It’s hard for non sufferers to understand the extent of the physical and emotional response misophonia sufferers have when they’re exposed to a misophonia trigger.

Here’s a list of words that describe some of the feelings that a suffer might typically experience when an episode takes place:

• Anger
• Fight
• Hatred
• Disgust
• Outrage
• Fear
• Intrusion
• Panic
• Wrath
• Flight
• Fury
• Disbelief
• Rage
• Adrenalin
• Invasion
• Violence
• Frenzy
• Incredulity
• Devastation

This is by no means an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add you own words in the comments section below. Try to resist the urge to write ‘bum’.