Misophonia and OCD are both neurologically-based disorders with emotional and behavioral components A person can have both misophonia and OCD However, not all people with OCD have misophonia, and not all people with misophonia have OCD The DSM 5 expanded the classification and criterion for OCD to “Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders” Within this category are…
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by Curt Pederson Work-life on the cube farm can be distracting enough for anyone but especially bothersome for someone trying to cope with misophonia. The noises heard from fellow cube mates run the full gamut that can make even the most focused person lose their concentration. At a former job, we decided to have a…
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What can I do? Communication and Understanding Triggers Misophonia sounds like a made-up term, “hatred of sound” is the literal definition. As with many other words and phrases, it should not be taken literally. A person with Misophonia does not necessarily hate sound although we can certainly grow to hate them based on our trigger…
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Misophonia International is delighted to thank WebMD for listening to our concerns about inaccurate information on the misophonia page for WebMD. Since many new sufferers use Google Search and happen upon the WebMD page for misophonia, it was an important advocacy endeavour to ensure that the page on misophonia is current and factual. I would…
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How old were you when you first started to experience migraine symptoms? When I first started to experience migraine symptoms I was 20 years old. How long did you experience symptoms before you were officially diagnosed? I was diagnosed shortly after having regular symptoms for migraines. How many doctors did you have to see before…
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For those that don’t know, Misophonia is (most-likely) a neurologically based disorder that causes an aversive reaction to audial and visual stimuli, and it’s not chewing rage. In laymen’s terms this means that noises like tapping, whistling, crunching and chewing can cause a fight/flight/freeze reaction. There is no cure or treatment. Sometimes the press represents…
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At what point does Misophonia take over everything that you love. Dealing with Misophonia can be the hardest thing that some people have had deal with, including myself. I have lost friends, excluded myself from social events, lost career paths but most importantly, I may have lost my soulmate. Misophonia has taken three years of…
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I’d like to first start by saying that misokinesia (hatred of movement) is a term that oversimplifies things. Research-wise, there’s not enough to go on to say whether or not visual triggers are different from misophonia. They might both be related, they could be part of SPD, or they could be two interlinked disorders. The…
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I have a lesser-known brain condition that has made my life more challenging than I ever could have imagined. I no longer attend family functions. When I do, I am forced to hide in a corner with minimal socializing. At my graduation, two years before my grandmother died, I was forced to miss out on…
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When I first discovered what ‘Misophonia’ is, I had an entirely different story to tell. I was relieved there was a name. I was also scared that I have a disorder that seems to be under-researched, and would be at risk to be stigmatized. Most people that I have talked to with Misophonia have been suffering…
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