Re: Is not wanting to be touched apart of Misophonia?

[Guest guest]

I don't think so, but I'm no where near a professional.

I have a milder case of Misophonia. I am still learning and I don't know much about it. I have a serious issue with people and animals touching me. It has cause tension between my family, friends, and other relationships. I lost a friend once because I was crying about something and she went to give me a hug and unknowingly I told her not to touch me (apparently this sort of thing happens often). My mother thinks I have a 'deep' problem with her because I wont let her touch me. Even if someone accidently brushes up against me for a brief second I want to scream.

So I was just wondering if it had anything to do with misophonia?

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[Guest guest]

In my opinion it sounds different from misophonia but is still seeming like being apart of a sensory disorder. I am the same with certain things, for example I can't stand sand on me or feeling wet hair on my back. Kim

I don't think so, but I'm no where near a professional.

I have a milder case of Misophonia. I am still learning and I don't know much about it. I have a serious issue with people and animals touching me. It has cause tension between my family, friends, and other relationships. I lost a friend once because I was crying about something and she went to give me a hug and unknowingly I told her not to touch me (apparently this sort of thing happens often). My mother thinks I have a 'deep' problem with her because I wont let her touch me. Even if someone accidently brushes up against me for a brief second I want to scream.

So I was just wondering if it had anything to do with misophonia?

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[Guest guest]

In my opinion it sounds different from misophonia but is still seeming like being apart of a sensory disorder. I am the same with certain things, for example I can't stand sand on me or feeling wet hair on my back. Kim

I don't think so, but I'm no where near a professional.

I have a milder case of Misophonia. I am still learning and I don't know much about it. I have a serious issue with people and animals touching me. It has cause tension between my family, friends, and other relationships. I lost a friend once because I was crying about something and she went to give me a hug and unknowingly I told her not to touch me (apparently this sort of thing happens often). My mother thinks I have a 'deep' problem with her because I wont let her touch me. Even if someone accidently brushes up against me for a brief second I want to scream.

So I was just wondering if it had anything to do with misophonia?

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[Guest guest]

My son, who has misophonia, also does not like to be touched.  It isn't severe, but he definitely likes to keep a wide berth.  He will hug as long as he's the one who initiates. 

 

In my opinion it sounds different from misophonia but is still seeming like being apart of a sensory disorder. I am the same with certain things, for example I can't stand sand on me or feeling wet hair on my back. 

Kim

 

I don't think so, but I'm no where near a professional.

 

I have a milder case of Misophonia. I am still learning and I don't know much about it. I have a serious issue with people and animals touching me. It has cause tension between my family, friends, and other relationships. I lost a friend once because I was crying about something and she went to give me a hug and unknowingly I told her not to touch me (apparently this sort of thing happens often). My mother thinks I have a 'deep' problem with her because I wont let her touch me. Even if someone accidently brushes up against me for a brief second I want to scream.

So I was just wondering if it had anything to do with misophonia?

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[Guest guest]

My son, who has misophonia, also does not like to be touched.  It isn't severe, but he definitely likes to keep a wide berth.  He will hug as long as he's the one who initiates. 

 

In my opinion it sounds different from misophonia but is still seeming like being apart of a sensory disorder. I am the same with certain things, for example I can't stand sand on me or feeling wet hair on my back. 

Kim

 

I don't think so, but I'm no where near a professional.

 

I have a milder case of Misophonia. I am still learning and I don't know much about it. I have a serious issue with people and animals touching me. It has cause tension between my family, friends, and other relationships. I lost a friend once because I was crying about something and she went to give me a hug and unknowingly I told her not to touch me (apparently this sort of thing happens often). My mother thinks I have a 'deep' problem with her because I wont let her touch me. Even if someone accidently brushes up against me for a brief second I want to scream.

So I was just wondering if it had anything to do with misophonia?

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[Guest guest]

I'm very touchy, feely and appreciate hugs, hand-holding, a touch on the shoulder, etc. if it's meant to convey caring. On the other hand, being bumped accidentally by a stranger (whether it's me or my chair) feels like an intrusion into my space. It's also annoying and distracting when it happens in places like movies, class, church, or an airplane. It's most annoying when I'm trying to concentrate on something. Someone who constantly kicks my chair is likely to receive anything from a polite request to stop to a rude glare, and I'll move if I can.

It doesn't sound like misophonia to me, and I don't think what I experience is really a sensitivity disorder. But a sensitivity to wet things like wet hair, sand, or human touch that are more than just a preference or dislike could be another type of sensitivity disorder. There always seems to be the question of "Where's the line between normal and abnormal?"

Missy

As far back as I can remember, I got instantly angry if someone touched me or even the chair

I was sitting in. If a felt a slight movement near me, I would become alert and look for the intruder. It changed over time, so today I lose my cool when someone touches my chair with their feet, such as at a play or at a movie.

