Re: Relieved to have found this group & I am not alone!

[Guest guest]

sorry to re-post - I changed my nickname

>

> I think Monday was my " WTH " point.

>

> A woman in the office next to me was using packaging tape and all I could hear

> was the ripping sound of the tape. I tried to turn my music up. Didn't help. I

> opened a window thinking the sound of constant traffic & music would help.

Nope.

> I turned on a fan on top of it all. I still couldn't help but hear it. I

> slammed my phone down & cracked the earpiece. Then I knew I had a problem.

>

> All my life certain sounds would go beyond annoy me, they angered me. I think

> it started when I was a little girl eating at the table with my parents. My

> father was 17 years older than my mom & had already lost his teeth. He had

false

> teeth, but REFUSED to wear them when eating. The sounds that he made, the

> slurping, the grinding, the etc. etc. etc - oh my gosh I wanted to ring his

> neck. My mom would slowly start to annoy me with her constant sniffing & her

> runny nose. What the heck??

>

> As I grew older, I lived my life listening to music with headphones. I ate in

> my room alone when possible. I figured as soon as I was old enough to move

out,

> I would be fine. I wish.

>

> I am now 34 years old and STILL these same sounds bother me. What is even more

> bizaare is sometimes I could be out at a restaurant (where I am normally OK)

but

> then there are times where I hear everyone around me - and I mean everyone. I

> could go crazy!

>

> My husband thought I was crazy & just easily annoyed & would always tell me to

> chill out. I wish I could - do you think I " LIKE " getting angry over everyday

> noises???? I can't help it. I really wish I could.

>

> If there was a magic pill I could take I would just to stop this craziness. I

> have high blood pressure now so getting so easily upset is even worse for me

> now.

>

> Even as I started to type this my husband started coughing because he choked

on

> his water & after 4-5 coughs, I yelled at him. I even recognize how ridiculous

> it is - yet I can't stop.

>

> I am (I don't know if I want to say glad) but I am glad I found you all - just

> like me in so many ways. It's nice to know I am not alone.

>

> I just hope that we can all find ways to cope.

>

[Guest guest]

It's like reading my own life as I read your post.  My husband sneezes between 3 and 7 times in a row very loudly and I get so angry it defies logic.  My office mate will open a bag of chips and it takes all my might to finish a phone conversation I was in the middle of because her crunching steals all of my attention.

 

Sitting at the table with my family, listening to them gulp and crunch is just awful.  I time my bites with the others, so that I eat something crunchy at the same time they do so I notice it less. 

 

I had just found out about " misophonia " and have felt such relief that I'm not just a mean hearted person.  I just get totally overwhelmed with these sounds that I can hardly function!  I contacted a Dr. in Chicago who does work with misophonia and was referred to an audiologist closer to home.  The audiologist tells me he doesn't believe in " misophonia " and tells me to attend a tinnitus information group that he runs for $100 out of pocket.  Sigh. 

 

Maybe there is no cure, but it helps so much to know that I'm not the only one.  Until now, I've never known anyone who has this problem - they are probably all at home with their ear plugs in!

 

[Guest guest]

The woman I work with is really triggering for me. She is overweight and chugs

soda all day, which really bothers me. She makes this sigh after every sip, like

" uhhhhhhh " breathing out really hard.

And she sneezes so loud and like screams when she does it, so that it

reverberates off the wall, and makes my ears ring.

She types so furiously, I almost think it's a joke. Like, why types like a movie

hacker in real life?

She slams shit around and sniffles all day and chugs her cokes, and smokes

cigarettes and comes back in reeking of stale smoke.

Ugh!

Everything she does just bothers me!

>

> I think Monday was my " WTH " point.

>

> A woman in the office next to me was using packaging tape and all I could hear

> was the ripping sound of the tape. I tried to turn my music up. Didn't help. I

> opened a window thinking the sound of constant traffic & music would help.

Nope.

> I turned on a fan on top of it all. I still couldn't help but hear it. I

> slammed my phone down & cracked the earpiece. Then I knew I had a problem.

>

> All my life certain sounds would go beyond annoy me, they angered me. I think

> it started when I was a little girl eating at the table with my parents. My

> father was 17 years older than my mom & had already lost his teeth. He had

false

> teeth, but REFUSED to wear them when eating. The sounds that he made, the

> slurping, the grinding, the etc. etc. etc - oh my gosh I wanted to ring his

> neck. My mom would slowly start to annoy me with her constant sniffing & her

> runny nose. What the heck??

>

> As I grew older, I lived my life listening to music with headphones. I ate in

> my room alone when possible. I figured as soon as I was old enough to move

out,

> I would be fine. I wish.

>

> I am now 34 years old and STILL these same sounds bother me. What is even more

> bizaare is sometimes I could be out at a restaurant (where I am normally OK)

but

> then there are times where I hear everyone around me - and I mean everyone. I

> could go crazy!

>

> My husband thought I was crazy & just easily annoyed & would always tell me to

> chill out. I wish I could - do you think I " LIKE " getting angry over everyday

> noises???? I can't help it. I really wish I could.

>

> If there was a magic pill I could take I would just to stop this craziness. I

> have high blood pressure now so getting so easily upset is even worse for me

> now.

>

> Even as I started to type this my husband started coughing because he choked

on

> his water & after 4-5 coughs, I yelled at him. I even recognize how ridiculous

> it is - yet I can't stop.

>

> I am (I don't know if I want to say glad) but I am glad I found you all - just

> like me in so many ways. It's nice to know I am not alone.

>

> I just hope that we can all find ways to cope.

>

[Guest guest]

Our next door neighbor is a serial sneezer. He'll sneeze over and over again for what seems like forever. It's like he's possessed or something. My rage is way out of proportion and it takes lots of restraint to refrain from yelling, "Shut up!" at the poor man. I have to run to the opposite side of the house and cover my ears.