My family thinks I'm making this up.

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I've had this as far back as I can remember, not realizing what it was. It has

recently gotten much worse in the past year. So much worse its forced me to do

research and come across Misophonia. I told my family about it and all they said

was 'People come up with a disorder for everything'. Last night I was in the car

for 2 hours with my parents, aunt, and cousins. With all the lip smacking, gum

chewing, breathing, whistling, ect. I was on the verge of tears trying to

control my rage and my sense of panic being trapped in there. I tried saying

something but they just told me to get over it and stop being a control freak.

Last night was the worst it's ever been and I'm afraid that it's just kicked up

another notch. It's hard having everyone (friends included) think I'm pretending

and treat me like I'm lying.

Do you have any suggestion on how I should handle my family? Also, Any methods

that seem to help the anxiety?