Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond is deeply passionate about helping people navigate the challenges of misophonia, a condition where specific sounds can trigger intense emotional and physical reactions. Based in New Brunswick, Canada, she offers therapy within her home country and coaching services to individuals around the world. Her work is grounded in a mix of personal experience…
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Misophonia, a condition characterized by intense emotional reactions to specific sounds, can significantly impact daily life. For those seeking relief and strategies to manage this condition, Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond, LCT-C, provides specialized therapy and coaching services. Based in Canada, Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond offers therapeutic support to Canadian residents dealing with misophonia. With a compassionate approach and a…
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As a new, lesser-known condition, there is one thing I think needs to be verified by scientific efforts so that we can settle the debate once and for all: do behavioural analysts have any business treating misophonia? The most basic answer to this question is that currently, no one has any business treating misophonia. What…
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Misophonia Matters is an advocacy-based coping skills class, book, and workbook for adults, teens, and clinicians by long-time advocate Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond. Shaylynn has been advocating for misophonia since 2015 and moved to a career in counselling based on her experiences as a misophonia advocate and sufferer of the disorder. The Misophonia Matters approach includes advocacy,…
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Some people with misophonia have told me (Shaylynn) that they have tried therapies for misophonia that they felt made the condition worse. With that in mind, I have decided to run a poll to see how common this is. I personally wonder if scientists and clinicians should be using certain therapies if they are not…
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Is there Treatment for Misophonia? There have been numerous and various kinds of mental and other health providers who claim success with misophonia treatment without any scientific backing As stated on the Duke Misophonia and Emotion Regulation website, currently there are no apps, medications or other “cures” However, in the last year we have seen…
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While there is no official scientific consensus on the relationship between misophonia and misokinesia, some researchers and persons have taken to using the term misokinesia (hatred of movement) for visual triggers. It is important to note that this is just a name, and the underlaying mechanisms behind the two phenomenon could be related, or they…
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One of the most asked questions about misophonia that I’ve seen has been whether or not marijuana, or weed, can help sufferers with misophonia. I’ll start this article by letting people know that I am Canadian. Weed was legalized here officially, for recreational use, on October 17th. In the past week I tried sativa, indica,…
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There is no current treatment for Misophonia. While this can be hard for sufferers to hear, this doesn’t mean that there’s no hope for Misophonia. The Misophonia and Emotion Regulation program at Duke University, made the following statement on Misophonia treatment: There are no single specific behavioral or device-based treatments that have been rigorously tested…
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2017 is the year of Fake News, false hope, and the year where the divide between miracle and science has been raised so high, so wide, that a clear chasm has formed. – so why would 2018 be any different? Science has been pushed to the side, deemed elitism. Real doctors, I am told, are…
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