Category: Personal Stories

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Misophonia is a Meteor

I would like to share with you an exquisite essay written by a teenage girl with misophonia. She is in the 11th grade,…
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Life’s Curve Balls and Challenges

What you’ll be reading is an account from one day, and an account from another day. Kind of like journal…
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Misophonia from a Social Worker’s Perspective

Misophonia is a disorder in which certain sounds trigger emotional and or physical responses that others may consider irrational. Currently,…
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Young Relationships with Misophonia

As some of you may know, I’m an adolescent, or a teenager. I’m only 16 but I’m not ashamed to…
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I Hate Whistling

“I hate whistling” Weird. I’ve had a love-hate relationship with that word my entire life. On one hand, it made…
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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…
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Accepting Myself and My Misophonia

From what I have learned, not many people know what Misophonia is. If they do, their response is “Oh, isn’t…
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To the People I Love…

I realize that you have noticed odd behavior in me, and are worried. I know, that you know, that something is wrong.…
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How Should We Act When We’re Being Triggered?

  I must confess, like most if not every person with misophonia, I’ve had violent fantasies when someone makes a…
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A Day in the Life of a Misophone

  As I have previously mentioned in another article, I try to start my day on a positive note. I…
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