While speaking in confidence with me, many individuals with misophonia have expressed their horrific experiences with exposure therapy in research or clinical environments. Parents of children with misophonia have reached out with concerns that these practices seemed cruel and unreasonable when used on their children. So, why do practitioners, particularly those who cling to a…
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Through S. Raymond Media and Counselling Inc. and The International Misophonia Foundation, Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond is currently directing and producing a documentary on misophonia called, “Misophonia Matters”. This is an advocacy-based project with the goal of raising awareness on misophonia and showing the very real impact this disorder has on sufferers of the condition. Those who…
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To the Donors and Supporters of The International Misophonia Foundation in 2023, I want to first thank you immensely for contributing to our foundation in its opening stages and helping us accomplish our goal of becoming a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. This was just one of the many goals we managed to accomplish between August and…
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MIL and FIL Just Don’t Understand Luckily my husband has always been supportive of my misophonia. Even before we were married, he was an incredibly supportive, kind, and generous man. This does not mean he has always liked dealing with my misophonia, or that it hasn’t been hard to deal with—but, he has tried his…
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I have decided that as part of our goal to raise awareness on misophonia, the voices of our community should be more prominent and accessible to the world. However, I recognize that many people fear speaking out about their terrible experiences either in the workplace, relationships, with family, in public, at school (etc). Thus this…
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For those of us who have misophonia and have dedicated much of our lives to advocacy, it has been a long and hard journey both professional and emotionally as we embark on this newly growing disorder. Over the past 10 years I have had the immeasurable honor of meeting so many respected researchers, clinicians, and…
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The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human by Dr. Joseph E. LeDoux The Four Realms of Existence is offers a commentary on who we are, and more importantly, what that who and self is. These questions which many think are solved—we learn from LeDoux, are actually ideas of what the self…
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At present, many companies are not significantly serving the needs of neurodivergent persons such as those with Autism, Misophonia, Misokinesia, Epilepsy, OCD, Sensory Processing Disorder and more. For those with audial and visual sensitivities, many of these operating systems are not set up in a way that users can use devices such as computers, cellphones,…
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Interviewed by Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond Congratulations on your new position! Could you tell our readers about The Misophonia Research Fund and what your organization does? Who founded it? Thank you, Shaylynn! Serving as the Executive Director of the Misophonia Research Fund (MRF) has been incredibly exciting! I’m still new to the role and have greatly enjoyed…
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Persons with misophonia are suffering from a lesser-known condition and thus might need support with family, friends, and the medical community. It is not enough to simply help persons with misophonia cope with the aversive response to stimuli as this is recurring and can cause issues in every area of the person’s life. Far too…
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