Happy to find you guys and have a name for it.....

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Hi. I have lived my life(since I was 7) being tortured by this problem. I have

lost relationships, lost money(commission jobs), struggled with relationships in

my family and been run out of rooms because, even though I try to hold in my

rage from the sounds of people eating or chewing gum or scraping plates,

etc....it can be seen in the look on my face and my body language.

I can't stand the fact that I lose precious moments in life because I have to

leave the room. The thought of seriously injuring someone I love just because I

can hear them eating is a horrible struggle to have to live with.

I wish there was a cure. My father said that he used to be like me when he was

younger and has always told me that I would " grow out of it. " I am 36 now and it

has only gotten worse. As a matter of fact, it has spread into other issues. My

anxiety is too hard to bare at times. I must have enough control that I don't

act on the need to choke the woman standing next to me in the super market that

is chewing and popping her gum like a cow. But I do play the scene over and over

in my head until they leave or I run away.

It's nice to know that I'm not alone with these feelings....issues....this

disorder or whatever the heck kind of awful torture I live with.

Nice to talk to you guys. :~) Cat