Guest guest Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Besides restaurant woes, flying on airplanes has its own set of triggers for me. I worry about surrounding passengers and how long I might have to endure their noise, and seat kicking/pushing. I will scan the people due to find their seat and breathe a sigh of relief if certain ones (obviously loud and often traveling in packs) keep on moving to the back of the plane. One time a woman got up to go to the bathroom, grabbed onto the top of my seat for balance, I guess, and pulled out some of my hair in the process (btw, I was trying to "nap" if that's even possible!) Then there are the seatback jigglers/hurlers: they suddenly recline the whole way, while you are subjected to having their seat practically under your chin and hoping your coffee doesn't spill when they make another sudden move. Aaaarrrggghhh!!I travel with my trusty BOSE headphones everywhere, and they help to a certain degree, but I am always on the alert for certain voices to filter through. To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Re: I can't believe there's a name for it! I feel the same way about being in places where people kick my seat! I have the so many misophonia triggers and the seat kicking thing just is an additional hell. I always sit in the back row of the movie theatre and wear ear plugs - it's the only way I can go to movies. I can't go to concerts or live community theatre because if I do get the back seat, there's always the chance that someone will just put a chair behind me and sit there. Same problem on a plane or bus, people behind me drives me insane. And of course if they're eating or chewing gum behind me, it's beyond hell. My friends have gotten used to moving multiple times in restaurants (not that I go out much anymore) to move away from noisy tables nearby. This is a great group for support, I'm glad you're here. Sometimes I laugh at myself and how ridiculous I'm being but seriously, my dad does the EXACT same slurping...ahhh sound when he drinks his coffee! I find that when I can stand someone it makes it worse and that's when I do the mimicking. I just met a great group of people in Wichita to hang out with and they invited me to be in their "lunch and chocolate Wednesdays" well that's fine but then someone posted something about going to the movies....uhhhhh...it's not happening. I don't do movies. People crunching, slurping, rattling paper, KICKING MY SEAT, stinky perfume...OMG I get anxiety thinking about movie theaters! I'm so glad I have all of you now. People who understand! > > >Hello > > > >I'm glad you brought up the mimicking thing. I don't think it was mentioned on the 20/20 show last night, unless i missed something. > >Mimicking is a HUGE part of my misophonia. Anyone else? > > > >Regards > >Elaine > >> > >> Hi everyone! All along I just thought I was just overly sensitive. It's weird to read others experiences that sound so much like my own. > >> > >> I don't think I have Misophonia as bad as some, I do get mad, stare at people, sometimes mimic them (to mock them), and once in a while my skin crawls at certain repetitive sounds. I have never cried or raged although there have been a few arguments with loved ones through the years. > >> > >> My triggers are chewing, gum cracking/popping, sniffling, foot dragging sounds, sloppy kissing and humming (to a lesser extent.) Funny thing is, it doesn't always bother me, for instance, I could sit at a table where everyone is eating but there will be that ONE person who can drive me to distraction with their chewing. Also, none of these sounds bother me if I'm the one making the noise. > >> > >> I'm 41 now but I can remember sitting at the dinner table with my family when I was about 13 years old and getting SO mad at my brother for chewing loudly. He had breathing issues and probably couldn't help it much but I used to sit at the table with my fingers jammed into my ears as far as they could go. > >> > >> My ex-boyfriend used to sniffle so much when we were trying to go to sleep that we ended up fighting almost every night and me threatening to go sleep on the couch if he couldn't stop. A few times I did. > >> > >> When I really realized it was MY issue was recently at work there was someone sitting in a cubicle next to mine who drank about a zillion cups of tea a day and each sip would be a very loud and very long slurrrppppp. To make matters worse, after each slurp was a loud AHHHH and then the sound of the mug being put down on the desk. I literally thought I was going to go insane. I even considered going to HR and complaining but knew that I would sound crazy complaining about someone drinking too loudly. I talked to everyone else that sat around us to see if they noticed and to my real surprise, NO ONE ELSE EVEN NOTICED IT! How could that possibly be? That's when I realized this was my issue. In any case, that person left the company so I'm ok. For now. > >> > >> Sorry for the extra long post but I really needed to get that out. > >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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