I must confess, like most if not every person with misophonia, I’ve had violent fantasies when someone makes a trigger noise. Despite my usual positiveness about getting through my days with misophonia, I can’t deny the fact that I have violent fantasies as well. “How do you deal with that?” One may ask. I’m…
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I experience audial, visual and tactile triggers. I must confess, at first, my audial triggers were more prevalent, because I can close my eyes and avoid touching certain things, but I can’t always avoid a sound. Both visual and tactile triggers, usually are coupled with, and therefor, overshadowed by, an audial trigger. With visuals, I…
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When I first read Sound I was astonished by its striking honesty. The story of a young girl, Jessica, was able to permeate through layers of my emotion and eventually settle upon my heart. I’m not saying this lightly. At many points I had to pause to shed a tear. As a writer it’s not…
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Volunteering can be very rewarding; you can meet some wonderful people while contributing to the community. Being a mom, I have always taken great pleasure in volunteering at my children’s schools. As much as I enjoyed volunteering I realized that working with all of the triggers was causing me severe anxiety. After many years…
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Telling the Boss about your Misophonia … it Sounds Crazy For many years I have worked from home. It’s been very stressful to work in an office. The noise… the terrible sounds of yelling… the clicking of shoes across the floor, conversations, staplers, papers shuffling… the list goes on and on. As I sat in…
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I am writing this open-letter on behalf of those that suffer from Misophonia. Family, friends, colleagues, you may have seen “memes” that have been shared explaining Misophonia as “annoyance” or “over-reacting”. This is hurtful to us. Misophonia sounds like a silly name, I agree. However, the condition itself is not silly. Misophonia sufferers face a…
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I haven’t always had Misophonia. I can still remember the days of old when I wasn’t bothered by or triggered by any noises. A person who doesn’t have sensory processing issues or Misophonia probably won’t notice the sights or sounds that you’re noticing. In fact, they may be so oblivious that they don’t even know…
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