Before I knew about misophonia

[Guest guest]

I am always analyzing everything about myself. Before I knew about misophonia,

This is what I thought and how I explained it to other people.

When I was little I could feel the tention whenever my father would hear certain

sounds. My father is a very scary and intimidating man. If someone other than

family were around he would say in shaky, tense voice " could you please stop

cracking your gum (or whatever was bothering him). With just us around he would

snap. That is how I learned not to do things to bother people. When I was in the

fourth grade my father was severly beaten with bully bats by undercover cops who

never identified theirselves. They claimed mistaken identity. This had quite a

few effects on my life. One, my father suffered severe hearing loss, causing him

to loose all triggers, except the gum cracking. He also became even more bitter

and angry.

Anyway, as a result, when I started to react strongly to sound, I assumed that

it was anxiety caused by anticipating of how my father would react. When I

explained this to my mother she said that she didn't remember anything like that

happening (her excuse for most my childhood) ,except the gum (everyone in the

family has the gum issue). She called me two days later, she had talked to my

father. He did indeed have this problem. He said he could hear every little

sound. Every negative trait that he has, I have times 100. I wonder how my

sisters escaped this fate? I feel like the sacraficial lamb. Not really a topic

for a big discussion, just wondering what all of you thought was going on, why

these sounds people didn't hear or just didn't hear it until you pointed it out?

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[Guest guest]

I have wondered the same myself. I grew up very similar with my father. It was usually the gum cracking too! When I was about 7 years old, I started my triggers 100 times worse than him. Learning about misophonia this past year, I realized that my father had the same thing as me, just not as bad. I asked him recently about it and he e en claims to figure out how to get past it without the anger. So then I thought, maybe he doesn't have it. Mine gets worse o er the years and there is no way of "dealing" with it. I have N older brother and sister that have no signs what so ever and feel so jealous of them for it. Now, the weird thing is, my mother thinks she might suffer. She recently realized how she cannot sit in a room with someone making any kind of mouth noises. I'm not convinced that she does. I think she would've noticed this a long time ago. She is 64 years old. Sent from my iPhone

I am always analyzing everything about myself. Before I knew about misophonia, This is what I thought and how I explained it to other people.

When I was little I could feel the tention whenever my father would hear certain sounds. My father is a very scary and intimidating man. If someone other than family were around he would say in shaky, tense voice "could you please stop cracking your gum (or whatever was bothering him). With just us around he would snap. That is how I learned not to do things to bother people. When I was in the fourth grade my father was severly beaten with bully bats by undercover cops who never identified theirselves. They claimed mistaken identity. This had quite a few effects on my life. One, my father suffered severe hearing loss, causing him to loose all triggers, except the gum cracking. He also became even more bitter and angry.

Anyway, as a result, when I started to react strongly to sound, I assumed that it was anxiety caused by anticipating of how my father would react. When I explained this to my mother she said that she didn't remember anything like that happening (her excuse for most my childhood) ,except the gum (everyone in the family has the gum issue). She called me two days later, she had talked to my father. He did indeed have this problem. He said he could hear every little sound. Every negative trait that he has, I have times 100. I wonder how my sisters escaped this fate? I feel like the sacraficial lamb. Not really a topic for a big discussion, just wondering what all of you thought was going on, why these sounds people didn't hear or just didn't hear it until you pointed it out?

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[Guest guest]

I have wondered the same myself. I grew up very similar with my father. It was usually the gum cracking too! When I was about 7 years old, I started my triggers 100 times worse than him. Learning about misophonia this past year, I realized that my father had the same thing as me, just not as bad. I asked him recently about it and he e en claims to figure out how to get past it without the anger. So then I thought, maybe he doesn't have it. Mine gets worse o er the years and there is no way of "dealing" with it. I have N older brother and sister that have no signs what so ever and feel so jealous of them for it. Now, the weird thing is, my mother thinks she might suffer. She recently realized how she cannot sit in a room with someone making any kind of mouth noises. I'm not convinced that she does. I think she would've noticed this a long time ago. She is 64 years old. Sent from my iPhone

I am always analyzing everything about myself. Before I knew about misophonia, This is what I thought and how I explained it to other people.

When I was little I could feel the tention whenever my father would hear certain sounds. My father is a very scary and intimidating man. If someone other than family were around he would say in shaky, tense voice "could you please stop cracking your gum (or whatever was bothering him). With just us around he would snap. That is how I learned not to do things to bother people. When I was in the fourth grade my father was severly beaten with bully bats by undercover cops who never identified theirselves. They claimed mistaken identity. This had quite a few effects on my life. One, my father suffered severe hearing loss, causing him to loose all triggers, except the gum cracking. He also became even more bitter and angry.

Anyway, as a result, when I started to react strongly to sound, I assumed that it was anxiety caused by anticipating of how my father would react. When I explained this to my mother she said that she didn't remember anything like that happening (her excuse for most my childhood) ,except the gum (everyone in the family has the gum issue). She called me two days later, she had talked to my father. He did indeed have this problem. He said he could hear every little sound. Every negative trait that he has, I have times 100. I wonder how my sisters escaped this fate? I feel like the sacraficial lamb. Not really a topic for a big discussion, just wondering what all of you thought was going on, why these sounds people didn't hear or just didn't hear it until you pointed it out?

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[Guest guest]

I have wondered the same myself. I grew up very similar with my father. It was usually the gum cracking too! When I was about 7 years old, I started my triggers 100 times worse than him. Learning about misophonia this past year, I realized that my father had the same thing as me, just not as bad. I asked him recently about it and he e en claims to figure out how to get past it without the anger. So then I thought, maybe he doesn't have it. Mine gets worse o er the years and there is no way of "dealing" with it. I have N older brother and sister that have no signs what so ever and feel so jealous of them for it. Now, the weird thing is, my mother thinks she might suffer. She recently realized how she cannot sit in a room with someone making any kind of mouth noises. I'm not convinced that she does. I think she would've noticed this a long time ago. She is 64 years old. Sent from my iPhone

I am always analyzing everything about myself. Before I knew about misophonia, This is what I thought and how I explained it to other people.

When I was little I could feel the tention whenever my father would hear certain sounds. My father is a very scary and intimidating man. If someone other than family were around he would say in shaky, tense voice "could you please stop cracking your gum (or whatever was bothering him). With just us around he would snap. That is how I learned not to do things to bother people. When I was in the fourth grade my father was severly beaten with bully bats by undercover cops who never identified theirselves. They claimed mistaken identity. This had quite a few effects on my life. One, my father suffered severe hearing loss, causing him to loose all triggers, except the gum cracking. He also became even more bitter and angry.

Anyway, as a result, when I started to react strongly to sound, I assumed that it was anxiety caused by anticipating of how my father would react. When I explained this to my mother she said that she didn't remember anything like that happening (her excuse for most my childhood) ,except the gum (everyone in the family has the gum issue). She called me two days later, she had talked to my father. He did indeed have this problem. He said he could hear every little sound. Every negative trait that he has, I have times 100. I wonder how my sisters escaped this fate? I feel like the sacraficial lamb. Not really a topic for a big discussion, just wondering what all of you thought was going on, why these sounds people didn't hear or just didn't hear it until you pointed it out?

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