Feeling isolated

[Guest guest]

This is my first post. Hi everyone.

I've been suffering from this condition since High School. I remember always

eating next to a friend, and I would always hit his arm, and tell him to stop.

it's only ever gotten worse.

Last week I was in a class and two people were chewing gum behind me.. even when

I plugged my ears I could still hear one of them gnawing on that flavorless wad

of nastiness. My Fight or Flight activated and I ended up running (RUNNING) out

of the room, interrupting the class saying " I'm DONE, OH I am completely DONE "

and I cried in the bathroom for the next 15 minutes.

As for my family... they understand that I have " a problem " but they don't

understand why or what (and neither do I for that matter) If I am around them

for dinner I just eat as fast as possible and get out of the room.

I can't even LOOK at people eating, especially if they move their mouths a lot

while eating. Big chewers I guess. My sister is one of them and the way her

face distorts to and fro as she's gnawing down whatever saliva, germ covered

montrosity is in her mouth just puts this intense wave of anxiety over me. Like

if this continues on the way it is right now for any longer I might explode.

I feel like a freak. Like a total weirdo because of this. Nobody around me

really understands, they say that I just have to deal with it and get over it

which to some degree I completely agree with, but I've tried and tried and tried

but to no success. I can't force myself to stop sweating, to stop shaking, to

stop crying when this sort of thing happens. I feel alone, I feel caged by my

own brain.

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Hi Joy and welcome. You’ve come to the right place and you’re definitely not alone! What you are going through sounds like what many others here have and are experiencing. There are many ideas here on how to cope with this (noise cancellation headphones; white noise; accomodations at school & work), how to educate others, especially family (print out information from this site as well as articles and let them know about this being on the Today Show, so they know this is real and we can not “get over it”), and information on Neurofeedback, cognative behavioral therapy, etc. to help with coping. Although we have not yet found a cure, everyone here is sharing information and contacting professionals to try to get more research done and to get the word out. Please look back through all of the posts here (you probably already are). Most importantly, you’ll find a ton of support from others here! Hugs and hope to you! (BTW, it’s my son who has misophonia rather than myself). From: Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ] On Behalf Of JoySent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:09 AMTo: Soundsensitivity Subject: Feeling isolated This is my first post. Hi everyone.I've been suffering from this condition since High School. I remember always eating next to a friend, and I would always hit his arm, and tell him to stop. it's only ever gotten worse.Last week I was in a class and two people were chewing gum behind me.. even when I plugged my ears I could still hear one of them gnawing on that flavorless wad of nastiness. My Fight or Flight activated and I ended up running (RUNNING) out of the room, interrupting the class saying " I'm DONE, OH I am completely DONE " and I cried in the bathroom for the next 15 minutes.As for my family... they understand that I have " a problem " but they don't understand why or what (and neither do I for that matter) If I am around them for dinner I just eat as fast as possible and get out of the room. I can't even LOOK at people eating, especially if they move their mouths a lot while eating. Big chewers I guess. My sister is one of them and the way her face distorts to and fro as she's gnawing down whatever saliva, germ covered montrosity is in her mouth just puts this intense wave of anxiety over me. Like if this continues on the way it is right now for any longer I might explode.I feel like a freak. Like a total weirdo because of this. Nobody around me really understands, they say that I just have to deal with it and get over it which to some degree I completely agree with, but I've tried and tried and tried but to no success. I can't force myself to stop sweating, to stop shaking, to stop crying when this sort of thing happens. I feel alone, I feel caged by my own brain.

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Ateter graduatig from ASU I went back to school for nursing 13 years later. I

have less control in public places than before. I dropped out towards the end of

my first sememsester. I went to my anatomy teacher crying because I wanted her

to ask the girl from across the room to quit clicking her pen. I sat as far away

as possible from this girl and could not believe that someone sitting right next

to her would not ask her to stop. Even more surprised that my teacher would say

nothing. I decided to stay at my current job where I am comfortable to ask

people to quit making trigger sounds. I put a post on about misophonia on my

facebook page. A girl that used to work for me said that she had recently read

am article about this NOW she understands what I go through. I never had heard

of misiphonia, but for years I have explained to everyone what certain sounds do

to me. Chest pain, anger, anxiety. She said on Facebook that before she read the

article she thought that I was just being a controlling Bitch. I worked with her

for years. Now I wonder how many other people feel this way. Once I found out

(month or so ago) about misophonia, I printed copies and gave them to several co

workers and customers. No one else will ever understand, but now they know it

isn't all in my head.

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