{"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":"

\"JoseThis 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.
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\nDo you have any other sensory quirks?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.
\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

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}]}}