Re: I'm new on this forum too

August 19, 2012

I'm sorry sooz about my snoring. That can easily be remedied. Maybe I came

across like I didn't care but I did spend quite a lot of time researching this.

I'm not going anywhere because you have this " abnormality " as you call it. That

is just plain silly. Lets look for some solution(s) together that we can both be

happy with?

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> I found out about Misophonia about 2 weeks ago and have been reading everyones

posts. I'm 51 years old and knowing about " misophonia " and learning that other

people have this peculiar condition makes me feel so much better--I wish the

internet had been around when I was younger. I have had problems with

depression and GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) all my life. I believe now

that it is all because of the misophonia I have. My 16 year old son was

diagnosed with Autism when he was 2 years old and since then I thought maybe I

just have a " mild " autism--which of course is a " spectrum disorder " (that means

you can have it on a mild scale all the way to a severe scale). Maybe

Misophonia is a " spectrum " kind of disorder as well? I know I don't have it as

severely as some people on this forum, but I know I definitely have it.

> Someone posted about not liking to be touched. I think all of these things

are related (part of the brain that is effected?). And then there is that

genetic component as well. For instance, my son has auditory sensitivities

which of course is part of his autism. He also has sensory issues as well. I

also have some visual aversions--which have always seemed silly to me and didn't

make sense, but in reading about misophonia it all makes sense. I just hope

research continues because this is a very difficult thing to live with.

> I have always had a very difficult time with relationships as well. I get

close to someone then eventually they figure out all my " abnormal " sound

sensitivities and know one seems to really understand that these noises are not

just " annoyances " but more of a torture than is absolutely untolerable and

causes extreme anger and anxiety. Right now I have a boyfriend but he lost his

job and moved in with us a few months ago and it has NOT been going well. I

just can't sleep with him because of his snoring and breathing. I wear earplugs

and have a sound machine but he doesn't understand I can't have the window open

(crickets and dogs barking), he doesn't understand at all. I tried to tell him

about misophonia, but he just rolled his eyes and thinks its ridiculas. Well, I

know its not. I told my therapist about it a couple days ago and shes very

excited for me.

> I hope that more and more people with this disorder will come out and it will

become more known and accepted.

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