Re: [Spam 6.70] Gum sharing!

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Gum is up there but eating with your mouth open or scraping silverware gets me worse and eating chips, rattling the bag is also a bad trigger. Sometime I cannot eat chips, the sound of my own eating brothers me.Subject: [spam 6.70] Gum sharing!To: Soundsensitivity Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012, 5:07 AM

Is it just me and my condition noticing this, or is it true that gum is the number 1 shared item in the universe?!?!?! Nothing is worse than when someone whips out their pack and goes into share mode! Suddenly I'm surrounded! DARN YOU GENEROSITY, DON'T YOU KNOW HOW YOU TORTURE ME SO!!! I have to accept the gum when it's offered to me ... that way their is one less piece of gum in rotation! Sorry, just had to rant.

[Guest guest]

Open mouth chewing is the biggest trigger for me too. I can handle gum when the

mouth is closed ... it's just that gum practically screams to its user's " open

mouth chew me ... you know you want to ... and go ahead and amuse your self with

gum popping ... manners don't count when its gum " . It's like 90% of people say

its impolite to chew with your mouth open with the exception of gum. I suppose

because it is such a work out for the mouth that people practically have to open

their mouth when chewing it! Their is such an oral fixation with gum chewing

that people just can't help themselves.

I also say that of all the open mouth chewing, open mouth chewing gum is my

worst trigger. I think this is because my sister developed terrible gum chewing

habits at a young age and I just sort of fixated on the issue. My triggers

started with gum and progressed to any sort of open mouth chewing in general,

now all I have to do is see it and I'm bothered! Than came breathing associated

with eating, breathing while they still have food in their mouth ... thats an

open mouth breathing combo! Ugh, I'm getting upset just thinking about it!

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> Is it just me and my condition noticing this, or is it true that gum is

the number 1 shared item in the universe?!?!?! Nothing is worse than when

someone whips out their pack and goes into share mode! Suddenly I'm surrounded!

DARN YOU GENEROSITY, DON'T YOU KNOW HOW YOU TORTURE ME SO!!! I have to accept

the gum when it's offered to me ... that way their is one less piece of gum in

rotation! Sorry, just had to rant.

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[Guest guest]

I agree. Gum chewing and especially popping is my number one trigger. I react

instantly with anger and a strong urge to pounce.

As Dr. mentioned in the 20/20 piece, we are experiencing " fight or

flight " . It's not just rage--rage stems from fear or pain. Our brains

(specifically the Amygdala) are " miss-wired " and perceive some sounds to be

threatening. (This includes visual, tactile and olfactory triggers.) That's why

I've learned avoidance techniques. I almost struck a woman in a store because I

waited too long to escape her loud, clunky footsteps. Because I didn't flee, my

fight response kicked in. It scared me that I could actually get violent even if

for the sake of self-preservation.

A book by Sharon Heller called " Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight "

explains how sensory disorders work. Find it on Amazon .com for about $10.

Colleen

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> > Is it just me and my condition noticing this, or is it true that gum

is the number 1 shared item in the universe?!?!?! Nothing is worse than when

someone whips out their pack and goes into share mode! Suddenly I'm surrounded!

DARN YOU GENEROSITY, DON'T YOU KNOW HOW YOU TORTURE ME SO!!! I have to accept

the gum when it's offered to me ... that way their is one less piece of gum in

rotation! Sorry, just had to rant.

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