it is nearly unbearable with other people too) enrage me so much?

I knew something was really not right with me.

It didn't get better. It's only gotten worse. Noises that are on my list of

total hates are: s's and t's, nails tapping glass or just about any surface,

soft mouth sounds, the crackling sound that comes from mouths when they are dry

or in the elderly, my husband's chewing and all his eating sounds, his snoring,

my son's eating sounds, pen tapping, mouse clicking, computer high pitched

noises, almost every single woman's voice on the radio and TV- they tend to be

thin or high pitched and over pronounce s's and t's, and I could just go on and

on and on and on. I also have some sensitivities to visuals that remind me of

the sounds. Sometimes I cannot even look at an s or t that has been typed or

written.

My first marriage failed for a variety of reasons and one of them was definitely

due to the sounds my husband made. It drove me to be agitated and upset almost

all the time. He was my best friend but that unraveled.

I have very few friends and I design my life around my hearing issues. I always

call a doctor at least twice before making an appointment with him or her so

that I can tell if the voice will be too much for me or not. I have had to drop

classes, quit jobs, been fired from jobs, and have gone through so much crap

just trying to live with this stuff. I live best in the country on lots of

acreage. Since moving to the suburbs to be with my husband I have been a total

disaster area.

I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome about 10 years ago and they based that

on a few things but a lot of it was sound sensitivity. However, when I have

talked to others on the spectrum they didn't seem to experience sound the same

way that I did. Not all of it, anyway. Most didn't become totally enraged, want

to bash the heck out of someone for making that particular noise, and while some

did, a lot did not. I have no idea if Misophonia is also a predominant issue

with people on the spectrum or not.

I am married again and my husband has many sounds that put me into a total

upheaval. When he eats I have to eat so I can cover up his very unbearable

sounds. He's a loud eater as it is but my holy heck this is horrible.

I just discovered Misophonia yesterday evening when my therapist let me know

that that is what she believes I am experiencing. I spent last night reading

everything I could and watching videos (which put me through the freaking roof),

and crying like a baby because this is the very first time I did not feel alone

in this and realized other people felt this way too. I hate that anyone suffers

with this condition, but I was also relieved to find that I was not completely

alone.

I'm happy to have found this group and thank you for letting me join.

[Guest guest]

you and I could be so very related. Everything is identical! Everything!!! No, thank goodness to know we are not crazy nor alone. I am happy to find this site as well!!! L

To: Soundsensitivity From: gardenofbirds@...Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:47:57 +0000Subject: Brand New: I Can't Believe this has a name

I have been suffering from Misophonia since I was very, very young. It started with my father's chewing sounds and it built up and up from there to include so many things that it makes it incredibly difficult to function. I do not work out of the home for several reasons, and one of the biggest is the Misophonia. I spent my childhood, teenaged years and even early adult life shouting at people for upsetting me so much. Mom and dad thought I was picking fights just to pick them but noises drove me up a wall and into a rage that I could not control. I spent most of my time in my bedroom away from the sounds that would drive me out of my mind with anger. I blamed myself because I was so difficult to live with and I wasn't being fair to those around me because why should their eating, humming, whistling (the humming and whistling started with my Mom and she's still the one I have the most adverse reaction to, which is super sad to say, but it is nearly unbearable with other people too) enrage me so much? I knew something was really not right with me. It didn't get better. It's only gotten worse. Noises that are on my list of total hates are: s's and t's, nails tapping glass or just about any surface, soft mouth sounds, the crackling sound that comes from mouths when they are dry or in the elderly, my husband's chewing and all his eating sounds, his snoring, my son's eating sounds, pen tapping, mouse clicking, computer high pitched noises, almost every single woman's voice on the radio and TV- they tend to be thin or high pitched and over pronounce s's and t's, and I could just go on and on and on and on. I also have some sensitivities to visuals that remind me of the sounds. Sometimes I cannot even look at an s or t that has been typed or written.My first marriage failed for a variety of reasons and one of them was definitely due to the sounds my husband made. It drove me to be agitated and upset almost all the time. He was my best friend but that unraveled. I have very few friends and I design my life around my hearing issues. I always call a doctor at least twice before making an appointment with him or her so that I can tell if the voice will be too much for me or not. I have had to drop classes, quit jobs, been fired from jobs, and have gone through so much crap just trying to live with this stuff. I live best in the country on lots of acreage. Since moving to the suburbs to be with my husband I have been a total disaster area.I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome about 10 years ago and they based that on a few things but a lot of it was sound sensitivity. However, when I have talked to others on the spectrum they didn't seem to experience sound the same way that I did. Not all of it, anyway. Most didn't become totally enraged, want to bash the heck out of someone for making that particular noise, and while some did, a lot did not. I have no idea if Misophonia is also a predominant issue with people on the spectrum or not.I am married again and my husband has many sounds that put me into a total upheaval. When he eats I have to eat so I can cover up his very unbearable sounds. He's a loud eater as it is but my holy heck this is horrible. I just discovered Misophonia yesterday evening when my therapist let me know that that is what she believes I am experiencing. I spent last night reading everything I could and watching videos (which put me through the freaking roof), and crying like a baby because this is the very first time I did not feel alone in this and realized other people felt this way too. I hate that anyone suffers with this condition, but I was also relieved to find that I was not completely alone.I'm happy to have found this group and thank you for letting me join.

