Re: Thank you all

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Thank you for the thanks. It was appreciated. I'm sorry to hear that

you were laid off. That's not fun. But, as you said you don't have

to be around those triggers anymore! It is a relief, in a weird sad

but happy way. Does that make sense? I too am thankful that parents

are in this support group trying to help their children. Your kids

are really lucky to have you as parents!!! I wish a group like this

was around when I was a kid... but at least it is now for the

current generation.

I'm thankful for that.

When I discovered I wasn't the only one dealing with this condition,

I stopped feeling as alone. Do be cautious what you say around

others. It's one thing to tell your therapist the feelings you have

dealing with this condition, because they should be able to put it

into perspective. But, other people may not. At least those of us in

the group understand. It's not really that you want to hurt someone,

it's that you want the pain/discomfort from the trigger sound, or

visual trigger etc. to stop.

Those are really two very different things.

-Randall

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I just want to say thank you to all of you for sharing

your experiences. Reading about you has made this problem

so much more tolerable, and although I rarely write

anything this doesn't mean I don't appreciate you! I'm

especially proud of how brave many of you are by trying to

solve this puzzle by explaining it to professionals - and

I believe that because of you there will be a discovery as

to why it's happening to us. I've never had the guts to

admit to anyone that I wanted to smash someone's head in

for making "innocent" noises. I still won't, unless it's

to fellow sufferers who understand what it's like.

I'm having a great day, so I'm celebrating by being

happy and chatty. I was laid off not long ago, from a job

that included a huge amount of triggers, and although the

financial aspect isn't ideal I've never been happier. The

timing coincided with my learning about misophonia - truly

a Godsend. I feel like a totally different person today.

Especially today, since it was the first time in memory

that chomping food didn't drive me insane. Oh, there was a

tingle...but I could tell myself to back off and it

worked! I'm sure I have this group to thank for my lack of

emotionalism as well as all the therapeutic downtime. And

I was especially happy because not only did my brain not

explode, but later on the chomper asked if anyone minded

if she used a Lysol wipe. I almost kissed her, lol. The

chomping was short and sweet, lasting maybe 10 minutes.

The utter mind-numbing stench would have lasted all day,

and it was avoided by an aware and considerate person. Now

if only she knew about the chomping...but like I said, I'm

too cowardly to say anything. Maybe if I hadn't grown up

being told how crabby, bossy and miserable I was, I might.

I'm elated that there are parents in this group trying to

help their children with this "thing" we have. You might

not understand what the kids are feeling, but at least you

aren't disregarding it or belittling them in their

discomfort.

And I've also been laughing at myself for a few days

now (in a good way) after reading the thread about touch.

Yeah, I'm very touch sensitive. Actually I need a good

amount of free space around me or I get very

uncomfortable. But what is really funny is to see me at

mealtime, pawing through the forks to find one that I can

put in my mouth, lol. Out of all that cutlery...anyone

watching me would think I was worried that they had food

stuck on them or something! But there are only a few that

don't irritate me. But if I tell anyone that...ha!