Category: Coping

Resources for Misophonia

Natural Misophonia Remedies

While there is no treatment of misophonia, persons with the disorder may wish to use natural misophonia remedies to help deal with day to day stress and to help cope with the disorder. While there is no blanket cure, the sensory system is complex, and could benefit from life changes. Even if your sensory system…
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Misophonia Medication

As of now there is no misophonia medication that has been vetted or scientifically tested. It is important to be careful when taking recommendations for misophonia. It is important that sufferers of misophonia are clear about the status of medications for the disorder. While this can be disheartening for some, persons should realize that misophonia…
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How Do I Get a Misophonia Diagnosis?

Because misophonia is not currently in the DSM-5 (the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the U.S), finding a misophonia diagnosis is nearly, if not literally, impossible. Because of insurance codes, American medicine relies on diagnostic codes to classify disorders. However, this is changing. More and more conditions are being…
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Singing Misophonia Away

Ever since I was a little girl, I loved singing. I would sing in the shower, sing in public, and sing at church. I joined a choir when I was still in elementary and remained a part of that choir up until I graduated from 8th grade. I sang in a choir in high school…
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Misophonia and Work Accommodations: It’s Ok To Rock The Boat

  Misophonia and work place accommodations is a significantly important conversation. Most of us spend the majority of our day in the workplace. Whether you work in an office, a factory or retail, or go to school, you are most likely faced with hundreds of triggers on a daily basis. Just as all Misophonia sufferers have…
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I Crave the Sound of Silence

Silence soothes my soul, it calms me down when my senses are heightened. I love to be alone with my own thoughts and no one to distract me with trigger sounds or movements. Taking in deep breaths of positive thoughts, exhaling all of the negative as I fall into a state of relaxation. I suffer…
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College and Misophonia: A Few Survival Tips

This is my third year as a college student at San Diego State University. Throughout the past years, I found myself dreading walking into a class, wondering if my professor’s “s” sounds would trigger me. Because “s” sounds are my worst trigger, if my professor did trigger me, it was difficult to pay attention. I…
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Lectrofan

This item is small and fits into any decor. It has a variety of frequencies and volumes for covering up sounds. It helps me to relax.

Stepping Out of the Negative Misophonia Cycle

I’m Meis, a Dutch Digital Nomad with Misophonia, who has found her healing – sort of – by changing life drastically. The start At the age of 15 the Misophonia disaster was waiting to happen. From being irritated at dinner, to now longer being able to walk around the house without headphones – anxious to…
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You Are Not Your Illness

It’s always nice to have a name for what you are suffering from. It is true that people will seek to know what it is that is taking over their life. “What is my diagnosis?” However, the true challenge is ultimately to find the name… and then let it go. I was diagnosed with Borderline…
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