[Guest guest]

I'm very touchy, feely and appreciate hugs, hand-holding, a touch on the shoulder, etc. if it's meant to convey caring. On the other hand, being bumped accidentally by a stranger (whether it's me or my chair) feels like an intrusion into my space. It's also annoying and distracting when it happens in places like movies, class, church, or an airplane. It's most annoying when I'm trying to concentrate on something. Someone who constantly kicks my chair is likely to receive anything from a polite request to stop to a rude glare, and I'll move if I can.

It doesn't sound like misophonia to me, and I don't think what I experience is really a sensitivity disorder. But a sensitivity to wet things like wet hair, sand, or human touch that are more than just a preference or dislike could be another type of sensitivity disorder. There always seems to be the question of "Where's the line between normal and abnormal?"

Missy

As far back as I can remember, I got instantly angry if someone touched me or even the chair

I was sitting in. If a felt a slight movement near me, I would become alert and look for the intruder. It changed over time, so today I lose my cool when someone touches my chair with their feet, such as at a play or at a movie.

[Guest guest]

As far back as I can remember, I got instantly angry if someone touched me or even the chair I was sitting in. If a felt a slight movement near me, I would become alert and look for the intruder. It changed over time, so today I lose my cool when someone touches my chair with their feet, such as at a play or at a movie.

In my opinion it sounds different from misophonia but is still seeming like being apart of a sensory disorder. I am the same with certain things, for example I can't stand sand on me or feeling wet hair on my back. Kim

I don't think so, but I'm no where near a professional.

I have a milder case of Misophonia. I am still learning and I don't know much about it. I have a serious issue with people and animals touching me. It has cause tension between my family, friends, and other relationships. I lost a friend once because I was crying about something and she went to give me a hug and unknowingly I told her not to touch me (apparently this sort of thing happens often). My mother thinks I have a 'deep' problem with her because I wont let her touch me. Even if someone accidently brushes up against me for a brief second I want to scream.

So I was just wondering if it had anything to do with misophonia?

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[Guest guest]

I don't believe it is, necessarily, but I can tell you that when a misophonic is

in the presence of a trigger sound (or about to be in that circumstance), they

become very sensorily defensive in every way!

DrJ

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> > I'm very touchy, feely and appreciate hugs, hand-holding, a touch on the

shoulder, etc. if it's meant to convey caring. On the other hand, being bumped

accidentally by a stranger (whether it's me or my chair) feels like an intrusion

into my space. It's also annoying and distracting when it happens in places

like movies, class, church, or an airplane. It's most annoying when I'm trying

to concentrate on something. Someone who constantly kicks my chair is likely to

receive anything from a polite request to stop to a rude glare, and I'll move if

I can.

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> > It doesn't sound like misophonia to me, and I don't think what I experience

is really a sensitivity disorder. But a sensitivity to wet things like wet

hair, sand, or human touch that are more than just a preference or dislike could

be another type of sensitivity disorder. There always seems to be the question

of " Where's the line between normal and abnormal? "

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goodbetterbeth@... writes:

> > As far back as I can remember, I got instantly angry if someone touched me

or even the chair

> > I was sitting in. If a felt a slight movement near me, I would become alert

and look for the intruder. It changed over time, so today I lose my cool when

someone touches my chair with their feet, such as at a play or at a movie.

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[Guest guest]

Given that Misohoonia has not been studied and is not yet wildly recognized or even understood it's impossible to say what it is or isn't. It certainly seems to have a specturm, meaning we each have it to varying degrees But it seems that for now the most commonly way to view it is when a person is triggered viscerally by offending noises and sights of particular movements. Not like being touched does not seem to fit in with the way it's been looked at, for now. The dislike of touch may be due to another disorder like Autism, Aspergers, sensory processing, etc, which many with those disorders either have Misophonia or experience similar sound, visual problems connected solely to their disorder. Untill it's properly studied, we don't know. I personally am a highly sensitive person, which is not considered a disorder. With that comes heightened sensitivity to sound, smells, perception of other's emotions, etc. I consider my misophoonia entirely separate from that even though the sounds lap over. HeidiSent from my iPhoneHappy Dancing!www.jitterbal.comOn Aug 8, 2012, at 9:50 PM, miniaturehome@... wrote:

I'm very touchy, feely and appreciate hugs, hand-holding, a touch on the shoulder, etc. if it's meant to convey caring. On the other hand, being bumped accidentally by a stranger (whether it's me or my chair) feels like an intrusion into my space. It's also annoying and distracting when it happens in places like movies, class, church, or an airplane. It's most annoying when I'm trying to concentrate on something. Someone who constantly kicks my chair is likely to receive anything from a polite request to stop to a rude glare, and I'll move if I can.

It doesn't sound like misophonia to me, and I don't think what I experience is really a sensitivity disorder. But a sensitivity to wet things like wet hair, sand, or human touch that are more than just a preference or dislike could be another type of sensitivity disorder. There always seems to be the question of "Where's the line between normal and abnormal?"

Missy

As far back as I can remember, I got instantly angry if someone touched me or even the chair

I was sitting in. If a felt a slight movement near me, I would become alert and look for the intruder. It changed over time, so today I lose my cool when someone touches my chair with their feet, such as at a play or at a movie.