[Guest guest]

Glad you found the group. It's nice to know that you are not just a crazy, angry person. I can identify with all that you have said about jobs, school, relationships etc. I think we all have those things in common. The support here is very helpful and I am feeling very hopeful lately that we will find some sort of cure if we just band together,put our heads together and make things happen. Mike L. From:

gardenofbirds To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:47 PM Subject: Brand New: I Can't Believe this has a name

I have been suffering from Misophonia since I was very, very young. It started with my father's chewing sounds and it built up and up from there to include so many things that it makes it incredibly difficult to function. I do not work out of the home for several reasons, and one of the biggest is the Misophonia.

I spent my childhood, teenaged years and even early adult life shouting at people for upsetting me so much. Mom and dad thought I was picking fights just to pick them but noises drove me up a wall and into a rage that I could not control. I spent most of my time in my bedroom away from the sounds that would drive me out of my mind with anger. I blamed myself because I was so difficult to live with and I wasn't being fair to those around me because why should their eating, humming, whistling (the humming and whistling started with my Mom and she's still the one I have the most adverse reaction to, which is super sad to say, but it is nearly unbearable with other people too) enrage me so much?

I knew something was really not right with me.

It didn't get better. It's only gotten worse. Noises that are on my list of total hates are: s's and t's, nails tapping glass or just about any surface, soft mouth sounds, the crackling sound that comes from mouths when they are dry or in the elderly, my husband's chewing and all his eating sounds, his snoring, my son's eating sounds, pen tapping, mouse clicking, computer high pitched noises, almost every single woman's voice on the radio and TV- they tend to be thin or high pitched and over pronounce s's and t's, and I could just go on and on and on and on. I also have some sensitivities to visuals that remind me of the sounds. Sometimes I cannot even look at an s or t that has been typed or written.

My first marriage failed for a variety of reasons and one of them was definitely due to the sounds my husband made. It drove me to be agitated and upset almost all the time. He was my best friend but that unraveled.

I have very few friends and I design my life around my hearing issues. I always call a doctor at least twice before making an appointment with him or her so that I can tell if the voice will be too much for me or not. I have had to drop classes, quit jobs, been fired from jobs, and have gone through so much crap just trying to live with this stuff. I live best in the country on lots of acreage. Since moving to the suburbs to be with my husband I have been a total disaster area.

I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome about 10 years ago and they based that on a few things but a lot of it was sound sensitivity. However, when I have talked to others on the spectrum they didn't seem to experience sound the same way that I did. Not all of it, anyway. Most didn't become totally enraged, want to bash the heck out of someone for making that particular noise, and while some did, a lot did not. I have no idea if Misophonia is also a predominant issue with people on the spectrum or not.

