Have you ever experienced a feeling of overbearing? Like someone in the room’s presence is overwhelming you… but you’re not quite sure why. Everyone else around you seems unaffected but you feel an intense discomfort and an urge to get away. We know that...
How do you cope? We all have different ways of dealing with our misophonia and we can all learn from one another’s experiences. Below is a collection of your favourite misophonia coping techniques. These are tips that you’ve emailed in or posted on the...
Embrace your inner geek, this is really interesting stuff… Gene bods, 23andMe, have conducted some research which they believe indicates that misophonia is potentially a genetic trait. The numbers are relatively small at this stage, the findings are VERY broad...
Let’s face it, misophonia is a strange disorder… Life would be a lot easier if it was as easy to explain as, say, an intolerance to gluten or a hay fever allergy. Perhaps the biggest misconception is that misophonia is a hatred of sound in general. The...
My colleague has been finger drumming the desk for 3 minutes now… He does this most days. ‘Rational brain’ knows it’s a harmless, innocuous thing, yet every time I hear that sound my brain screams “%@@$£!!” and I just want to sprint...
As humans we relate more easily to things we experience firsthand. Like the pain of stubbed toe… Everyone knows the feeling, that sharp, throbbing pain. When we see it happening to others we almost feel a physical jolt in our own bodies. We know exactly how that...
