Principle Researcher: Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond, MA. Organization: The International Misophonia Foundation This study received expedited IRB approval from the IMF. The Misophonia Treatment Perceptions and Sensory History Study has two main goals. The first main goal of this study is to see how adults who received treatment for misophonia reacted to these treatments (ie. Change or…
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This package includes 8 therapy sessions with Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond, the author of Misophonia Matters and the creator of the Misophonia Matters course. Shaylynn is also the director of the International Misophonia Foundation and holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, and is licensed in New Brunswick, Canada as an LCT-C. This package was created…
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At present, many companies are not significantly serving the needs of neurodivergent persons such as those with Autism, Misophonia, Misokinesia, Epilepsy, OCD, Sensory Processing Disorder and more. For those with audial and visual sensitivities, many of these operating systems are not set up in a way that users can use devices such as computers, cellphones,…
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The International Misophonia Foundation is working on a draft proposal to submit “Misophonia” as a disorder in the DSM. We are looking for professionals (clinicians, researchers, etc) to help draft this proposal and initiate this submission. If you are interested in helping with this project, please email shaylynn@misophoniafoundation.com. We need all the help we can…
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Misophonia is definitely not OCD. I say that, because I have both Misophonia and OCD, and yet some researchers are still conflating the two. I’m not entirely sure why researchers are so keen on misophonia being related with OCD. I’m not even sure why an OCD researcher would keep claiming this when the current science…
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Covid-19. News about this is literally everywhere and how it affects people’s lives. What I haven’t seen is how those with misophonia cope during the quarantine during these uncertain times. Some may be trapped with family who trigger them. Whether or not they understand doesn’t matter, because you’re still triggered, and maybe now it’s full…
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What you’ll be reading is an account from one day, and an account from another day. Kind of like journal entries. I had started the first “entry” as a post for the site, but then I gave up after awhile. The second entry is sort of a continuation of that, but more of a plan…
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Since misophonia is a lesser-known condition, any parents might feel hopeless upon discovering that their child has misophonia. Unfortunately, there is no official “treatment” or “cure” for misophonia, but this does not mean that parents are in the dark when it comes to their children’s misophonia. While children with sensory needs might have special considerations,…
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