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12:39am April 24, 2014

karalianne:

nekobakaz:

karalianne:

clodhoppers:

the-orb-weaver:

karalianne:

I do not understand how he can eat crunchy snack foods and not understand that they are NOISY AS FUCK and wonder why I get restless and anxious and irritable when he does it.

I didn’t know there was a word for this before (misophonia). I think my ex-husband had it. I couldn’t walk my roller-bag while with him because the sound of the wheels on the pavement bothered him. 

I didn’t know it could be caused by non-food related things. Mine is always hearing people chew loudly (usually with their mouth open). Or chewing gum. Always chewing gum.

Yeah, any sound really but I think food-related is most common. Mine is mostly triggered by food sounds (even soft foods like bread and butter can trigger me? SO FUN NOT) and apparently it’s worse if it’s a loved one, which I definitely agree with. There can also be a visual component, which I definitely have. I can’t tolerate watching people chewing gum when I’m out in public, and I have the same issue with other repetitive motions people often do, like bouncing their knee or swinging a foot. I have to find a way to block my vision of that action.

gum chewing.  the sound of someone clearing their throat, especially repeatedly (ESPECIALLY throughout a movie), people with sniffy noses.  And so many many more.

Oh, ugh, when I went to see The Lego Movie again on Monday everyone behind us was eating popcorn for the ENTIRE MOVIE and I wanted to turn around and ask them how they still had popcorn left?!? I was SO tired that day, didn’t get enough sleep the night before. It gets so much worse when I’m stressed.

II have really bad misophonia about eating noises, but it extends also to gestures and facial expressions associated with eating.  For instance, that thing people do with their forks/chopsticks, a gesture they make, right before they’re going to speak through a mouthful of food.  Fingers touching the mouth in certain ways.  I used to grab my mother’s finger and throw it towards the floor it made me so angry.  This was all just diagnosed as part of my hyperacusis, I had to find out about misophonia on my own.

But I also feel really guilty about it, because I’m getting mad at people for something they can’t help doing, and something they want to enjoy doing.  So I do my best to suppress my reactions to people.  But under stress, it really comes out.