I am married again and my husband has many sounds that put me into a total upheaval. When he eats I have to eat so I can cover up his very unbearable sounds. He's a loud eater as it is but my holy heck this is horrible.

I just discovered Misophonia yesterday evening when my therapist let me know that that is what she believes I am experiencing. I spent last night reading everything I could and watching videos (which put me through the freaking roof), and crying like a baby because this is the very first time I did not feel alone in this and realized other people felt this way too. I hate that anyone suffers with this condition, but I was also relieved to find that I was not completely alone.

I'm happy to have found this group and thank you for letting me join.

[Guest guest]

god, you brought tears to my eyes, and iam a manly man ha he ha,, i can relate to everything... you are not alone and welcome..jason

Subject: RE: Brand New: I Can't Believe this has a nameTo: soundsensitivity Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012, 1:00 PM

you and I could be so very related. Everything is identical! Everything!!! No, thank goodness to know we are not crazy nor alone. I am happy to find this site as well!!! L

To: Soundsensitivity From: gardenofbirds@...Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:47:57 +0000Subject: Brand New: I Can't Believe this has a name

I have been suffering from Misophonia since I was very, very young. It started with my father's chewing sounds and it built up and up from there to include so many things that it makes it incredibly difficult to function. I do not work out of the home for several reasons, and one of the biggest is the Misophonia. I spent my childhood, teenaged years and even early adult life shouting at people for upsetting me so much. Mom and dad thought I was picking fights just to pick them but noises drove me up a wall and into a rage that I could not control. I spent most of my time in my bedroom away from the sounds that would drive me out of my mind with anger. I blamed myself because I was so difficult to live with and I wasn't being fair to those around me because why should their eating, humming, whistling (the humming and whistling started with my Mom and she's still the one I have the most adverse reaction to, which

is super sad to say, but it is nearly unbearable with other people too) enrage me so much? I knew something was really not right with me. It didn't get better. It's only gotten worse. Noises that are on my list of total hates are: s's and t's, nails tapping glass or just about any surface, soft mouth sounds, the crackling sound that comes from mouths when they are dry or in the elderly, my husband's chewing and all his eating sounds, his snoring, my son's eating sounds, pen tapping, mouse clicking, computer high pitched noises, almost every single woman's voice on the radio and TV- they tend to be thin or high pitched and over pronounce s's and t's, and I could just go on and on and on and on. I also have some sensitivities to visuals that remind me of the sounds. Sometimes I cannot even look at an s or t that has been typed or written.My first marriage failed for a variety of reasons and one of them was definitely due to the

sounds my husband made. It drove me to be agitated and upset almost all the time. He was my best friend but that unraveled. I have ver! y few friends and I design my life around my hearing issues. I always call a doctor at least twice before making an appointment with him or her so that I can tell if the voice will be too much for me or not. I have had to drop classes, quit jobs, been fired from jobs, and have gone through so much crap just trying to live with this stuff. I live best in the country on lots of acreage. Since moving to the suburbs to be with my husband I have been a total disaster area.I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome about 10 years ago and they based that on a few things but a lot of it was sound sensitivity. However, when I have talked to others on the spectrum they didn't seem to experience sound the same way that I did. Not all of it, anyway. Most didn't become totally enraged, want to bash the heck out of

someone for making that particular noise, and while some did, a lot did not. I have no idea if Misophonia is also a predominant issue with people on the spectrum or not.I am married again and my husband has many sounds that put me into a total upheaval. When he eats I have to eat so I can cover up his very unbearable sounds. He's a loud eater as it is but my holy heck this is horrible. I just discovered Misophonia yesterday evening when my therapist let me know that that is what she believes I am experiencing. I spent last night reading everything I could and watching videos (which put me through the freaking roof), and crying like a baby because this is the very first time I did not feel alone in this and realized other people felt this way too. I hate that anyone suffers with this condition, but I was also relieved to find that I was not completely alone.I'm happy to have found this group and thank you for letting me

join.