{"id":1011095,"date":"2019-12-29T14:23:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allergictosound.com\/?p=1011095"},"modified":"2019-12-29T14:23:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T14:23:59","slug":"joses-misophonia-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/my-misophonia\/joses-misophonia-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose’s Misophonia Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is the <\/i>#46<\/strong>\u00a0edition of our My Misophonia Story series. This week features Jose (37) from Spain. Each week we’ll feature a new reader story, so if you’d like to share yours, please drop us a line. Jose, take it away…<\/i><\/p>\n Where are you from?<\/strong><\/p>\n Spain<\/p>\n What do you do for a living?<\/strong><\/p>\n Graphic designer<\/p>\n What are you passionate about \/ what are your hobbies?<\/strong><\/p>\n Doing creative projects \u2013 painting, drawing, videos…<\/p>\n How old were you when you first realised you had an issue with certain sounds?<\/strong><\/p>\n I am not sure, maybe 6 or 7? I used to eat alone in the kitchen because I couldn\u2019t cope otherwise.<\/p>\n When did you first find out it was called misophonia?<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2013. I met my ex-girlfriend and she have found a meetup group about exactly what I was suffering \u2013 after our relationship she could identify the symptoms. It was a relief to learn that I wasn\u2019t alone on this.<\/p>\n What are your 3 biggest triggers?\u00a0<\/strong>[bg_collapse view=”link” color=”#eb9500″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Click to Show Triggers” collapse_text=”Click to Hide Triggers” ]Eating noises \u2013 loud or not, keyboard typing, mouse click. I can\u2019t stand repetitive movements e.g. someone moving their leg. It\u2019s as bad as noises.<\/p>\n Have you told other people about your misophonia and if so what was their reaction?<\/strong><\/p>\n Most of the times people don\u2019t understand it, but they at least try. Sometimes they don\u2019t take it seriously and can\u2019t see the issue it means for me. Once, I told a friend that I was seeking help to overcome misophonia and, after explaining what it was, he said \u2018this is stupid, everyone make noises, I don\u2019t get bothered by them\u2019\u2026. OH THANK YOU, I don\u2019t know why I chose to, you opened my eyes! (I am being sarcastic, of course).<\/p>\n What\u2019s your funniest\/most ridiculous misophonia-related moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n I was sharing flat with a guy that had a constant snoring. When I couldn\u2019t cope any longer I would pretend I was somnambulist and that I was singing asleep. Eventually one day he attacked me. I don\u2019t think it was related to my sleep singing, and definitely it wasn\u2019t something funny then.<\/p>\n What helps you to cope with your misophonia?<\/strong><\/p>\n – I have earplugs hidden everywhere. What are your misophonic superpowers?<\/strong><\/p>\n I recently worked on a project involving some audio. There were a very subtle noise that appeared in the latest version after some editing. The sound technician couldn\u2019t spot it nor his colleagues. That made thing that I might be able to hear more than everyone else or I just have lost my mind already and I hear things that aren\u2019t there.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the single most useful piece of misophonia related advice you\u2019ve learnt?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s okay not to be able to cope with some triggers. I can accept it, stop trying to control the situation and just focus in taking myself away.<\/p>\n What’s your very best life hack?<\/strong><\/p>\n Do what you feel you want or have to do. Don\u2019t regret not having done it.<\/p>\n Is there anything else you\u2019d like to share with your fellow misophones?<\/strong><\/p>\n I hope you guys get better.<\/p>\n And finally! The quick fire round…<\/strong><\/p>\n Favourite place you\u2019ve visited:<\/strong><\/p>\n Palestine (not really my favourite as I don\u2019t have one, but the most interesting and eye opening)<\/p>\n Favourite song:<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t have any favourite<\/p>\n Favourite book:<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t have any favourite<\/p>\n Favourite work of art:<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t have any favourite<\/p>\n 5 things you couldn\u2019t live without:<\/strong><\/p>\n Family, friends, work, creativity and chocolate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the #46\u00a0edition of our My Misophonia Story series. This week features Jose (37) from Spain. Each week we’ll feature a new reader story, so if you’d like to share yours, please drop us a line. Jose, take it away… Where are you from? Spain What do you do for a living? Graphic designer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1011098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1011098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allergictosound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n[\/bg_collapse]
\nDo you have any other sensory quirks?<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n– Headphones with white noise has been my salvation for many years.
\n– In some situations by joining the noise making. e.g. In the cinema it seems I can cope better if I also eat popcorn.
\n– When it comes to repetitive movements it can be more painful, especially in public transport. In those situations the solution is accepting when I can\u2019t control the situation and fly off.
\n– In general wherever I go I scan the room searching for the space where I could be less exposed to triggers.<\/p>\n