Guest guest Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 It's so funny when I travel or go away. I get so much anxiety about the unknown, who is going to sit near me, who will be in the next room as me, too many unknowns but I look at it as doing something I'm really afraid of doing like zip-lining, you let go and hope you come out alive. It's like an anxiety adrenalin rush. > >> > >> >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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